Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-03-21

rible purposes IN their minds an Wa VIII
in to accomplish il BY fair means Or foul.
There warn't one of them ~ Captain kldd
wouldn't have mi~took for q twin broth
er.
The ~trange-t thing about them, hos
ever, VA, the way they kept ~mcllin'.
Sniff. sniff, sniff. they goes, with their
noses in the air like % many dog.
They're lIitnlian-, MI right" says
Cap'n Small.
They're also pirates. says the mate.
"Piratei-" chocolates the skipper,
scornful. H. he Snatche- the glass from
the mates hand. You're crazy, hat wot.
Who ever card Of pirates these days
'They look h%exactly like p%icter- I've
saw" says he mate. 'An'. besides. wot's
that black flag flynn 10 'er truck!
Cap'n Small jumped violent an clapped
the glass 10 biz eye.
They might be pirates or they might
not but what he did know was that there
want no likelicr place IN the Pacific Tor
the Sally ~ b. robbed an sunk One
hundred and one miles often Christmas
Island was lonely enough To suit the per,
%ticulur pirate ever horn.
He waited tin the barkantine wa~ most
in hailin' distance to give the mate "
chanSt 10 make sure. for he knowcd he
Y authority wv that subject.
rs them like the picter~!" hc a-t-.
Them II hidcntical pirates, -ir" answers
the mate.
just then the skipper " the barkantine
picked ~ 4 mcgaphunc an' hawlcd some
thin at H. in a loren lanewidgc. When
he'd finished tx put the m%cguphouc to hi~
nose. pointed il NJ Sally'~ galley. AM took
long inhale-.
did amy of you men understand that'
a~t~ the skipper Of H..
We didn't. You mates know why. All
Cap'n Small food regardin' the barkuutiue.
undecided. he seen \ boat lowcrin' away
loaded down with d bunch Of them ~warth-
iee.
II looked like they was going to try to
board W.. The skipper didn't wait to
make sure of id. neither.
'IIunfurI your ~ky--l~ an break ont
vour -tuddin' SIS" he roar- ~ the hands.
"Pirate~. en-? tn show the bIoomin' eat
throat- how \ IIcngli-hman travels
We stuck up them sails like our lives
depended WI ". only faster. an' Slid away
from that boat lust ~ one ri the pirates
was -tickin' out hi- hand wv grab the Sal
lv'- lanyard~.
Cap'n Small put her dead afore the
wind. ami with them studs \ drawn, we
begin 10 put some water atween that bar
kantiuc au' u~. durin' which -omethin a~
sounded hike Eyetalian curses come ~izzlin
through the maeaphone.
But pirates amt MP easy to set away
from a~ YOU mates think.
We wasn't more'n three miles from that
harkautinc afore we seen every piece ot
canvas 20 up un her mn her main mn miz-
zen Blooms swing out on each side, WING
AM wing. She points down the wind an
comes after III like q eagle after q spar
row.
When Cap'n Small seen that. there
warn't ~ doubt left tn his mind. IN u
ship aiu't q pirate a- flies A black flag nm
keeps cha~in' YOU when You don't want
nothin' to 10 with her. then what i~ ~hct
AWAY We goes. 4 ~@cootin' across the Pa
cific with every mast y creakin'. every
rope "A Strainin'. every sail q Dustin full
an hat graceful pirate trailin' bchint like
u hloodhound-an' eainin',
The dinner was forgot now.
50 took in outen the oven ami laved Nh
w one side. was too good u cook to TIT
that beautiful dinner burn MP. even Nj IA
bound for Eyetalian gizzard~.
LONG about noon the harkantlnc was
only about Il mile away.
She was Il bigger ship than the Sally.
an n faster sailer, an that mile was gel
tin shorter.
Cap'n Small still stood on the quarter
| deck like the gallant Engli>her Ne was,
bawlin' out orders in 4 hoar~e VOICE.
Two hours later, when the harkantmc
was only ten yards behint VI. an still gain
in he called all hands aft an give n 4
speech. While he was dom II the pirate
cap'n was in biz bow, a yellin' Eyetalian ut
Il. through 4 %megaphone, but Capn Small
didn't intend to get caught by no trick.
Men says he III a loud voice, ''we've
made 4 gallant run of hit, but them blight
ed r~uffian, Is %gainin' with every puff. Hit
won't ~ long afore We ave to fight an
although | never yet seen a bloomn Ill
italian couldn't lick i'll 4 fair fight, this
may be a losin' one. because we ave no
weapons. But Wen die fightin' with wot
weapons we 'ave-capStan bars an be-
lawn pins-an' do hit like good British
.ubiict1 .houlI--milin'.
But he continued, "as | ham the
cap'n. | should stick to my ship TILL the last