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m t i 7 3 fc IK v v w mr Jvt W txS rS X a JOHN TOPP PIRATE By Weatherby Chcsnoy and AM Monro as ohm cornuoirt MOO irr WEATitKnnr ciiEsfnrr and xuck xunno iij utTiunosa ut il a oouutah xv v CHAPTER YI We returned to Vigo Buy In less tlina four months nud with us n largo com pany of other ships nil ucnrlng grain for which the failure of the HnnnlBh wheat crop promised n profitable mar ket Wo neither sold our cargo how ever nor did I succeed In carrying off my sweetheart And this Is how It happened Scarcely had we anchored when n negro pago came off to the ship In a small boat bringing me n note from Inez Sbo was In sore trouble through her lovo for me for Don Miguel had for bidden her to have nnythlng more to do with me and had locked her In her room to make sure that his commands were obeyed And there was even worse news than this In the letter Or ders she told me had been received from the court to seize all the English shipping In the bay to confiscate the cargoes and to Imprison the crews As a captive In the town dungeon I should be farther from her than ever but still a free man I might some day re turn and carry her off and so by the love I bore her she entreated mo to bo gone at once Here was a pretty pleco of news I We questioned the page but as he ei ther did not know or would know noth ing we sent hi in off ashore In his boat What are wo to do asked Alec Im going ashore I replied decid edly What for I To rescue Inez J Jack Its useless You would be ar rested long before you reached her I mean to try all the same Itll be foolhardy I tell you Much better take the advice she gives you escape now and come back ngaln to carry her off Alec I cant go away and leave her lu that scoundrels power I must go ashore Alec shrugged bis shoulders Well If you must you must Ill go with you of course and try to see you safe through but I quite expect wo shall both be locked up for our pains We will spread the warning among the other English ships on our way We went on deck at once nnd began to lower the boat Wo were lying a good two miles farther out than the other ships so we had a stiff pull be fore us Night was just beginning to fall and there was some hope that the darkness might cover our movements and ennble us to rescue Inez and then slip out of the harbor before the Spaniards had made up their minds to strike It was a desperate chance though Tho boat was already on the bul warks when Alec shouted Hold on all Too late he said Theres a fleet of boats putting out from the shore now each one crammed full of sol diers We must leave the other ships to shift for themselves Im afraid and make a bid for our own freedom Thnt big fellow there coming up before the wind seems to have been told off to look after us We were well armed of course as the most peaceful ship has to be when thero are so many sea thieves unhang ed nnd though the Spanish galleon was five times our slzo we would have thought nothing of tackling her Ave Spaniards to one Englishman being by no means crushing odds but thero were three other ships outside of us evidently waiting to pick up stragglers so we were to all appearances hopeless ly shut in The men looked nt one another in consternation Alec however had made his plan Put back the powder he cried and buckle on your side anns Not a Bhot must be fired mind or we shall have tho whole nest of wasps buzzing round our ears Every man of you take a pike or ax and bide under the bul warks We must make that fellow think he has caught us napping Our preparations were quickly nnd quietly made and long before the big Spaniard was near enough to see what we were doing every man of us was under cover nnd the decks looked quite deserted But when be sheered along side and hove his grapnels into our rig ging Alec gave the word and with a ringing cheer CO lusty Eugllsh lads rushed from their biding places and were hacking nnd prodding away among his crew before tho unsuspect ing Spaniard knew thnt anything had happened They were taken complete ly by surprise but after the first min ute or so they recovered nnd fought like wildcats They were about three to our one so counting one English man to five of them the odds in our Tor were overwhelming The Span lards fought desperately enough until about half of them had been killed then the rest threw down their arms culled for quarter nnd scrambled down tho bidders In utter rout We clapped tho hatches on them and the big galleon of Spain was ours Leaving uie with 20 men to take care of our prize whose sails were all set Aloe tumbled back with the others to our own ship and set about making sull an quickly as he could An ax here and cut the cable I heard liloi call Vn time to weigh Let go those eprltsull brails Lay out Along the bolt sprit andcastUie ttttOt i ist v - my THE NORFOLK NEWS KKIDAY DKCEMKKK 27 I SMIO 1 T x X X x l K I X XX kets bin luattcn in tne stnrtionru sheet and cant her head round Hand somely now Topsails next Work with a will lads Times precious I lost tho next words through the dlstnuee and not wishing to Blip too far ahead 1 bagplpcd my mlzzcu brail ed my main course and so allowed Alec to creep up to mo again Ho made sail with mnrvelous quick ness nnd soon wns within speaking distance Are your guns all loaded Jnck Aye nnd doublo shotted nnd tho lint stocks lighted nnd lying In tho tubs beside them Then make straight for thnt big Tl r Put back the powder he cried Not a 6iot muU be Ilrcd chnp on your larboard bow as If you meant to speak him Fool him If you can Sny Im your prize If he sus pects you give hint a broadside for his sharpness Only keep the wind of him and you can do what