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Morris tribune., 1905-11-25
'Row, you dogsI

In an instant Morgan's pistol was out.
His motion was followed by Hornigold
and the maroon.
"Row, you dogsr' he cried fiercely.
The stroke oarsman hesitated, al
though the others tried to pick up the
stroke.
81 give you one minute-then blow
out your brains, pull out the plug in
this boat, and We'll all 60 to hell to-
gether," said Morgan truculently to
the recalcitrant men.
"Row for your lives sakev' cried the
man behind Sawkins, hitting him in
the back with the haft Of the oar.
"It's the kings shipp'
"What do we care for the king?"
said Morgan. "He is the law, and
none of us love the law. Two-thirds of
her crew are drunk; t'other third are
ashore or sick. They are unprepared,
asleep. There'll be naught but the an
chor watch. One sharp blow and we
have the frigate, then away. What fear
ye, lads?"
BY such words as these, but more by
the threatening appearance Of the
weapons pointed from the stern sheets,
Morgan inspirited his men, and by
similar language and threats the men
in the other boats did the same. After
rowing a short distance the fotilia
separated. Those approaching from the
farther side Of the ship necessarily
made wide detour, for which the
others waited, so they would all arrive
simultaneously. In perfect silence, bro
ken only by the "cheep" Of the oars in
the locks, the FIVE boats swept down on
the doomed frigate.
Morris tribune., 1905-11-25
The frightened slaves could tell nothing

,erns and would be utterly unable to
work the ship should they be called
upon to do SO without being given a
chance to sober up. This would take
time, and Lord Carlingford upon the
representations of his sea officers de-
cided to wait until the morrow before
commencing work.
AS he could do SO, not emily personal
ly, but through his able lieutenants,
Hornigold busted himself during the
day and the preceding night in en-
listing as, vicious a gang of depraved
ruffians as could be gathered together
in what was perhaps the wickedest city
fn the world. 1t had been decided after
conference between the leaders that
there was no place within the confines
of Port Royal itself where so many
men could meet without exciting sus-
Dicion. He had accordingly appointed
q rendezvous for the night across the
narrow entrance to the harbor, opposite
the fort. under the trees which over
Morris tribune., 1905-11-25
sWouldst st IN nay place 2H

NAMED motionless at the place where
he bad been stationed, and the ship so
far as human noHse was concerned
was as still as death. Even the SOL
diers below, finding no attention paid
to their cries, had subSided into COM
parative quiet The silence was broken
only by the creaking of cordage, the
dashing of water against the bows and
the groaning of the timbers. Ever and
anon Hornigold's deep voice, crying
"Larboard!' or ''Starboardp as the
case might be, rolled along the deck to
the watchful men gripping the wheel.
Suddenly the old buccaneer cried out
sharply:
There's boat right ahead, SIR
run her down. answered Morgan
instantly.
AYE, aye! Starboard! starboard
again! Let her go off another half
point Steady! Now! Meet her!
Meet herr
The ship swept around slightly and
rushed directly at the boat. 1t was the
boat of the governor. Instantly wild
cries arose from the men on the
thwarts. They were stopped by a stern
voice:
'Ahoy, the Mary Roser'
Silence.
"Ahoy, the frigate! What are you
doing? Where is Admiral Kemp
thorne?''
at that instant the soldiers beneath
the matches suddenly resumed their
connection, thus apprising the men in
the boat that something was sadly
wrong.
''Larboard your helm," cried a voice
from the boat, ''or you'll be on us.
Who's in command? What are you
about?"
'Sir Harry Morgan shouted voice
out Of the darkness. "And we mean
to run you down.
"Back water, for Gods sake! Stem
allp' cried Lord Carlingford to the par
alyzed rowers, but before they couif |
move the looming bow of the frigat
was upon them. Carlingford had rise
in his boat before the collision, an
with dauntless courage he shook b
barred sword in the darkness towar
the ship.
'eThe king will Triumph he cried.
A terrible smashing crash cut short
his words, and amid the ripping, tear
ing sound of the parting timbers OF
the oyerri5dea boat and shouts. cries
Continued on page o.
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DRAM And bark ye, gentlemen, a wora
with YEP calling them apart while the
rest were being served. PUT the bold
est men in the stern sheets with your
selves, the rest at the oars, and do you
have your weapons ready. The Mary
Rose lies just within the bar. You,
velsers and Rock, gain the fo'csl from
and Raveneau, board at the different
gangways. Hornigold, I'll go in your
boat, and We'll attend to the cabin.
Let all be done without noise. No pis-
tolls. Use the blade. Take no prisoners
and waste no time. If we gain the
deck without difficulty, and think we
can, clap to the hatch covers, and We'll
cut cable and get under way at. once" !"
The men had been embarking in the
boats rather reluctantly as he spoke,
but presently all was ready. Finally
Hornigold and then Morgan with the
maroon stepped into the last boat, first
making sure there were no stragglers
left behind, and Morgan gave the COM
mand to shove off.
Sawkins had boldly presumed, in
spite of the commander, to open his
mouth again as the boats slowly left
the beach, rowing through the passage
and up the harber against the ebb just
beginning. He pulled the strokeoar in
Hornigold's boat.
Before l go further" he cried, 81
want to know what ship we're goin'
aboard of
aver came in subdued roar from
the men behind him, who only needed
a leader to back out Of the enterprise,
which, as it threatened to involve fight
ing, began to seem not quite so much
to their taste. what ship?'
'"The frigate," answered Hornigold
shortly.
"What, the Mary Rose-the kings
shipr' cried the men, ceasing to row.
sRow, you dogsIH
Morris tribune., 1905-11-25

