Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1911-02-23
The Ia les Turned
An Awful Revenge | urned
on the Revenger
By WILLIAM G. EMERSON
Copyright. 1910. by American Press
Association

Penguin. was sailing between Vera
Cruz and Puerto Cabcllo. in Honduras,
when she was attacked by pirates
Captain Hazeltinc Of the Penguin. hay-
ing four swivel gums ON board. two
port and two starboard. or larboard
and starboard. as the terms then were.
with plenty OF mllskets and cutlasses,
gave the pirates Il fight that cost them
| one-thrd OF their number In killed and
wounded. mostly killed But the pi.
RACES were too strong for the mer-
chantmen. who were at length over.
powered
The captors we're so irritatcd at the
| fight they had been put to aud their
loss ,hul they resolved to iuilict tor.
ture upon Captain IIIzeltine. to whom
they were Indebted for both aS they
well knew, for II was be who had led
| every movement against them. They
| forced every person on the III fated
Penguin 80 walk the pIauk except
Huzeltnc. whom they put in irons
down in the hold Then the pirate
commander invited suggestions as to
methods Of execution that would give
| the most suffering.
Many Of the plans that We're handed
| in were impracticable, since the pi
rates did not possess the means of car
rying them out one struck the cap
tnlug fancy as soon ,as 1t was pro
posed II was that they should bury
their victim up to his chin In the sand
at reccding half tide. so that on its re-
turn 1t would gradually drown him.
| Death would thus confront him for
hours and would llnger when Il came
It. seemed 10 the pirate that this men.
tai strain on n man in sound bodily
health would he far worse than phys
ical pain He ordered his craft headed
for the shore and anchored near
beach On arrival the boats were low
cred aud filed with catables and cases
Of wine that bad been taken from the
Penguin. for the pirates had deter
mined TO have spree on shore, whore
they could have plenty of room to
stretch their legs However their
numbers were So reduced by the fight
they had been through that one boat
SurIiced. aud. since two men were left
~ guard the ship, but five men. includ-
mg the captain. went ashore with the
victim
They found the tide within an hour
OF the Glib Burying Uazeltine on the
verge. he would see the tide rcccde for
Va hour. then return for mn hour The
puntrs faced him toward the water.
leaving only his mend exposed Ills
arms We're placed close To his hanks
lana when his execulionprS had stamped
on the sand about him he felt himself
IN wise Having finished their work
they carried their supplies a little far
ther up on the beach and began to eat.
drink and be merry
InzcItine soon discovered thut no
more frightful Death could bp devised
! He watched the tide reredc pause ana
begin its return ny his time the
pirates were very drupk. ScTramip"
and fighting ike madmcu unzpltur
hoped some one al them. infurlut"d
by liquor, would como Ind cleaye his
skull with cutass lut he was dis
appointed
And now the first wave reached TN
victims chia The next did NOT yom,.
sn high nor the nest. but the fnpr.l
washed his jaws When il rrrrdcd o.
took nm inch If sand from nrde Hi4
chin The next wave took mrGe Hnd
successive waves lpft his thraat h1re
Eu while ihr sand was surk,d away
n front it WAS piled up NJ thr back %
his hr1d
liy rai~ time tho vr,ls ut the mrulet
We're few aI soon rrascd alruerJner
They had intended "a watch tArlr pIs
ouer die uut hard GOT druuR instead
The waves. du,htn4 over Ha2clrluc
while hr held his breath kept suck
lu4 sand from his front F'iuAhy ne
could work his body backward and for
! ward. The water poured ia around him
ana Softcncd the sand by an eTort he
freed his arms ana dug with his hands
! Tn few minutes he was free
Looking about him he saw the pi
rates lying IN a drunken stupor His
! first impulse was To run. his second to
take their boat ana pull away His
| third OH his third marked a great
change In him Seeing the shovel with
which he pirates had dug his grave
/ he seized It and dug five other graves
70 few feet above where his wnuld to-
cNecutiouers had dug his own Then.
uNue mp pirate he put him into an
uprigh, hole and filled in the sand
| nhou. him Then hc buried another
and another an all were up to their
! chin~ iu sand Some of them awaken
-. but did not realize mt FIRST where
they were. Others were too drunk to
know anything.
N1lf an hour later the water reached
them ANA sobcred them Tho sand
rnva way before them. but Huzeltuc
threw mere sand 10 its place. main
tanning his position and theirs until
the waves rolled above their heads
But Hazeltiue was not satisfied
| Waiting an night had fallen be rowca
NJ the boat TO the ship ana. armed
with captured weapons. steolthuy
climbed the side The two men who
had been left aboard had initiated the
example Of those who had gone ashore