Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-12-14

Give it him for'ard," roared Black j;
ana the shot that answered his command
STRUCK the qulvering hull not twenty feet
from the windlass and you could see the
spllnters carried fifty feet in the air. while
the shrleks of terror came over the sea
to us.
Screaming like wild beasts. the men
turned the handles of the Maxim guns :;
the oalls rained upon the defenseless liner
as nail upon a sheepfold. | saw strong
men reel and fall their length as death
TOOK them; the breeze bore to me the
Waillng of women, and the sobs of chill
dren
The flag dropped and the signal was
made TO US to come aboard.
Lower away the launch. you John ~
cried Black, "and take every shilling you
can lay hands on. and hang up that skip
per for thin-skinned fool"
You'd better GO said Osbart to me,
you'll be amused - and suggested it to
Black.
Yes, he shall 60" he cried: IF we
swing, he shall swing. Let him get
aboard"
might as we'll have put pistol 70 my
mead as to have refused. They bundled
me into the launch; but they would not
leave me when they came alongside. and
Roaring John" himself drove me up the
ladder Seven of us at last stood on the
bridge, and were face to face with the
captain of the Bellonic. and four OF his
officers
The deck was very babel of sounds.
or groans, of weeping. The ships surgeon
himself seemed paralyzed before the sight
or the carnage around him. But above
all this terror, | know of nothing which
struck me with such fearful sorrow as the
sight of fair young English girl lying
by the door of the great saloon, her arms
extended, her nut-brown hair soaked in
her own blood, while a man knelt over
her, and you could see his tears falling
upon her dead face, and his rawlings were
incoherent and almost those of maniac.
Meanwhile another scene was passing on
the bridge between the man John and
the captain of the Bellonic.
What do you want aboard Of my
ship" cried the latter; and Roaring
John" answered him with a hooking
leer:
We've come aboard TO hang you, to
begin on!
The men with the young officer cooked
their revolvers at this, and | said in
mad frenzy which would not brook ST.
lence:
"You scoundre, il you touch another
soul here III shoot you myself for
had my revolver on me. DO you make
business of killing children" | cried
again. and pointed to the dead body ot
the girl-child. don't know who was
more surprised, the captain of the Bel
Ionic, listening, or the man John.
You cub" he cried; "if you talk to
me I'll skin you alive.' but I said quick
ly:
Gentlemen, these men want every
and save your lives, for you have NJ al
tentative. If you give the money up, you
have my word that they Won't touch you.
las there's heaven above exclaimed
the young captain, they shall pay for
this days work with their lives. ! hand
my specie over under this protest; but
don't deceive yourselves-haif the wcr-
ships in Europe shall follow you within
week
He turned away, and presently the ruf
fans with me had lowered money to the
value of hundred and fifty thousand
pounds into their launch. When at last
we put off again, and the launch was full
of the jewels and the money, it seemed
that | had passed through a hideous
dream.
On the second day after the robbery
Of the Bellonic. we stopped a second and
then third ship; though l saw nothing
of it, as all the fighting was on the star
board side, ara my cabin was to por-:
but there was a sharp fight on the third
morning with a Cape-bound vessel, and
again towards the afternoon with one of
the North German Lloyd boats home
ward bound to Bremerhaven: Osbart,
coming to my rooms, delighted to give me
the details of these captures.
TO be continuedl