The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1905-12-04
Sir HENRY MORGAN
BUCCANEER
BY CYRUS TOWNSEND BRADY,
Author Of The Southe-ners," For
Love Of Country, The Grip OF
HONOR Etc. Etc.
BY CYRUS TOWNSEND BRADY
Copyright 1905, by
c. w. DtLLlNGH HAM COMPANY
Synopsis of Preceding Chapter

Synopsis or rrsCeofng ShaPter
Sir Henry Morgan, former pirate, having
purchased immunity and KING htnood
from the king of England, has eformed
and has become vice governor OF jana
lea. He is deposed and, killing the OFF,
GERS sent to arrest him, determines to
become again freebooter. Benjamin
AolinqoId, eS-pirate, VINO has been BIT
terry wronsed by NJ oraon, joins the for
tunes Of the latter in order to seek ar OPP
portunity to wreak vengeance on mir
ether desperadoes Morgan seizes an
EnqIish frig ate ana murders her crew.
Off for the Spanish coast in search OF
treasure.
'Hornigold. go forward with your
men to the forecastle. Nelsers, come
you hither with yours for the after
guard; Teach to the foe, Raveneau
to the main and Rock TO the miz2en-
mast. Loose sail. Lively now. We
must get out of this before the forts
awake" cried Morgan.
Instantly the shrouds were covered
with nimble forms making their way
aloft where the wide yardarms
stretched far over the sea. The men
were i'll good spirits, the capture of
the ship had been so easy. There had
been only the anchor watch and the
sentry on deck to deal with. and they
had been murdered unsuspecting. al
though the cabin sentry had killed one
of the attacking party and wounded
another before he went down. They
jumped with alacrity. therefore, to
obey their captains commands. AZ
hn of 70
from the yards the men lay down
from aloft, and sheets and halyardS
were manned. the cable that mo0red
the vessel to the anchor was cut. the
ship swung to starbOard, the yards
We're braced in, and she began to slip
through the water toward the narrow
mouth OF the harbOr There We're other
war vessels in the harbOr, but they
were all dismantled and laid up in
ordinary. so the buccaneers had no pur-
suit to fear
The guns of the fort commanded the
barbor mouth and under ordinary cir
cumstances would have made it impOs-
sible for a ship to enter or leave with
out permission. The mouth was mar
row and dangerous. but the best pilot
In the West Indies stood forward lean
ing over the knightheads. coming the
ship. Raveneau and Nelsers. than
whom no better seamen ever held a
spoke. by Morgan's orders We're sta
TONED at the wheel to steer the frigate
Rock and Teach distributed the best
of the men among the guns of the
spar deck battery on the port side. AS
was usual the guns We're already
charged. There were no lOggerheads
available. no matches with which to
fire them. but Morgan instructed those
who seemed to have some skill in gun
merry. whom he placed in temporary
charge Of the cannon. how to fire them
by Swapping their pistols at the touch
holes. which We're primed from a pow
derhorn that had been brought by the
pirates.
The land breeze was fresh and
strong, and the Mary Rose indicated
her claim to be considered fast sailer.
She fairly ripped down the harbor,
threading her way through the channel
under Hornigold's nice pilotage untii
she came near TO the narrow entrance
BY Morgan's orders each man re
'Wouds sit In my place ~