The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1906-01-13

'.lUl09NHNtI dtuHt HthY Udtt sumo ftt
10 ia trjih ITS bctorc M HN past.
night he descended to the cabin TO find
his wife sem awake He was glad Of
At, a be wanted some one TO talk 10.
Look here, Nancy" he began; a
don't like this; by Josh, If | do! We
wont git no breeze before sunrise,
and aye know what we'll see ibe very
lr,t thing when the mist Is blown
aWay|'
"A Britisher about two miles off,
guess" She replied.
That's it, that's jest what well see,
and | want TO know what we're goin'
60 DO about It.
"Nuthin tall Elisha We can't make
The wind blow"
But he'll capture US"
"Mphbc he VIII and mebbe no won't
I've thought | had hen right by the
tail, when she'd dodge 10 right or left
ami gil away. II won't do no good 10
stew and fret. It's time TO take mcd-
cine when you know somcthin' ailS We.
I'd turn in and git some sleep if | WAS
you, Noull be called before day
break"
The captain followed her advice, and
for The next four hours the brig was
so quiet that a boat drifting past
would have heard no sound. Then it
was Nancy herself who called The
sleeper.
"lth he daylight nj half an hour"
she whispered, and want To tell We
somethn' I've been on deck FUR the
last half hour, and I'm sure there's
craft Of some sort at anchor below us"
zen be a man-o'-war. Nancy, a man
o-war" he groaned
Most likely but we needn't faint
away on that account"
On reaching the deck The captain felt
of The atmosphere 50 10 say. 10 sail
or there We're Indications that q breeze
off the LAND might soon be expected.
1t would be weak and puffy and not
until sunrise. bHt il was his
plan 10 take advantage of those pu0s
as far rs hc could. The pawls Of the
windlase were muhled. aud as the
hcmpen cable came slowly IN there
was little or no sound Of weighing am
Choir. The tide was running up The
sound. ana tide aud breeze sent TIN
Mary Ann aiong for half an hour. Then
Of sudden the breeze freshened. The
mist began to disappear. and down ia
the south and about three miles away
the crew of the brig caught sight of a
British frgute.
by Josh, but didn't / tell yc so:''
exclaimed Captain Hopcwell as his
eyes lighted on The craft
"Yes. Elisha. you did" replied Nan
ry. but don't see anything 10 boiler
about"
And there goes n gun, And there
goes a hag.' shouted the raptain as he
waved his telescope around.
"Waal that don't burt rs any. Look
here, Elisha don't git excited and fall !
downstairs. The Britishcr lays with
bis head to the south. He's got to W.
inchor and come about before be can 4
base Us. and wen then have a lead |
IF four mics"
~ INN ftfH ftH 'lHlt q tFA- tttAf ~ 1
grt NJ her anchor and come about. and |
-hc took up the pursuit a hopeless |
way The Mary Ann Increased her /
cad every minute. and her crew were
-ull of rejoicing until they had rounded |
hc point Then they SAW fair before
hem. coming vi the coast, one of the
en- gun hrios which the British were
making uso Of for shoal water patrol
ing They were swift sailers. chose
1Iigs but in This ease there was no
iced ~ pursuit The Mary Ann had
iailc1 right into the trap
by josh. Nancy but we're takenr'
Exclaimed Captain HoreGeu as L. /
.aught sight OF ihe stranger.
WAL. don't have a fit oyer it, she
'eplied
But the Mary Ann IS losi- aud we /
ire prisoners
VOL see about ihat There goes %
-un fur as % helre o. Fetch beg ints
be J. ELISHA. aut don't 40 no /
Toauu and lamcatu'. No dog ever
lead til his tail has stopped wazgin-.
N g0in' 70 believe that s5I.ethin' wll !