x;.:45wc. the sentry's Doil Shot had
awakened the attention of the people
of the town. Lights twinkled on the
ramparts of the fort, and the long roll
of drum could be heard coming faint
" up the harbor against the wind.
Lord Carlingford had just entered his
boat to board the ship There was not
a moment to lose.
"Hornigold, go forward with your
men to the forecastle. Velsers, come
you hither with yours for the after
guard; Teach to the fore, Raveneau
to the main and Rock to the mizzen-
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 in 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. The
jumped with alacrity, therefore, to
obey their captains commands. AS
the ponderous sheets of canvas fell
from the yards the men lay down
from aloft, and sheets and halyards
were manned, the cable that moored
the vessel to the anchor was cut, the
ship swung to starboard, the yards
were braced in, and she began to slip
through the water toward the narrow
mouth Of the harbor. There were 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
harbor mouth and under ordinary cir
cumstances would have made it impos-
sible for 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 Velsers, than
whom no better seamen ever held
spoke, by Morgan's orders were 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 were 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 were primed from a pow
derhorn that had been brought by the
pirates.
The land breeze was fresh and
strong, and the Mary Rose vindicated
her claim to be considered fast sailer-
She fairly ripped down the harbor,
threading her way through the channel
under Hornigold's nice pilotage until
she came near to the narrow entrance
By Morgan's orders each man re
- ~
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~lHE Mary Rose was ship with
history. The battle roster of
the English navy had borne
many Of her name. In each in
stance she had been found IN the thick
est Of the fighting. The present vessel
was an old ship, having been built
some thirty years before, but she was
stiA stanch and Of a model which com-
bined strength with speed. The most
conspicuous expedition she had partci-
pated in had been desperate defense
of a convoy in the Mediterranean
against seven Sallee royers, in which
after hard engagement lasting four
hours the Mary Rose triumphed deci-
siveiy without losing single sail of
her convoy.
The commander of the ship on this
memorable and heroic occasion had
been knighted on his return to Eng
land and on the accession OF James
had been sent to Jamaica with Lord
Carlingford as vice governor to take
command of the naval station and su-
persede Morgan. Admiral Sir John
Ke,,..... t,-,orne was an elderly man at
tn t:::..A but his spirit was the same
th;r h enabled him to withstand so
succe5 fully the overwhelming on
slaught Of the Algerine pirate ships.
The English navy, however, was then
in a state of painful decay. The ships
Morris tribune., 1905-11-25
SIR HENRY MORGAN,
BUCCANEER
nv CYRUS TOWNSEND BRADY,
Author of Southerners,' For Love
OF Country" Grip of Honor Etc.
.a,xp,cuT 1905. w. DILLINGHAM; COMPANY
~ CYRUS TOWNSEND
.,,,,,s,s of Proceeding Chapters.

