The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1913-05-08

nimble, expert, writhed away like al
adder from all these lightning move
but the blows which he parriec
fell against the vessel, ano
ments. He avoided a collision, and
continued their work Of destruction.
An end of broken chain was left
hanging to the carronade. This chain
had in some strange way become
/ twisted about the screw of the cas-
cabel One end of the chain was fas-
tened to the gun-carriage. The other
left loose, whirled desperately aboul
the cannon, making all its blows more
dangerous.
The screw held it in firm grip,
adding thong to battering- ram,
making a terrible whirlwind around
the canon, an iron lash in brazen|
hand. This chain complicated the
contest.
However, the man went on fighting.
Occasionally, it was the man who at
tackled the cannon; he would creep "a
long the side of the vessel, bar and
rope in hand and the cannon, as if
it understood, and as though suspect
ing some snare, would flee away The
man, bent on victory, pursued it.
Such things cannot long continue
The cannon seemed to say to itself,
all of sudden, "Come, now Make
an end of it," and it stopped. One felt
that the crisis was at hand The can
non, as if in suspense, seemed to have
or really had-for to all it was liv-
ing being-a ferocious malice pre-
pense. 1t made a sudden, quick dash
at the gunner. The gunner sprang
out of the way, let it pass by, and
cried out to it with laugh, "Try it /
again. The canon, as if enraged, N
carronade on the port side;
then, again seized by the invisible
sling which controlled it, it was hurl-
ed to- the starboard side at the man,
who made his escape. Three carron-
ldes gave way under the blows of the
then, as if blind and not
what more to do, it turned
is back on the man, rolled from stern
o bow, injured the stern and made a
'reach in the planking of the PROV.
The man took refuge at the foot of
he steps, not far from the old man
Who was looking on. The gunner held
lis iron bar at rest The cannon
emed to notice it, and without taking
ne trouble to turn around, slid back
n the man, swift as the blow of an ,
xe. The man, driven against the
ide of the ship, was lost. The whole
rev cried out with horror.
But the old passenger, till this mo- ,
tent motionless, darted forth more !
uickly than any of this wildly swift
apidly. He seized "a package of +
assignats, and, at the risk :
being crushed, succeeded in throw i
lg it between the wheels of the !
This decisive and perilous :
ovement could not have been made
18th more exactness and precision by
man trained in all the exercises des- :,
'ibed in Durosel's Manual of Gun :,
ractice at Sea-"
The package had the effect of
og. A pebble may stop a log, the a
| =,
lche. The carronade stumbled. The :"
amer, taking advantage of this ;,
itical opportunity, plunged his iron q
n between the spokes of one of the ~
nd wheels The cannon stopped. 1t "
aned forward. The man using the I,
r as lever, held it in equilibrium. 4,
lie heavy mass was overthrow, with -,
e crash of a falling bell, and the =,
an, rushing with all his might, drip =,
ng with perspiration, passed the re-
p-noose around the bronze neck, of
e subdued monster.
1t was ended The man had con- .,
cred The ant had control over the -;
'stodon; the pigmy had taken the a,
lnderbolt prisoner. sh
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