Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-05-02

"S'death, sl;enceg' roared Morgan furiously. 1.-The ship II ours! I've message for the king. Wilt carry itT'
 T would not Insult my royal master by carrying message from such as you"
 You will have itg shouted Morgan, white with rage, lunging forward at him.
 Their blades crossed in an instant, and at the same moment the old mas ter, reckless of what happened, flung himself between the two. There was roar from Carlos pistol. and the old man fell. As Kempthorne relaxed his guard slightly in the confusion Morgan ran him through. The admiral fell so suddenly that he jerked the blade, bur jed in his breast. out of the buccaneers hand.
 God" he gasped as he lay upon the body of the old sailor-"G God-save the -kingr'
 "Wouldst sit in my plare. ehT' cried Morgan, laughing truculently as he turned on his heel and left the cabin.
 Beneath the hatches the platoon of soldiers and the men there imprisoned were yelling and making tremendous racket. They were helpless, however. and could do nothing. The men of the boarding parties were clustered in groups forward and aft and around the closed passageways into the inte- rior of the ship waiting for the next order.
 The noise and confusion which had followed the sentry's bold 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 ly 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. They 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, haye made t timpos- sible for shiR to enter. or leaYe 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 yelsers, 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 10 have some skill in gun nery. whom be placed in temporary charge of the cannon, how to fire them by snapping their pistols at the touch holes, which were primed from a pow derhom 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 Moryan's orders each man re- mained motionless at the place where he had been stationed. and the ship % far as human noise was concerned was as still as death. Even the sol- diers below. finding DO attention paid to their cries, had subsided Into com parative quiet. The silence was broken only by the creaking of cordage. the dashlng of water against the bows and the grooming of the timbers. Ever and anon Hornigo,d's deep voice. crying "LArboard.' or "starboard- 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 q boat right ahead. sir
 Run her down-' answered Morgan instantly.