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THE BOYS OF NEW YORK.
his nelgubur it changed to a dull-red color,
though poured from the same bottle.
‘The cAtoror’s eyes bulged out with amazement,
find ho was ubout fo remove the glass with the
U
pelted him to fill the glass of the next m
3 consternation the wine Was ‘green, and
“What Is this, Mart
My lord—I'm ered
saa a ale, irr es
ped, as be
surprised as
aterel
Whars’ the matter with that wine, Martin?”
and he held up the bot-
take .
en tampered with?”
now, sir, I out the wire a moment
asl
now, in
tle: pa ud Tooked ai
a mo a tase of 1." the fourth man ask-
ed, holding out his
‘Martin: poured the glass full of the wine, and
as it bubbied up it assumed a beuutiful ‘pink
The caterer was staggered.
His eyes glared on he feoked aa thoogh he
Wanted to run away
“Open another Doetio” ordered Stante
started to sage JI— hel
glass and 5
“ Here, i ae what you can give me out of
that bottle.”
and b bo
art ut a glass of blue wine!
Well, "pon honor!” exclaimed the major,
taars enough to give the blues to any follow
8 sanguine femperamen
es, open another ttle, Martin,” ordored
was nervous, but he quickly cut the
“wire of anothor bottle and poured a glassful for
the next m:
ieee Si
“ ord, sir!” ped Martin, lookin,
though he was contro: ghost, “LT
think iE something's wrons, si
Hore, five mo some of it.” sald ono of the
sugate, ives the drat biaek wine T ever saw."
Mar mbled as he
glass Stns ns yellow aa gold.
“What! Black and yellow from the same bot-
I'm jiggered, sir!” gasped Martin, setting the
bottle doen onthe table, and looking uke one
ia. an agony of uncerta
sen ey looked at Bob fay.
Bob as innocent as a lamb, and held
out his Basst for some of the wine.
‘Murtin took up the bottle and poured out some
sparkling © ebampagne, which Bob drank with
6 matter with’ hate” he asked,
pat the bewildered cateret
that’s all right,” said Statley, ‘holding
out bis glass. Give mi me some et it,
Martie poured it for bim, but ere ‘the 5 ‘aes was
half dled the wine botled, b bu ubbled and {sent up
a vapor like steam. The
and Stanley set the glass d downs ‘as itwaa a getting
too hot for him to hold
“ ‘You d ido’t cook it “enough, Martin,”
‘Great dro ope of pense ration were’ pouring
down Martin's face, and Stanley was a little sus-
plelous that Yob wis at the bottom of the mys-
“Change thé glasses aud try another bottle,
Martin, veal the great explorer, and Marti
1d to do 80,
PerRS tine he fousd the wine all right, and the
arty grew hilarious over the affair.
poured out a| qi
said|” He
oe
formances of the boy magician, as Bob was called
by all on board the ship.
Jn duo time they arrived off the coast of Atriea,
and ao sipaacts to disembark were made.
d vom he ‘mouth ot ‘the
@ boat
White moa whe lived at the trading vz post th
a ttey were mjoloed at fading that tunloy was
‘as ho was helt by them as being the
only wt Tiifo man Who vould have aug induonee
over the natives,
‘They all foared bim because they knew that he
could not be blulfed by any of the petty chiels in
the interior.
* How are the natives bebaving {uermsalves?”
Stanley asked of one of the white
soon as the latter came,on
‘as over,” he reply.“ They
have-gone to captuting and selling slaves maenly.
Your presenco wll puta stop 19 that, W ”
Wo
The cxplaree thea | save ot orders for all his men
pod thelr elects to disembark, and the work was
‘The task of gotting the expedition ashore took
up two days, ‘Then a camp was establisied and
Phopers sent out In quest of native carriers and
guides,
The batives eamo in squads, quite anxious to
‘0 with “Stanlee,” as they call famous ex-
Plover.
hem knew him well, had
seven ‘andor him on the occasion oth is former
Visit, and their demonstrations of ploasure at
seoidg him again were cordial in
hey wore’ very vinck and very prinitive tn
their ideas of dress, as they Were more than hall
good trim for a foot race,”
zn ‘at the smotey gathering.
ners, LOO, "remark-
said
od Staley, as be loo
«But bow do they get through a brier patch?”
Bob asked.
x They don't go throygh them,” was the roply,
round them.”
