The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1922-09-08
CHAPTER II.-Continued.

docio at such a stage, and might hav'
lost us valuable prize; bat l though
it no part of mine to reason, and
ran up the black flag with my owl
hand
Ballantrae steps presently aft Will
a smile upon his face.
You may perhaps like to know
you drunken dog" says he, that you
are chasing a kings ship"
Teach roared him the lie; but he
ran at the same time to the bulwarks,
and so did they ALL | have never
seen SO many drunken men struck
suddenly sober The cruiser had gone
about, upon our impudent display of
colors; she was just then filling on
the new tack; her ensign blew out
quite plain to see; and even as we
stared, there came puff of smoke,
and then a report, and shot plunged
in the waves a good way short of us.
Some ran to the ropes and got the
Sarah" round with an incredible
swiftness. One fellow fell on the
rum barrel, which stood preached
upon the deck, and rolled it promptly
overheard. On my part, l made fon
the jolly Roger, struck it, tossed it
in the sea, and could have flung my
self after, so yexed was / with our
Encouragement. AS for Teach, he
grew as pale as death, and inconti-
nently went down to his cabin. Only
twice he came on deck that after
noon; went to the taffrail; took a long
look at the kings ship, which was
still on the horizon heading after us;
and then, without speech, back to his
cabin.
You may say he deserted us; and if |
it had not been for one very capable
sailor we had on board, and for the
lightness of the airs that blew all
day, we must certainly have gone to
the yardarm.
1t is to be supposed Teach was
and perhaps alarmed for
ais position with the crew; and the
way in which he set about regaining
what he had lost was highly charac-
eristic OF the man. Early next day
We smelled him burning sulphur in
lis cabin and crying out Hell, hell"
Which was well understood among the
rev, and filed their minds with ap-
Presently he comes on desk, a per-
ect figure of fun, his face blackened,
is hair and whiskers curled, his belt
tuck full of pistols, chewing bits of
lass SO that the blood ran down his
hin, and brandishing a dirk. | do
OF know if he had taken these man
ers from the Indians of America, o
here he was native; but such was q
is way, and he would always thus
announce that he was wound up to e.
orrid deeds. u
The first that came near him was CT
Ie fellow who had sent the rum over n
BARD the day before; him he stabbed u
the heart, damning him for a mu-
neer; and then he capered about NJ
g body, raving and swearing and IL
aring us to come on. 1t was the ="
Iliest exhibition and yet dangerous ne
0, for the cowardly fellow was w
ainly working himself up to another nc
nrder.
All of a sudden Ballantrae stepped fiji
rth Have done with this play TO
ting" says he DO you think to tic
ghten us with making faces? We tn
W nothing of you yesterday when tn
u were wanted; and we did well Su
thout you, let me tell you that" tn
There was a n1urmur and a move a
snt in the crew of pleasure and me
lrm, | thought in nearly equal wi
rts. As for Teach, he gave bar his
rous howl, and swung his dirk to da.
lg it, an art in which Qike many
lmen) he was very expert. a 6
Knock that out of his hand,. says eve
llantrae, so sudden and sharp that eve
arm obeyed him before my mind lor
understood. fes
leach stood like one stupid, never the
hiking on his pistols. tina
Go down to your cabin" cries Bal wa
trae, land come on deck again My
en- you are sober Do you think rea
are going to hang for. you, you last
ck-faced, half-witten, drunken dec
tie and butcher? Go down." And of
his foot at him with such mir
udden smartness that Teach fairly con
for it to the companion. lup