you like Ill slip across bis bow and pepper that side of hiin And If that isnt enough do what your mother wit suggests but mind it must he quickly done what ever it is or well have the other two beating up to help him Now hud I acted on my opinion 1 should have steered btralglit for tho open sea dead before the fair wind in which cobo I should inevitably have aroused tho suspicions of all three ships and so have allowed them to con centrate on our course and cut us off Alecs plan was obviously tho best for when they saw 1 was bteeriug plump for the southernmost one tho others held quietly to their places in the mouth of the bny When I got within a cables length an olllcer hailed me I waited ns long as I dared and then answered but ap parently there was something wrong with uiy Spanish for he replied angrily that I was drunk and an insolent scoundrel for daring so to address him At this juncture one of my men a soft hearted fellow who knew enough of the tongue to make out that the don was using very free lnnguage to me let fly at him with his gun and sent a three ounce ball straight into his breastplate That effectually put an end to our di plomacy so 1 gave the order to Are as each gun bore I had warned the gun ners to aim high nnd at the third shot the Spaniards maiutopmast broke off short like a carrot His mainyard too came down by the run bringing the sail with It but ns he was Btill under command I put up past him reloading the guns meanwhile nud then hauling my wind once more gave him a second dose over either quarter Meanwhile Alec and his men had been working like furies and tossing their guns about like childs toys rain ing Buck a shower of broken shot Into bis hull from their lesser elevation that his lower deck must have been almost unteunble t Tho Spaniard had been unprepared for our attack and took some time to beat his men to quarters but they served their guns well nnd fast when they did get to them and the shot soon came flying about our ears like hall stones His running rigging however was pretty well cut to pieces and as we had half a dozen good bowmen sta tioned ready who sent a clothyard shaft through the ribs of every man who set a foot on his ratlines he lay pretty helplessly head to wind with his remaining sails in the most thorough confusion Had we been able to play tho game out at long bowls we could either have sunk him or reduced the umber of his crew sufficiently to al low us to carry him by boarding but the other two Spanish ships were beat ing up to us and on her next tack the nearest would be within gunshot Alec therefore gave the word to run away west by south before the wind through the southern entrance of th bay The order did not come a minute too Boon though the majority of us were so worked up by the excitement of the light that we would never have noticed that It wob high time for us to quit We held on this course for about two hours and then as the sky had fortu nately clouded over we hauled our wind and stood due south to give our pursuers u chance of passing us In the darkness They would never expect us to turn south so when they missed us ut duyllght they would naturally look for us to the northward If they contin ued the That was our theory What the i did 1 cannot say foi we ihii Hu in ajjulu We held on this strategic course for a time and on tho second morning rose n lrlg coming toward us and ns every one ut sea Is presumed u rogue until he Is proved an honest man we cleared the decks for action and beat to quarters As the strapper neared us one of Alecs men recognized her as the brig Catch nil belonging to Captain Klemlug tho well known freebooter So as ho was not likely to let such n vessel ns our galleon pass without an overhaul we quite expected another fight How ever he drew within long hall nnd bringing his ship to sIliiihI that ho wished to speak us What ships that The brig Severn of Bristol Alex nuder Ireland master What ships that Hrlg Catchall Captain Fleming Whats tho galleon The Lope de Vega of Vigo n prize to the Severn How the thunder did you get hold of her Fought for her Then Is there war with Spain 1 think so You think so Then followed somo tnlk with his own people which we could not hear Will you lie to and let me bring my boat alongside Im honest as the whole bench of bishops today Aye aye Alec called on me to come on board the Severn nnd presently a weatlier benteu thickset man of middle age was rowed across to us We went be low nud pledged one another In n Jack of ale as tho Severns hold wns Btlll tilled with wheat Instead of the cargo of Spanish wine we had expected to bring back and then Captain Fleming was told of the seizure nnd tight In Vigo bay He listened attentively nodding his grizzled Jieiul nt every sen tence but making no remnrk until he had beard the whole story It was a lucky plucky escape cap tain he said looking approvingly at Alec and one that does credit to the shilling of your headpiece But innko no error nbout Its being an nffnlr of unauthorised Individuals It Is the be ginning of war 1 tell you nnd a bloody war It will be Ive secu It coming for this year or more Ships nro being gathered Into all tho orts and great nobles are chartering vessels for other purposes than honest trade or a little free cruising King Philip of Spain wiH make a big move before long Mnifc my words sir England will be ready for him when ho does replied Alec proudly Aye lad I warrant Bhe will but Its time shi was stirring or the Span iardscurse tho whole nation of them will be cruising about the English channel and up to London town before any of us are many mouths older Now CapUiin Ireland lie continued standing up and beating his fist