WOOT should think so, How about mos-
toes
“Mosquitoes aro welcome to all the nourishe
ment they can got out of them, ‘They are t
ugh.”
* Ttfe task of organizing a proper foree for the
expedition, fequired « week's time, and no time
Bob made up his mind to have some fun with
him, as well as toteach him a thing ot two about
young Am
Sool up a smooth stone, the size of « hen’ =
nd tossed it about in his hands as if it wa;
ne blacks Jaughed at his antios, thinking him
very funny, bi azed at him in amazoment
when tho none suddenly disappeared right be-
fore thelr ©
mba, you have got it,” said Bob, looking
hard at the big black.
“No, Wamba no got it,” said the burly black,
shaking his head.
‘Yes, you have. Its ta you
ba gave him a look of « soutoupt and fold-
eat bse arms across his
to him, ‘erated his right ear,
&
ee onl Mead a et
1 a ena
up to
re roach that fade bien wines, Ab
tina the stone dropped {rom the hand
BF ear into the.otner..
it we held io
%
oF x :
owen shill aera oS crate aie ‘gue nee
Di.
an exbibition at the
* My lord,” su d Bot
to cats this orange
‘ou be so kind as
p the ornuge from atrikiog him in
the faes. But the orange ize deappeated in the alr—
vanlsbed to nothing, to the astonishment of the
‘Then be gathered up six table knives and be-
gan throwing them up toward the ceiling till all
sox wore ping through the ait to
seemed to come down 0} Only to touch his
bande and go ip gain, The guests gazed at the
flying iniges ti eer Heads grew dizzy trying to
keep track
Suddenly they began to disappear, one by one,
Shere had the
Bye
ee
hat’s ot cloverest trick I ever saw,” ro-
marked the major wko had received a glass of
blue win
“Will you please toll me the time by your
Fateh, major? Bob asked, turning to the mili-
gentlem
ine major felt for his watch,
gone, and a blank look came into his
ne “ity tim
” he
Br Thee Fil lead yoo one, ait Bob passed
a raca over the table to
"Why, blac itv its my watch,” oxclaimed the
major, a& he received the time- piece.
“Thea you moy keep it,” returned Dob,
got one of my own and he felt for it, sot
Tho has got mine?” and he gazed all Found the
table at the guests,
eh man felt in bis pockets for the missing
watch,
“I guess this is ft," eaid the major, drawing
the watch com his coat-poeket and Banding it
overt
t peigging as I am,
major weld Slalned Boot feigeing ‘surprise as he
there at the expense of the major,
who enjoyed the sitaation as well as the rest of
them.
Nearly an hour was spent over the wine, | f
cigars and magionl performances, during which
_ thie the eompany was kept roaring with merri-
ve ePFou will not lack for amusement {a the wilds
of Africa, Mr, Stunley,” remarked Lord B— | hi
after a hearty Jaugh over some comical occur-
Tene.
“No—we wil! need some relaxation from the
monotonous striin of travel and hest,” replied
the great explorer, “and we shall have to look
7h party broke up ata ints bour-nnd as he
was about to leava for. bis hotel Stanley took
Bob by the hand and said:
“Ray, [like you, and hope we shall be good
-trieuds, yet Tthipk it would pay 5 you better t to
make the tour of Europe than to go to Africa.’
" Thora i oro OU are Jaf,” sald Bob, lacch-
ing. “When I come bac! ¥ name
wili be associated with yours a age cent ¢ traveler,
gad that wi iit enable me to be tony'and draw big
You know I will have something to leo-
tureabout
Stantey ‘nllad, and told him that be had quite
ao oly
for the departure went on
smoothly, and on the day set for it they all em-
harked of board ship to safl for the mouth of the
Congo riv
Ire: seniongand tedious voyage, the monotony | W
of whicn was reileved somewhat by tho per
From that moment ‘the wicks ia the party
looked upon ob as “ Fetich *—thut
jossessing supernatural powers,
“What's the matter with you?” Bob asked,
laughing ins jolly, boisterous way. “Com
back here,
‘Wamnba layed It his eyes would pop out of
his head, and backed farther away from him.
‘Suddenly Bob used his ventriloquiel powers to
throw his voice just behind the big black and
Down on your knees, Wamba—down on your
knees
Warnbe I
locked behind him, saw no one, and
yet heard the words repeated right in bis eats:
“Down on you jown 01
e dropped on his knees, trembling like a vant,
with groat drops of perspiration falling trom his
orehoad.
