Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-02-19

over tn" rul. the sea being that
siuuOth. ola" of the men who "aS not
looking OS"rSidc yelled and pointed
~ - hat looked like i SPAR buoy Way
off un the port bow. All hands said.
I'"riscup"" la, h-f0r" they could get
= glass on II wa> GnIi"
"Th"r rh"r" waS II long argument
- IL whether amy Oh" had seen any
thlng ct not. And IN the midst -, II
rhrr" wtS a running rirIl" "i Mater.
al uplifting pvrlS"oI'". ia" rui',ihS "i
water by an rmIcrpInG coming tower
aif the brOachinr al Il submarine"
AIthIn Il short dIstIn"" "ii the h""
..rhr sub held on AMI oil i"r -
icw minutes. hut seeing II Was only Il
lhrnk"u-,! down steamer they cam" clos
.r AMI ordered that u boat Ia" >rn, 4"
Them, thu Squarrh"adS threatening Il"
sink TIA. steamer II Sh" didn't send -
boat anal hr uuick about II.
Tom. VIII" Was born IN MIl"auk'"
and raised IN New orleans. talks 'i"r-
man and French \nd h" explains I"
these JunahS that they have II" boat
,h.,, r:,n l,. lowered. Thea the sui
circles all around the steamer and
rhrI sec h." is =i>m,G 10 them straight
far ,h.. uuIy boat left Is hanging Il
wreck ON the port after daNIt.
...rt..,, ,L,., hail iruui rh, sub aud
-. ,.,,..,.- ,b,. r,,t,.r And Tom,
,n. j.. ,,,,. only man ON board who
..,.,.,-,.,,,. ,b,,r lingo. halls bach
., ,r,.,. ara. bruk,n down com
,l.,, md will the sui, b,. 80 KIND a.
rn rescue them from Il wa,rry grave.
The sui was mighty suspicious,
I'M finally she began tu edge nearer.
and =, last bumped alongside. with Il
Jn>,.u ar 81 of her crew on drck
mi ,,,.;r,i,,r ,lIns and pistols at the
,.r..v uf the steamer, threatening Ia
.,,u,, .,uv ou. who ma.lr a hostile
may. Then they ordered Il sea lad
,I,r tu he nut over from the steam
,r and i half dozen uf 'rm came on
deck. Toms captain he didn't tell
M his namr-- hclnG th"r" In r""iv"
the pirates.
1t seems they had not sunk the
s,,.,u,.r right off the bat for the rc:i-
sol, they were out Of provisions and
huu,d Ia get some from her. When
,b.y found there was considerable
t.anuel- s,u.r a,ri Tier.., ~rn,. ur
board they proceeded To make them
selves III home. first SendihE man
NJ INTO the torcnlaSt rlSSlhs "' Keep
i lookout Whlie tn'H l""''' 'h' ''''"''
taking comlmHSrS and chr"h"iil'''i
with the rest.
They had Tenders over the Sih"
Lnd had been hrcastinS tn" sub oil
with their hands. hut when II WAS
found that there MAS lot al stun on
board they wanted. one al thrir men
took u coil of gear from IN" steamer
ind hove II I" the sub. I"hi' WHO
w.,S looking over the rail. saw inc sun
main look around for some place I"
faSrrn II and then SAW him draw
around the OH side of the coming
tower and make il fast To Il clca'.
That gave Tom an idea. Going
forward. he stole down the engine
room hatchway where the chief en-
siurrr WAS sitting in Il gloom all lay
himself and looking at his cnSln" e
all repaired. but what WAS the use
He talked L. the chief and then Wen,
an deck. got the captain aside and
whls,,rr,d to him. Then he Went
.,rouud WHISPERING to the rest al the
crew.
..'rhr lookout they had sent ur sud
J.u,y y,ll,l down that something WIS
m sight. and one of the officers of IN"
sub went aloft with a pair Of glasses.
Then he and the lookout came Scut.
tling down the rigging and began
hurryiny the men in their work. The
CAPTAIN Of the sub had got back on
hazard and only two or three were Il,
,h.. sen ladder. l,assinu down the loot
when Toms rautain gave Il yell IL hiS
,.rc,, rbcy made a dash for the sub
men and Knocked them overheard
before they knew what WAS happen
ing Al the same time the steamer
iumn,I ahead with throttle wide
.,, rho lin, whiur.d taut, and aS
r,, .u,, ,o,l IN, strain she heelcd
-, ..,,;oL ,b,, u SMILED all hands
-, ,h,, u.oro Standing an deck
,,... 1885,, ,ho., ,,s;d,. had IA
,,,.,,,, ., ,,,, m, m,nhoI. cover ON.
''"S''> ,ra,. ,,,ra ,,., :,
,S,.,, al, .r, ,ou.;r. h.r ,s you
49,. ,.,,h = lin. mad. vast
,;.,.,,, n ,b,v had filled their
,.,I. ami .u,m,rr,J The weight
mL.,, b,vc ,,rt,J the line; but il was
IN ,n,, =, ,,,;ck,v they ,rporeu,lv
.,;r,,, ,,,, :, rho, submerged they
,., ,,,., ,,or or Iscr moi
,,n - ,,,s., b,d ,.,n spiIl,,,
.;.,o
..n, ~, s,,,rcr v,u can he, they
,,.,,, rr.,>,ur for the lin, Ia hold. For
;. ,, r,o, Oh. suh ,,,,l5 have