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made 90 us 70 eeme aboard.
Lower away the launch, you John y
cried Black. @and take every shilling Scs
can lay haRds on. and hang up that skip
per for a thin-skmned fool"
sYeu'd better CO. said osbart 10 me.
you'll be anused;" and suggested Il h
Blaek.
'.yes, he shall co. ne cried: "if we
swing, he shall swing. Let him 81
aboard"
might as well have put pistol to my
head as to have refused. They bundled
me into the launch; but they would net
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 Belloric, and four Of his
officers.
The deck was a very babel of sounds,
of groans, of weeping. The ships surgeon
himself seemed paralszed before the sight
Of the carnage around him. But above
all this terror, know of nothing which
struck me with such fearful sorrow as the
sight of Sair young English girl lying
by the door of the great saloon, her arms
extended, her nut-brown hail soaked ia
her own blood, wfile 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 q mocking
teer:
"we've come aboard to hang you. to
begin on -
The men with the young officer cooked
their revolvers at this, and said In q
mad frenzy which would not brock 81
lence:
.You scoundrel, II you touch another
soul here I'll shoot you myself" for |
had my revolver on me. do you make
business Of killing chifdren?" I cried
again, and pointed to the dead body of
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 alivew but said quick
":
.GentIemen, these men want every
shilling on this ship. Give it them now
and save your lives, for you have no al
tentative. IL you give the money up, you
have my word that they won't touch you."
As there's heaven above exclaimed
the young captain, they shall pay for
this days work with their lives. ] hand
nay specie over under this protest; but
don't deceive yourselves-hah the war
ships in Europe shall follow you within .
week"
He turned away. and presently the ruff
fans with me had lowered money to the
value of hundred and fifty thousand
pounds into their launch. When at last
we put OF again, and the launch was full
Of the Jewels and the money, 1t seemed
that I had passed through q hideous
dream.
On the second day after the robbery
of the Bellonic, we stopped second and
then q third ship; though ! saw nothing
of 1t, as all the fighting was on the star
board side. and my cabin was to port;
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 Brenerhaven; osbart,
coming 10 my rooms, delighted to give ne
the details Of these captures.
Ito be continued1