Bob him, grabbed his nose and
wrung out offit'a bandtel of pebbles, a pockst-
knife, a comb, and several other ticles whieh
he had concealed up his coat-sleeve,
‘That suttled them,
Tho blacks prostrated themselves before tim,
and Wamba foll forward on his face, as weai
- CHAPTER IIL
BOB 15 CAPTURED AXD TAKEN BEFORE TBE AYRI-
evo F "
on walked a away from the blacks with the air
and strut of a conqueror, and the poor, ignorant |,
tives gazad after him ds ifthey believed him to
meting more than mo
had been an eye witness of his per-
formaners. and remarked to him:
“You have been making yourself solid with
the blacks, have you
tT have,” was the reply. “They | 0
won't attempt any’ monkey. business with me
after this, nor steal any of my things.
9 Fight tere,” retarned the
"They tear you moro now than
thay ever raid the Evil Ones"
t what I want them to do, They won't
attens pe any treachory then.
“No—but that is not a cbaracteristic of the
negro cayway. ‘They are generally a very falth-
ful set of servants—only: their superstitions free
quent lead them to do things for which a white
an often fools like killing them by, wholesale.”
verything being io readiness, the expedition
maved Of Up the river Tap ortable boats which
ad been brought along on Pati
‘They Oo construnted that one could ba
olded up into & small compass and carried on
the head of a native with the greatast ease,
‘On the way up Bob and Stanley amused them-
prlves shooting at t cencodiles and animals on the
anks ef the great
eet reins “at no bullet could Penetrate the
hard hides of the crocodiles, Bob reserved
il he ‘oui Ret shet ae theireyos or ander
fe ness of the cuticle
rondared them pyulnorable fo the deadly Wine
hester rifle.
ovThe first crocodile he shot Inid the ugly reptile
out cold, and the natives c
Oot ae steht" aad looked upon Bob with
© and veneration.
witha next thing he shot was a hage lion, which
‘hanger about something which
Sisgteased hi Lim,
A bailet in bis brain qninted him forever,
0 ashore and gee, the first lion
t explorer.“ We shall 308 me
Mons, tigers, s, elephants ts and other animals before
et through.
‘rhe natives looked at Bob to see if behaving
9
two, and dreaded it very
“ Fet 3 Bree ould not uss them against
Su ley to have his way about going ashore, nud
Were astonished at seoing him yivld e cheerful
jonce t
Tpetap the grent river they glided, and that | w
e
night encamped on the right bank where a white
{raing post had beon established for some time,
Several days later found the
gnllos in the interior, ynd in the territory of Zam-
besi, S powerful kink ¢ ot e blacks, who mado it
a rule tribute on everybody
Grossing his dons
He must havo heard of Stantey’s coming, fo
he sent a Warlike chief with s, body of warriors
to collect tribute for the privilege of going
throngh his dom
Stanley knew ie
cious ol
more than one-fourth of what he deman
which would be about what he had paid on 6
the most avari-
former vinit,
The chief demurred snd insisted-on having
the vse demanded aid.
‘on’t pay it,” the bold explorer said to the
biel. “T wiil pay just what I paid once before
and no more. Tell Zambesi that I am going
through and that he will have to be satisfied with
that or figh
Um Zan best Aight" said the chief, angrily.
“All right—we are read: fight, ani Ve
begun by giving the chief 2 "cio which raised
him about three feet from the ground... “Give
that to the king and ell him he can have as many
uke it a he
hiek Tashod to where his warriors were
wating for bim and began the fight with jave-
such werpons were of no avail against
Winchestor fifles and revolvers, and the result
was the chief and his followers bud to take to
their heels.
“{ This means war,” said Bob to the explorer:
“Not necessarily,” was the reply. “It will
have the effect to convin i tiinp at ‘that ho must
listen to reason or get atall. {know
the old rascal, and he’ kno
‘true ono
0 day: aiator the savage old king sent an-
other e het to eolleet the tribute which Stanley
hind offered to pay.