on the table In time with his sentences Im a freebooter and an outlaw but though theies many an Englishman would be glad to hear that 1 was dead I love my country with the best of them So when you get back to port spread the news of tills threatened in vasion and sny that a warning shnll be brought when Philips armada sets sail nnd thnt I mn the man who will bring It And may God keep mo nnd mine on sentry go about the seas till tho crack of doom if I fall In this my watch over Englands snfety And lie brought bis fist down upon the table with a crack that made our ale pots dance Pnrdon me captain snld I Wo honor you for those words but Id like to remind you of one thing Frnnky Drake will hang you If be gets his fin gers on your shoulder 1 have heard him say so Master Topp he replied looking nt me steadily if I can save England by my news I dont mind If I swing for tho bringing of it nnd you can say so from me to nny one thnt asks We gavo Captain Fleming a ringing cheer ns he stepped Into the boat A watch had been stationed to gunrd the honor of Englnnd nnd it was a com mon pirate who went on sentry go But pirate though ho was he was a patriot too May Englnnd never have any lack of such sturdy sons as Cap tain Fleming freebooter To ba contiuued nextFrilay Btill Probiu Itoox Ca West Point Dec 22 The military court martial inquiry into tho alleged brutal cases of hazing which are said to have caused the deaths of Booz and Breth will not be able to finish its work this week An adjournment will be taken until Wedncsduy and the re mainder of the testimony will proba bly be secured next week Nothing adduced In the evidence yesterday showed that there was nny brutal haz ing practiced at the academy and the trend of the evidence went to show that neither Booz nor Breth was pos sessed of the necessary mental capne Ity to go through the entire course of studies necessary for graduation Killed by a liny Ottawa Kilo Dec 20 An unknown man a horse trader was shot and In stantly killed here Inst night by Johnny Servntlus a boy 17 years old The trader had camped near the Ser vntlus home and Servatius father gave him a revolver telling him to pro tect the property The boy and the trader quarreled and the boy fired The ball enteied the heart The trad ers wife was taken to Jail being found drunk Servntlus gave him self up He claims the shooting wns lu self defense Wlt Oolnif by Way of Ram Tacomu Wash Dec 20 The Brit ish ship Olenlochy now In the harbor Is to establish a precedent In tne ex portation of Pacific coast wheat She Is to load with 221000 hunhels in sacks and will sail for Llveipiml ya ill ln the ijt iei ti ic n to Kuuipe thnt route with wheat MADDENED ELEPHANTS The Urrnt llrntra lfii Driven Wild fcnrful Ttiak Aohrn Zanzibar said Hubert Crawford Is the greatest market for South Afri can Ivory which Is brought there In large quantities from tho Interior This Ivory Is placed In largo ware houses from which It Is either wild at oncu or else held therein for a belter market The man In charge of these warehouses wns n very Interesting character an expert lu ivory Hit told me many curious things about It nnd among others propounded tho following theory as an explanation of why ele pliuuts go mad and occasionally run amuck lu the warehouse wero n pnlr of magullleeiit tusks measuring fully H feet fiotu tip to tip which In life must have been carried by a veritable Jo Halt among elephants The expert In showing me these tusks pointed out the fact that while onu was complete nud lluwlcHH the other was broken off at the point and showed deep scratches and abrasions throughout Its length Now said he If you will look near tho base you will find n hole made by decay that had struck Into the nerves nnd given that elephant a toothache And think what a tooth ache of toothaches a 14 foot tooth must have held In IiIb effort to relievo this mlu the cltlfilmiit rubbed his tusk against rocks and trees nnd drove It Into the earth which mutilated It In the manner you see here 1 have fre quently come across places where an elephnnt has ripped up great spaces In tho forest and torn down the trees nnd I am positive that toothache was tho cause of this frenzy An elephant In u circus going sud denly mnd and killing Ills keeper Is not an uncommon thing but Ill wnger that In nine eases out of ten If they would properly Investigate the mutter they would find that the brutes sudden frenzy sprung from so ordinary a cause ns common everyday toothache Exchange DAMAGE FOR STOLEN KISSES lovr Suprntno Court A linns Tticlgnuiit ir t7rt for Voting Wnniiin Des Moines Dee 24 The supreme court Saturday nfllrmed the Judgment In favor of Mae Brenner of Decatur county who sued It W Bocger for damages charging that Boeger seized her and without her consent did re peatedly hug and kiss her For this ullcgcd breach of etiquette Miss Bren ner recovered 175 damages at the end of a long trial In the district court The defendant appealed to tho su preme court alleging 22 errors in the ruling of Judge Towner the trial judge The supreme court In sus taining the Judgment said that noth ing Irregular was found and that there was no reason why the girl should not recover the money 11th Willi Itullct In IIIh Ilrnrt Chicago Dec 25 Proof that a man may live witli a billet in his heart was afforded yesterday by the use of the X ray upon Charles B Nelson who was In 1805 the central ligure In n sensational shooting that nearly re sulted lu his deafli Under the lluoro scope the ball in Nelsons heart coulci be plainly seen rising and falling with each pulsation of the vital organ The bullet had been there since the 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