CHAPTER one-Sir Henry Morgan, former
nitrate. having purchased immunity and
knishthood from the king of England,
has reformed and has beceme vice gov
ernor of Jamaica, He is deposed and,
killing the officers sent to arrest him,
determines to become again a freebooter.
u-Benjunin Hornigold, ex-pirate, who
had been bitterly wronged by Morgan,
.ioir1s the fortunes of the latter in order to
seek an opportunity to wreck vengeance
ON him.
Morris tribune., 1905-11-25
CHAPTER III.

@1HE next morning, after waiting
a reasonable time for a mes
sage from the two soldiers at
Spanish Town, Lord CARING
ford, the new governor who had taken
up his residence temporarily at Port
Royal, summoned his attendants and
himself repaired to the seat Of gov
ernment to ascertain why no further
report had been received from his Of
d1cers Great was his astonishment
when he found that the residence Of
by fire during the night. The fright
ened slaves could tell nothing Nor
gan and Carib had taken care that no
one had marked their departure. Con-
seQuently when the search of the ruins
revealed the remains of three bodies so
badly charred as to be unrecognizable
it was naturally inferred at first that
they were those Of the buccaneer and
the two unfortunate officers. 1t was
known among the people Of the place,
however, that Lady Morgan had been
seriously i'll. so ill that she could not
have been removed, and there were
some who suspected that one of the
bodies was hers and that the arch
fend himself had by some means dis
posed Of the officers and escaped.
Therefore a hue and cry was raised
Tor him and a strict search instituted
by order of the governor, who, after
setting affairs in motion, returned to
Port Royal.
Troops were accordingly ordered out,
and even details of surly seamen,
growing at being deprived Of their
accustomed shore liberty, were de-
Eafied from the frigate, which hap
pened to be the only war vessel In
commission in the harbor. Hornigold,
Rayeneau and one or two Of the others
known to be former companions Of the
buccaneer were closely Intercepted,
but they stoutly declared they did not
know his whereabouts and had seen
nothing of him. Later in the afternoon
1t was observed that Hornigold's pin
mace was not in the harbor. Indeed,
with cunning adroitness, that master
mariner himself called attention to the
fact, cursing the while his old COM
mander for his alleged theft Of the
beat and declaring his willingness to
jein In the search for him. 1t was
known to the authorities that the exc
eutiOn of the boatswain's brother by
Morgan had shattered the old intimacy
which subsisted between them; conse-
Quently his protestations were given
eredence, and suspicion of collusion
was diverted from him.
Lord Carlingford finally determined
TO send the Mary Rose to sea in an en-
heayor to overhaul the pinnace in the
hope that the former vice governor
mig..t be found on her, although the
chances Of success were but faint. The
frigate, however, was not provisioned
or watered for a cruise after her long
voyage from England. There had been
considerable scurvy and other sickness
on the ship, and she was in no condi-
zion to weigh anchor Immediately.
She would have to be resupplied and
the sick men in her crew replaced by
drafts from the shore Besides, in ac-
scordance with the invariable custom,
the great majority of the men had
been given shore leave for that after
moon and evening, and those few who
were not on duty were carousing at
the Blue Anchor inn and similar tav-
The frightened slaves could tell nothing
Morris tribune., 1905-11-25
CHAPTER w.

