The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-05-14
MALAY PIRATES
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group when the man on the lookout
halls the deck
"On deck, sir "Hello'" sings out
the mate
Two large proas coming out from
under the island on the port bow"
answered the mastheadsman.
THE hell you say" replies Old Wat
tie. springing on deck, for he had
heard the conversation down through
the .skylght. 81 thought we were
having too much good luck getting
through this group without a crush
with the copper-colored devils,
shot those guns" roared Old Wat
tie, "Gnd now young man you VIII
have a chance to show your skill as
marksman of Uncle Sans navy
The wind was falling light as it
often does i'm the afternoon in that
part of the world when the monsoonsI
are changing.
Guess we have got our work cut
out for us if this wind dies out on
us. which J I'm almost sure it will, and
those devils have tlfeir sweeps. AS
long as we have got good steerage way
on so | can handle the vessel l don't
care tie snap of my thumb for them,
but if they close in on our quarters
twill be a case of boarding and look
out for that poisoned lriss with d
ietblGck streak in the middle. once
it draws blood, you're dead man.
They're something like the Puar In
dams in Colombia with their blow
tubes and poisoned missiles of chu-
anter that are just dipped in drop
of blood from a poisoned wildcat hung
un by the heels and struck on the
head till few drops of jetblack
blood flows from the nose. There Is
no antidote for that poison.
Haul up the courses, Mr.. Clark,
and haul down the staysails, so we
can work those yards quick"
The proas were coming toward us
= at a good speed No men out of the
ordinary were visible about deck, as
4 our man aloft reported.
You just wait till the ball opens
and you will see them swarming VI
out of those matches like ants. Lay
the yards dead square, Mr.. Clark, Sc
we can swing her couple of points
each way without trimming.
The wind at the time was right af
and the proas were about point OIL
each bow, distance a mile. Old Wat
tie called the gunner,
> 'Now, jim, you shoot and shoot t
: hit. Don't waste a shot for it is a
, smooth as a smelt. Get a couple o
4 solid shot between wind and waite
g. and then rake them with grape an
y canister Be sure to get them for
x and aft Don't fire those small pill
B broadside on, for you can't do niue
Z damage. The after gats will hol
q them when you can't get at them an
"a keep your gun cool as long as 20
4 can, and at the tail end give it
them for all you are worth. Git FOL
q ward there and stand by for we wer
e getting pretty close and no men al
8 peared on the proas deck.
e 81 might be mistaken" said Of
& Waite, but / think those devils ar
q working a ruse to board. Give tina
fellow on the starboard bow a tast
81 of Old Reliable, jim"
Aye, aye, sir; let her come to por
= about half a point, sir, so I can get
n good bead on him."
A flash, a puff of smoke, and r.
port and young Jim sent a ten-poun
shot in on the bluff of his bow b,
| tween wind and water.
Good boy" yelled Old Waite
that will keep them bailing."
And then the devils swarmed u
: out of the matches. The fight wa
: on
III Stripped almost naked, with
breech cloth about their loins, an
each one with a kriss except tho'
that were beating the tomtoms an
bowling the wild, weird war chan
Both proas were now about an equ
distance from us, one on each boy
and the wind had fallen away
about three-knot breeze.
III "Give that fellow a uill on yol