Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-01-20

under matches the night Of the cap.
ture. Presented with the choice of in.
slant death or adherence to the band,
most of them had accepted the latter
! alternative, although, to their great
/ credit be It said, not until one or two
Of the loyal veterans who had hotly
refused to have anything TO do with
their ruffianly captors had been fore.
cd to walk the plank as an example to
the rest should they prove recalcit.
rant. Partly through terror, partly
through discomfort, partly on account
of promises of the great reward await
ing them, speciously urged by Morgan
! himself, for he could talk as well as
he could fight, and, most of ALL be
cause even at that date II was consld.
cred a meritorious act to attack q
Spaniard, some seventy cast in their
lot with the rest.
Among the 220 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 Il 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 lsla La Vaca as
well as the older original members OF
the crew OF the Mary Rose, together
with a select few OF the remainder,
we're men OF approved courage. The
Officers, indeed, bore regulations for
hardihood and daring not to be sur.
passed. Most OF the rest, however.
we're arrant towards. As a body the
band could not compare except in
leadership with the former bands Of
buccaneers.
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
rs when he had led the greatest buc.
cancer feet 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 lar as he was concerned, dlscip.
line was absolute. No admiral of the
fleet was ever served more promptly
and respectfully than he. Even his
nearest associates were treated with q
certain haughtiness, which they bit
terly resented and which they would
have called in question had the situa.
ton been other than II was. Truth to
tell, Influenced by Hornigold, they had
embarked upon n mad enterprise, and
they needed Morgan to bring II to
gttRRnGginl annnlnginn MtInnnt him
the slender conference which already
existed would fail and anarchy would
be the state upon the ship. So long as
they remained together II was certain
that Morgan would lead them on some
successful enterprise, and they might
get some reward for their risks and
crimes. In his safety lay their safety.
The ship, however, was a floating
colony of suspicion, treachery and ha'
tired. Morgan himself never appeared
without being loaded with weapons.
rot for bravado, but for use should oc.
casion rise. and his back was always
protected by the silent ana gigantic
maroon, whom the sailors, catching
the title from those who had known
him of old, referred to with malignant
hatred as Black Dog. That was q
name, indeed, which the taclturn half
breed rather rejoiced In than resented. |
Morgan had been able to awaken love
In no hearts except those or young
Teach whose feeling was admiration
rather than affection, and this half
breed maroon Whether it was from
his black African mother or from his
Gerce red Cab fathe that he inheited
fierce red Cath father that he inherited
ent. Devoted he had been and devoted
he remained.
There was one among the officers
Morgan was sure of and upon whom I!
he could depend in an emergency, and |
that was young Teach. He had fiat |
tered him by unusual marks of kind !
MORGAN BUCCANEER .. .. 80.
ness, and alone among the officers this !
fellow did not seem to cherish the |
Tancor and suspicion OF the others, He |
was too young to have experienced a
betrayal, as had the rest. This was
his first venture In actual piracy, and |
he found 1t marvelously pleasant
The officers, too, were all suspicious |
Of one another As each one nursed
his own private designs he suspected |
the others of doing likewise, and with |
reason. But there was as yet little
outward friction among them. Rave
neau, for instance, was most scrupu'
lously polite to the captain and his as
sociates. Velsers was too stupid in his
cups-and he was generally in them
10 do more than growl, and the Brazil
ian had all the capacities OF his race
for subtle concealment.
Although the necessary orders for
working the ship were obeyed and
personally imposed implicit