Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-05-03
.Sir Henry Morgan, tse
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 By CYRUS TOWNSEND BRADY,
 Author of ssrhe Southeners," sror Il
 Love of Country" 1.-The Grip t|
 of Honor," Etc. Copmtoht. 1908. bp c. ". Dnltnoham
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 CHAPTER V.
 @lEN days after her departure SI1 from Port Royal the Mary
 Rose was tumbling southward o before gentle breeze through the blue and languid seas.
 Much had happened in the interval. In the first place, Morgan had organ ized and drilled the ships crew re- lentlessly. With the aid of the five principal adventurers, whom he had constituted his lieutenants. he had brought the motley crowd which he had shipped into a state of conpara- tive efficiency and of entire subjection to his iron will The cooperative principle which had been the main spring of action as, well as tie which produced unity among the brethren of the coast had ceased to be regarded so far as Morgan was concerned. He took care, however, to be upon fairly amicable terms with the officers in command and the veterans, though he treated the rest of the riffraff like the dogs they were. They murmured and ragged, but did not revolt, although it was quite possible if he pushed them too far and they found leader they might make trouble.
 In accordance with Hornigold's ad- vice, after deliberation between Nor gan and the leaders, the Mary Rose had first run up to La Vaca island, south of Hispaniola, and the number of original marauders had been in- creased by fifty volunteers, all those, indeed, who could be reached from the small pirates who. made that delectable spot their rendezvous. In addition to those the crew had also been re-en- forced largely from those of the unpaid and discontented seamen and soldiers of the frigate who had happened to be under hatches the night of the capture. Presented with the choice of instant death or adherence to the band, most of them had accepted the latter alterna- tive, although, to their great credit be 1t said, not until one or two of the loyal veterans who had hotly refused to have anything to do with their rufianly cap- tors had been forced to walk the plank as an example to the rest should they prove recalcitrant. Partly through ter TOT, partly through discontent, part ly on account of promises of the great reward awaiting them, speciously urged by Morgan himself, for he could talk as well as he could fight, and, most of all, because even at that date 1t was considered meritorious act to attack a Spaniard, some seventy cast in their lot with the rest.
 Among the 22O members of the het- erogeneous crew so constituted were to be found natives of almost every race under the sun, even including one or two Spanish renegados, and it would be safe to say that the lowest and meanest representatives of the several races were assembled on that very ship. The officers and men who had been recruited from Isla La Vaca as well as the older original members of the crew of the Mary Rose, together with a select few of the remainder, were men of approved courage. The officers, indeed, bore regulations for hardihood and daring not to be sur passed. Most of the rest, however, were arrant towards. As body the band could not compare except in lead ership with the former bands of buc- cancers. g'16 y
 Morgan himself, however, almost made up for all deficiencies. His eye was as keen, his hand as steady. his soul as reckless and his skill as high as when he had led the greatest buc- cancer fleet that had ever assembled on the famous Panama expedition. Ev- erybody on the ship hated him except young Teach and the faithful Black Dog. But they all feared him as much as they hated him. and they admired him as much as they feared him.
 So far as he was concerned, discipline was absolvte. No admiral of the fleet was ever served more promptly and re- than he. Even his nearest were treated with a certain which they bitterly re- scented and which they would have call cd fin question had the situation been other than it was. Truth to tell. in- fluenced by Hornigold. they had em- parked upon mad enterprise, and they needed Morgan to bring 1t to a successful conclusion. Without him
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