The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-05-23

were the ships and many were the
lives he saved by the dangerous and
heroic acts ever done by his class of
people. He laughed in the face of the
raging hurricane and spit despisinglye (
at the breakers. And he never talked
TO anybody; and everybody was afraid
TO talk to him. There was something
IN his eyes that gave even the most
courageous the cold shivers to look at
them. 1t was the fire and hunger and
thirst of revenge.
FINALLY one exceedingly bad stormy
day, with the seas rolling in breakers
everywhere, a shot from a ship in dis
tress struck his ear, and he went i'm
mediately to the usual point of out
look with his powerful pilot glass to
scan the sea and find out where the
ship was located. Ah, there it came,
straight to the hidden rocks of the
dangerous coast, straight into the Jaws
OF total destruction and horrible
death for those aboard. And the Eng
llsh fisg was flying tlom under the
mizzen. With roar as from a hum
CRY tiger, the pilot jumped for his
boat and out he went against the pro-
tests of all; they were sure he would
lose his life without being able to do
any good to the doomed ship. Never
theless he went. He reached the ship.
got aboard and took immediate COM
mand. Everybody hailed him as
their savior and clustered around him.
But he gruff1y ordered them to work.
The ship had lost its main mast and
its sails were torn in shreds. But he
was master of the occasion, and it took
him only few minutes to repair the
most necessary rigging and sails and
get it in right steering. He laid it's
course for an outport and reached this
in safety. When the snip had swung
up under it's anchor and everything
was fitted as should be, he was to take
the owner, who was an English lord,
his lady wife and little daughter,
ashore, as the lady and child were very
| sick and nervous because of the suf-
fering and fright they had gone thru
in their danger. And the lord him.
self was not very much better.
The pilot was more than willing:
In fact ne was supremely joyous in his
heart and soul. For the hour of re-
venge had finally come. The proud
lord was no other than the very cap
tain of the English warship that took
him prisoner and thereby killed, most
cold heartedly, his wife and child. He
had knelt at that time on the deck Of the
English ship before the proud naval
officer and told him that his wife and
child would starve to death if he was
taken away from them. And in an
swer to his prayer he was spit on and
cursed and kicked and laid in chains
by this very man. He would Lave
sailed his ship to the bottom at once,
when he found out who the man was
that owned the ship, but then Innocent
people would have suffered. And this
he would not do. But here comes the
lord, his wife and only little daughter
and asks to be taken ashore. Surely
the Lord of lords, the supreme revenger
of all human injustice, must have given
them into his hands. And with the
resolution to sink them to the bottom
on the very spot where his little craft
with the precious corn were sunk years
ago and himself 60 down with them, he
left the ship, hoisted the sail and
grasped the rudder. The lord and his
lady talked to him, but he never looked
at them. But horror upon horror,
what is the man doing? His course
lay direct for some of the most dam
gerous and laundering breakers ahead.
The lord shivers, the lady cries nerv-
ousIy and the child cries and hides
her face at the bosom of her frantic
mother. The lord jumps up and looks
at the pilot. Great god, he must be
insane; that cruel wild look in his eyes.
the murderous determination of his
face! And as there is only short dis
tance now between them and the
breakers, the lord fell on his knees be-
fore this pilot, and In heartbreakinR
words begs him to spare their lives and
his reward shall be princely. The old
man laughs bitter sarcastic laugh
and answers: @As you heard my pray
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