Montgomery County sentinel., 1915-10-01
his ship they would not have paid any
Iattention to It.

Iue unoW was tnnn WITH Ine Otner.-
The moment the ship hoistod all her
canvas the dhow did the same and
pointed to head off the Mary Robinson.
1t soon appeared that In this she would
be successful,
The ships crew soon saw what the
upshot of the matter was and from the
captain down were much frightened.
They had no means of defense worthy
Of the name, couple of six pound
carronades and small arms. However,
Captain Wainwright ordered the car.
ronades loaded and provided with am.
munition, Of which there was a-plenty,
and the muskets and cutlasses brought
on deck. 1t was not probable that the
pirates Ind any extensive armament,
but there were 80 many of them that
the danger was they would overpower
their opponents by force of numbers.
The pirate drew nearer, and In time
the men on her decks could be seen
brandishing their weapons and by their
looks indicated that they were antici-
pating an easy prey. Tho crew Of tho
ship showed no eigns of what they felt
within, which Was that In case they
were captured every man of them
would either be cut down In cold blood
or forced to walk the plank. Naturally
every man felt that 1t was incumbent
upon him to fight to the death. Every
available weapon was brought into
requisition, even to caldrons of boiling
water. There were but twenty-slx men
In oil %, Inf tnnl..Altaa. AI,n Nlaa,
The ship and the dhow were converg-
ing to meeting. As soon as the latter
got within range she opened q port,
there came Il pun OF smoke, and
round shot went tearing through the
bowsprlt chains Captain Wainwright
had ordered his carronades to be placed
on that side Of the ship and replied,
sending shot into crowd OF copper
colored villains standing against tho
gunwale. This opened tho fight, the
pirate craft edglng constantly nearer,
and men could bo seen from tho Mary
Robinson getting graphing irons ready
to use for boarding purposes.
This the white men dreaded on ac-
count of the superiority in numbers Of
NhO PAiuAtHs AhNJ mlkhN NIL tihuy
Cinnamon us themselves and double
tho number would remain Captain
Wainwright would have sheered OFF if
possible, but his ship was as close haul
cd to tho wind as she could get without
going about. However, when tho pi-
rate came within n cables length the
tiller was put hard down, and the Mary
Robinson swung round and stood or at
right angle with the pirates course
The dhow followed this maneuver,
though not at once. For awhile she
kept on her course and since she was
a faster sailer than the other gained
leeway. 1t was evident that sho would
grapple the Mary Robinson on the
next tack. Having made what gain
she required, she swung round and
sailed on course TO head Off her on.
emy. Captain Wainwright, seeing that
when the two met HIS ship would be
boarded, called the crew aft and said
TO them:
Men, II those cutthroats board us
VIC are all doomed. See to It TINT the
first man doesn't get aboard alive"
When the two vessels met their
prows formed right angle. Every
man on the Mary Robinson was on the
fOrecastle armed either with cutlass
or a loaded musket Qf 1t were within
reach) except jim Butterworth, who
preferred an nx. He took position as
first man and waited with his weapon
high In the air to cut on tho hand or
cieaVe tho Skull OF tile hrSt wouid DC
Doardcr' a poWeriuI mniny stoou Ut
the head OF the pirhtes reauy 10 jump
tne moment tne shipS toucneu'
Suddenly the advanced pirate was
seen TO shrink away as though he had
seen something to take the stirening
out or him. jim saw at once thnt IL
was his glass eye. Llfting hahd he
removed 1t ana made a motion 10
throw II at tho Chlnhman' VINO shrhhR
back, pushing his followers To the rear.
Jim returned tho eye to the socket
Others among the Cinnamon by TINS
time had become Impressed WIN whht
they considered tho eyil eye ana those
In front crowded 10 the rear.
Give EN- n voileyF roared jim.
every white man dropped DIS cutlhss
and selling musket poured a couple
OF dozen bullets into the throns OF
pirates crowded on the forecastlo OF
the dhow dropping goodly number
OF them. A cry was raised Dy tne
pirates which was not understood Dy
the whltc men, put In Engiish u mehht'
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