The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1905-12-27

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had been hard on us and that we might
be hard on ye''-
''No more Of this, gentlemen! The
past is gone! We begin again. cried
Morgan fercely. "And, mark he, the
man who betrays Harry Morgan will
not live many minutes to boast it! I'd
kill him if he sat on the steps Of a
throne. Easy therev' he called out to
the oarsmen, assuming the command
as by right, while the boats keel graf
ed on the shingle. call out now and
lead the way. Nay, gentlemen, you
shall all precede me. Carib here will
bring up the rear. And it may be
well for you to keep your weapons in
your belts.
Much impressed, the little party dis
embarked and walked rapidly toward
the place Of assemblage under the
trees. Morgan and the maroon came
last. each OF them with a barred sword
and locked pistol
Lads" said Hor1igold as they ap-
preached the men. .'here's your cap
tain. Sir Henry Morgan"
''The governor cried one and an
other in surprise and alarm. The man
had been terror to evildoers too poor
to bribe.
'sNay, men, governor no more" Nor
gan answered promptly-"a free sail
or who takes the sea against the Span
ish dons. Well go buccaneering as
in the old days. These men here"
pointing to tie group of officers, "can
tell you what it means. You have
heard tales of the jolly, rowing life Of
the brethren of the coast. Well do a
little picking in the Caribbean, then
over the isthmus and thea down into
the south seas. There's wine and wo-
men and treasure to be had for the
taking. The Spaniards are towards.
Let them hear that Harry Morgan is
once more on the sea under the Jolly
Roger, and they will remble FROM
Darien down to the strait Of Magellan.
It Will be fair play and the old shares.
Who's with me?"
.,Ir' 81" ''Ir' broke from the bolder
spirits of the crowd, ana tie rest.
catching the contagion, fna'iy join@
in the acclaim.
Easy" s2s<2, t;lc e:Dtain. -lest we be
heard. Hornigold, is there liGuor?' %
Plenty. SIR
Let each man hare & nabte draft,
then to the boats"
But. captain" spoke Up Sawl;ns.
one of the boldest recruits, who was
not in the secret. ''be ye goin' buc-
caneerin' in boats? Whar's the ship?'
st have ship in the harbor," cried
Morgan, "well found and provided"
aye, but what ship?'
Confusion. sir.v' shouted Morgan.
.sBegin ye by questioning me? Into the
boat with your comrades! Velsers, De
Lussan, Rock, see that the men get into
the boats as soon as they have their
dram. And bark ye, gentlemen, a word
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 LES Just within the bar. You,
Velscis and Rock, gain the fo'c'sl from
larboard and starboard. You, Teach
and Raveneau, board at the different
gangways. Hornigold, I'll 50 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.
rThe men had been em5ariling in the
boats rather reluctantly as he spoke,
L;;.11 presently all was ready. Finally
Eo-nigold and then Morgan with the
maroon stepped into the last boat, first
making sure there We're no straggiers
left behind, and Morgan gave the COM
n.2nl to shove off.
.s:,v;;.ins had boldly presumed, in
spite Of the commander. to open his
r1oulh again as the boats slowly left
tAe beach, rowing through the passage
:,a.; Up the harbor against tie ebb just
Lee.nning. le pulled the stroke. oar in
I-ornigold's boat.
:.3efore 1 50 further he cried. Il
west to know what ship we're goin'
2.c;o:.rd Of"
".iye..' came in a subdued roar from
tie zen behind him, who only needed
q leader to back out of the enterprise,
v-,.ica, as it threatened to involve fight
irg. began to seem not cutie so much
to their taste. What ship?"
'sI7.e frigate," answered Hornigold
shortly.
What, the Mary Rose--the kings
ship cried the men, ceasing to row.
'Row, you dogslH
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