Stanley ‘paid in cloth, saying to the obit
as lost, eithe “Tell the king that.I am sorry he did pot
> found that some of them could speak | come himself, asl wa ah to talk with him fact
broken Erglish, and with them he found time to | to face.”
talka good desl at night when their work was chief went away in a sullen mood, and
don Stanley remarked to those about hima
One of them was a big, burley black, whose “ Zambesi is maa noe, well together. Strag-
ame was Wamba., He had been with Stinley ‘on| glers will be lost reyes
one expedition, and bad been engaged in a num-| open.”
ber of desperate combate with tribes in the in-| ‘Tha warning was timely. Stanley was not do-
terior, ceived. Though he had pald the usual tribute
Ho iooked upon Bob as the boy of the whit |ho knew that Zama would try to get by foul
party, and lost no opportu let Bob know means that which he could not gain deal-
that he ded him asacl a
xe night the camp was suddenly attacked by
several hundred warriors, and fora few moment
contusion Felgned fn tho little camp.
But Stanley was here and the every-
where in the thickest of the se and n'a four
jutes the revolvers and the Winchesters sent
the om cowardly watives fying in all diveotiona.
mo
ments that followed the attack Bob
Ray fushed into. tho. midst ofa band of bineks,
as knocked sonsoloss with a elub, taken up und
carried away by two a
‘on hie camo to ho was esrrounviod by a band
of natives, one of ‘whom could speak broken En-
you no Stanlee,” said the man who acted as
interproter.
‘0, Lam not Stanley, I am his friend, Where
Is the king?
«King ambeat at Kangil,” was the roply.
‘Take me to bin, I'want to spank with
Tine WAS e1
ey started 1 Tiiovediately with him on foot.
Ho tuonght, Ie would bo a march of a day or
much on account of the
thamp he had received on his hea
f Rangil was not ton, tiles away, It was
one of the villages of the king, and they reached
ita intle etter sunrise.
2 Was quite a large one, made
ous by. nS’ presoben of the aavago king who
moved about with two or three thousand’ war
riors and other foilowé
His captive produced Intenso, exeltemant at
the court of the kin when Bob was
brought into his presonco ‘he chiefs about hen
made demonstrations that Bob took to be praises
of that monare!
‘To his surprise Bob found that Zambes{ could
spgak a little English and Fronch.
“ Where Stamlee?” the king asked, in haughty
tones, of Boh,
puaared byt the fereo looks of Zambet or the
ie splen arround!
looked bim okay in tho Ince and rep
* He is going on his way, I guess, javing pald
you the tribute.”
“'Stamlce is a great liar. He bas no paid all
tribute.”
“ Zamboai is a groat king,” replied Bob. “Ho
looks every inch a king, but when he does not
speak the truth be ignof lke a king. “He is then
2 any other
Holhad cutoff many’s head for less offenses | 7m
than plain speec!
‘hinking to Bake the young prisoner quake
with fear, he ordered ona of his attendants to
bring Knivoo—a halt dozen in number—and
hem at his feet, saying
“My soldiers will show you how men die who
try to 0 by Zambes! without paying tribute,”
job looked down at the kn!
‘They were ugly looking fhinge with horn han-
dies and blades ton or twolve inches long.
“Tam not afraid to die, ob, king” said Bob,
bat I will how you that even a kiog cannot
m Fetich,” and with that he stooped, t
jossed them in tho alr.
added till the ex
ware dancing in the air before the gaze of
the dumfonnded king his chiefs.
‘Tho king tose 20 hie feet and glared at bim as
rded bim ay one from another world,
th the alvos decreased. In ntumber, and finally
all disappeared but 0
‘Where they had fon not one of the natives
knevr, for Bob bad conecaled them so deftly that
the trick ‘perce!
"Tho one knite eth Kept flying in the air, before
tho eyes of the balf parniyzod kingand his. chiets,
eho mate an awe that was to
intenalt:
suddenly, Bob sont it fying some thirty fect in
the air, and when it came nm it atuck on its
a ight in front ‘of the king whore it ro-
i
“Fotieh !” eried Bob, in fleree tones, and the
king and bis ehints ro- ‘ hoed his words in terri-
fled accents, as if the ghosts of their ancestors
had confronted them
[to BE cowenscx
A Fight With Pirates.