>lHE Mary Rose was a ship with
history. The battle roster Of
1 the English navy had borne
J many Of her name. In each in
Morris tribune., 1905-11-25

|1HE next morning, after waiting
a reasonable time for a mes
sage from the two soldiers at
Spanish Town, Lord CARING
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-27
KAISER EXPECTS WAR,
German Ruler Evidently Looked for
 Candida


 Berlin, Oct 26.--Recent events ap- parently have turned the thoughts of Emperor William toward the proba- bility of Germany soon becoming in volved In war. His speeches at Dres- den yesterday and in Berlin today con- tained pointed reference to the prob ability of war and the necessity of be- ing ready for 1t. In discussing the of- ficers of Saxon grenadier regiment at Dresden, the Emperor said:
 We live in time when every young German capable of bearing arms must be ready to give himself to the Father land"
 At a banquet given in his honor in the Dresden Schloss last evening the Emperor, replying to the Kings toast to his health, said:
 If the German Empire continues to prosper, then we can calmly, with rais- ed vigor and with the courage of free German men. confront any one who should venture to cross our path or to disturb us in the promotion of our reasonable interests"
 After unveiling the statute of Field Marshal von Moltke today, his majesty addressed the highest army officers. who were assembled around him, at a dinner at the Schloss, saying:
 How matters stand with us in the world you have seen. Therefore, keep your powder dry and your swords whetted"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-27
NO EXCUSE FOR HIM.

So far as we have kept up with the
 affair that hundred thousand dollar thief, Cuniiffe, has not attempted to blame his fall on the woman. as fa- ther Adam did. There may have been women indirectly to blame, for that is frequently the excuse given by weak man for going wrong. but no one has been charged with compiicfty by him.
 And that was rather leading ques- tion he put to his captors: What can you expect of a man who gets but $65 month salary and handles thous- ands of dollars every dayT' he in- quired. doubtless expecting q chorus of voices to say: We should expect him to steal. of course" Nevertheless. honest men will make no such an- swer. We may admit that his pay was not as much as 1t should have been and that a man with great fi- nancial responsibilities should be paid better. Some so so far as to say that young man with such a salary might be expected to. steal the funds entrusted to him. but that Is c weak argument. It is equivalent to say ing that no man can be expected to be honest unless he Is paid for 1t. That is poor conception of manhood. If @ mans honesty depends on his pay 1t will be difficult to explain the rascality os some of the big insu- rance men.
 It may be possible. as The savan- nah News says, that Cunliffe may have seen his wife in need of new L. xAk nrxs through. and himself with a three year-old hat. by reason of the fact that his salary was too small to buy dress es and shoes and hats. He may have had sickness at home, and the rent and grocery bills may have been over due. Such things may sometimes be an incentive to crime. but they do not excuse It."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-27
SENATOR GoRMAN SPEAKS.
Defends Proposed Franchise Amend
 ment to Constitution. M&

Defends Proposed Franchise Amend-
 ment to Consultation. 4&
 Elicott City, Md, Oct 26.-Before a largely attended and enthusiastic meeting opened by Joshua N. Wake field, brother of the Governor of the State and presided over by ex-Gover- nor John Zee Carroll, United States Senator Arthur Pue German today dis cussed and defended tho proposed franchisement amendment to the State Constitution. He declared that the f1f- teenth amendment to the Constitution. the wrong and an insult, he said, to every Southern State, was carried against the protest of nearly one-half the Republican statesshen in Congress, 1t having been adopted in caucus by single vote. He said the subject of the fifteenth amendment was purely mat ter of political expediency and quoted Thaddeus Stevens as having said:
 Another good reason for negro suf- frage is that it will insure the ascen- dency of the Republican party"
 Still quoting Senator German contin- ued:
 Do you avow the purpose7" ex- claimed some horror stricken dema- gogue.
 q do," said Thsddeus Stevens. 'If impartial suffrage Is excluded in the Southern States. then every one of them will send solid delegations to Congress. They will combine with the copper head Democrats of the North and elect a President and Congress For all these reasons I am for negro suffrage"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-27
SPOTS ON THE SUN.

