Devils Lake inter-ocean and Devils Lake free press. (Devils Lake, Ramsey County, N.D.) 1905-1909, 1909-08-06
revenge.
BY i i. A. mitchell.


ss BY Mitchell.
rcopydght 1909 ~ American Press Asso-
S$3 ciation.l s!
A Nearly go year ago two British l
ships of war Il were anc hored OF the
settlement of jamestown. ID the colony
of gtnia. on board one Of them
Lieutenant Maynard was awaiting his
wife, who was coming out to him from
England 1t being their intention to
settle In. the new country. A ship was
seen making slow Roadway up the
stream, and Maynard. thinking the yes
sci to be the Theds, In which his wife
had sailed from London. took a boat
and was pulled down to meet her.
"A! terrible shock awaited him. The
vessel was not the Thetis. but the Eu--!
,ropa. and she brought the news that
the former vessel had been captured
by Edward Thatch. a. pirate, common
II called Blackboard, and all on board
had persisted :}:sE NJ 81, I.
81 Thatch had for some time infested
the coast running his plumber into
sBathtown, G., where he had gained
the protection of the governor by d.
viding 1t with him. The governor of
Virginia had been appealed to with a
view to getting rid OF the buccaneer
land when this last outrage was per
petrated stood ready to act. He fur
nished two sloops, the war vessels fur:
:nished the crews, and Lieutenant May
nard was placed In command Of an
expedition to hunt down Blackboard.
AZ One day In s November the sloops
weighed anchor and sailed away
down the river, Followed by the pray
ers Of the sturdy settlers Of the town
and their comrades on the warships.
I! No one doubted that If Lieutenant
Maynard fell In with the demon OF the
ocean he would either bring. him back
alive. or dead or would never come
back himself. And they were right.
Maynard had been married but a short
time before his ship had sailed from
| England to girl he worshiped and
j both being OF an adventurous spirit
had laid their plans to make a home In
the new world. From the moment be
heard OF her death he knew but one
sensation, and that was tof be re
! venged upon her murderer. u - - Y BY
!! -Four days after the expedition sail
ed the pirates were sighted In an inlet
near; Bathtown. AS It was nightfal
. Maynard anchored to wait for light By
+, which to get at his enemy When Il
i came Thatch made an effort to escape
but In doing SO ran aground. " May
nard saw that he had his enemy at &
disadvantage, since, being In q dxe6
position, he could neither maneuvel
4 nor get away. Maynard tried to ge
near the pirate, but drew too. mucl
Z water. Throwing out the ballast from
the sloop In which he was. he fnall.
came within close range. r. 54* .S.r
r., On the pirates deck stood Thatch
E His bushy black beard, from which b
" derived his name, was tied up wit
ribbons, the ends of which Wer
thrown over his ears. On his hea'
ST was fur cap with d lighted match d
either side. 81 Across his shoulders wer
n slunga three brace Of pistols. In
q harsh voice he hurled words Of def
ance, to which Maynard replied tina
The would soon board him, which wa
1.-THE: only offensive method at his dis
q posal, since he had no guns. The an
II swer from the pirate was q broadside
& which put ont of the fight twenty Q
& Maynard IS crew and nine on his sur
porting ship .25;S $s u: .!!5:;s
1 n Maynard, thirsting to get at the dc
! Emon, ran close up alongside his shiI
In Suddenly shower sof hand grenade
4 fellaon the sloop, and before the ere,
Sj&could recover from \ the blow: Black
beard and fourteen Of his follower
y were on the British ships deck.
- Maynard and Thatch rushed togetl
a er. Hand to hand they fought. no1
with sword now { with pistol. Blu
& since the one barrel weapon OF tina
/ day was exhausted in a single she
b and six OF them were but equal to on
Il revolver of the present It was but
8 few minutes before nothing RENAME
Il to them except their swords. Thatc
n fought for his life, Maynard only f
81 revenge. Time and again he luckil
escaped death from his enemy's Gu
sl iaas & rIis. and IT SCENE