Once again we are assured by as- tronomers that we may be nearing a period of sunspots which will have their effect on our earth Even now a Roman observer calls attention to one of. these spots which, according to his computations. covers an area of twelve thousand millions of square miles. The curious reader can take pencil and paper and calculate the di- arnetef of such spot. and what DOT tion of the entire surface it occu- pies, but at all events it is a big one. |. As for the cause of these spots. ob- servations. we are assured, have es- abolished the opinion that sun spots are rifts in the photosphere caused by eruptions of unimaginable violence on fhe surface of the sun, through whicn vast fountains of intensely incandes- cent hydrogen are projected into space, to be, drawn back again by gravita- tion. The attraction of gravitation being about twenty-seven times great CT on the sun than on the earth, a gas Is there twenty-seven times heav- fer than here. This assists in the com prehension of the eruptive forces cap- able of projecting volumes of gases against such an attraction for dis tances equal to a fourth of the solar diameter, or, say, 2lo.000 mics, sup ported by clouds of metallic vapors, and which in falling back into the sun form parabolic jets.
 This is all very interesting to the | scientists and other learned men but 1t leaves us laymen almost as much in the dark as ever. even if we &C., | cept all the dicta of the astronomers. In Ossians invocation to the sun. in his poem of "Carthel." le begins: ''Oh those that rollest above. round as the
 shield of my fathers! Whence are thy beams. 0 Sun! Thy everlasting iighty' and his questions are yet un- answered Of what Is the sun made? Where does 1t get the light and heat 1t is continually sending out? Why Is not that light and heat exhausted? |? What is the nature of those internal forces which cause such disturbances on the surface?
 These are questions which baffle the wise as well as the ignorant, and | after all the explanations that are made are still forced to admit that we really know little about the mat ter That the coming of the spots can be foretold with some degree of &C., curacy Is an advance in knowledge, but not much. Is 1t possible for hu- man intelligence to go much further in the way of solving all the mys- teries connected with the mighty planet?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-27
TALK OF ANNEXATION.
United States Minister Squiers Accused
 With Compaicity In the Scheme.

United states Minister SQutera Accused
 With COmpaicity in the Scheme.
 Havana, Get. 26.-The administration newspapers characterize the talk oi annexation to the United States, which has cropped out in connection with the Anglo-Cuban commercial treaty, as a conspiracy and even broadly hint that Herbert c. Squiers. the American min ister. is a party to 1t.
 The Discussion, a government organ has prepared a list of alleged annex ationists which is said to include MT SQuiers and other prominent Ameri- cans, as well as Spaniards and Cubans
 MT. Squiers, while cognizant that there has been some talk on the appli- cation by Cuba for annexation as a more or less remote contingency, has not concerned himself with the contro- versy regarding the treaty except as the accredited representative of the United States.
 An unauthorized report Is published this evening that MT Squiers's recall is expected. The report is treated as a joke.
 One reason of the Governments per sistency in upholding the Anglo-Cuban treaty is the possibility that Great Britain will withdraw her legation and regard Cuba as 8 ward of the United States
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-27
1V,I, p.v Au Deuosltorn

Trenton Trust and Safe Deposit Con- pany. which began here yesterday in a mild way, reached such an extent to- day that there were hundreds of de- positors gathered around the bank awaiting to draw their money. The officers of the institution kept the bank open till o'clock to accommodate those who wanted to withdraw their depostts. President Hugh Hammill said tonight that there was no valid reason for the run, which evidently had been started by some wild or care less talk among the banks small de- positors. The bank. MT. Hammin said. has made ample provisions through other Trenton banks to meet any de- maud that may be made tomorrow.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-10-27

There is an unmarried professor of psychology in Massachusetts who re- gently said in the course of a lecture to her students. that babies "are too often vain repetitions." There's an opinion for you. from cultured Massa- chusetts. If this critic should ever become the mother of a baby we won der if she would wish 1t to be alto gether different from all other babies Would she prefer that 1t should not be in any respect a repetition of her- self or its father? A sThe Los Ange- les Times asks: Can you imagine a dear. old fashioned woman taking this view of baby? Do you suppose any normal mother ever contemplated the wee bit of sweet humanity by her side and turned away from 1t with ths complaining protest that it was ga vain repetition?" Such a thought is not to be endured for a moment--and a shuddering humanity will hope that Mount Holyoke's maiden professor of psychology stands alone on the in- tellectual pedestal from which she shoots basflisk glances at babies.
 The Gordon incident is case of too much psychology grafted on plain soid humans nature. Its principal figure should get back to firm ground. ["
 Evidently this Professor belongs to the advancel class of women who look on babies as nuisances, to be avoided if possible. Vain repetitions"--your granny!