: By J. @, BRADLEY.
x was once a forewast band on the bark
ntress, and one morning we left Singapore,
bound [tothe south by way of the strate ot Sunda,
ad sixtee! hands on bark, and for
armament wo had aula poor der moanted
carriage, and a good oupply of muskets and
Pikes,
‘On our way up, when off the Red Islands, on
the northern coust of Samat We overhauled an
Italian brig called the Cam;
best to
rascal in all Africa, Pond refused to pay secu
'Y ata heavy gun, and these
Sho was stripped of sails, cordage, and most
of her cargo, und had beon'set fire fo and seut-
some reason the lames died out, and | {he
6 in so slowly that she was float
ed her.
board her, and he
found a shocking stato of affairs.
ad been laid aboard without resistance by
wo native e boats, armed only with muskets and
istols,
Pithe at’ onee boon made prisoners,
and set to ‘work to strip the ebip, and hoist 0
such cargo as the pintes cov
lio was run In behind’ Oue of the islands and
anchored, and for three days and nights the pi-
rates wore hard at work o
‘Of tho orow worked under a gnard
during the d o doy, ‘and at night captain and all were
fe forecastie. The crew numbered
fourtee
‘Toward evening of tho third day the pirates
hud secured all heir plunder.
native crafts hud’ been loaded and
nites” OD the coust to some rendezvous, and
Bight” remained to take on the last of the
under,
actual violence had been offered cap-
tain or crow during the thtee days, there wha
hope that the pirates would go away and leave
thom In possession of the robbed and disman-
de
Tust what t shift they would have made in this
ase Tea y, for the cralt was left without
sail rope, blosk br provisions,
Attor four o'clock’ ia the afternoon
wore ordered forward, while the natives collect-
od alt, and at a given Signal fire was opened
the defenseless mei
"To their credit lot
seized whatever weapons they coaid lay hands
oa, and dashed at tue pirates, but it was simply
to die like brave me:
‘in ten minutes the last one was shot dow
‘The pirates then raised the anchor and got into
their boat, bored holes in the ship’s bottom and
started a fire in the hold amidships.
The information came frotn a little fellow on
board who was first voyage
apprent ive, .
morning of the third day he managed
‘wide ‘among the cargo, nnd tus pirates com-
Ce their work and sent the holk drifting out
fo gea without huving missed him
was cateh the | of the
's boat when she drew alon;
ot our crew who could speak Ita
on deck to paintor
8
&
alien i ave the
reported theaffair at Singapore, andagun-
vont was sont off to investigate.
returned before we had completed our
roading ‘nd reported that aio had made no dis:
coveries.
was a warning for our captain, and he wise-
ly determined to heed It.
@ took on shell and grape for our cannon, a | Ute
dozen revolvers were purchased for the crew, ahd
on the very day we
ard two very heavy rifles. w!
plexed up somewhere ata bargain,
T call them rifles, but they were young can-
non, carrying @ tifew-ounce bail, with powder
enough behind it to kick the marksman bulf-way
ave elt HL ed as
re left Singapore as well prepare
cbant voosel could be, and it seoins that the cup:
tain was advised to boar well up toward Borneo,
and give the Red Isianda a wide
ed the equator at jonst a hundred
miles to the east of the islands, and then altered
our course to the south-east, calculating to pass
to the east of Biliton Island before hauling away
for Sunda St
Tho bark mado
crossed the equator and run dow
how course until Biliton aright have been sighted
fro} ad, when there came a calm.
hich he had
od weather of it, and ire
jooked for a change at sunset, but nothing
came, and tho night passed Without wind enough
to move a feather,
as below when daylight came, and
wo gor the word to tora up Lively,
To the northeast, off the coast of Borneo, two
or three green isiaiids were in sight, and between
us and the isiands were two native craft bearing
down upon us.
Tho}
had been sie! hted when six or seven | Ca
milos away, and as my watch came on deck the
late doseshded fro the. perch aloft, where. he
had beon using the giass, and reported to the
captain that the craft were approaching us by
the use of ari
"Tho calm still hetd, but tt was clear enough to
a sallor’s eye that we should have a breeze
Soon as tho sun began to climb Up.
No man asked himself the errand of these boats
making for the
that time and fin that locality there could be
but one ans’
"Tho captain Called us aft, and said
Aon, the erate which you seo, making for us
are pirites: We shall have @ breeze within an
hour, but they will be here first.
om olf, we are dead men. They take
a "sioner T look to see every man do his
ie gave him a cheer and began our prepara-
k was ordered to fill his eoppers and
start a rousing fe fire, an e arms were brought
up and sorve:
rrhere were thres or four men who had sorved
a took charge of the
cannon, aad the ploce was loaded witha shell,
het the captain called for some one to use
tho rifles the only man who answered was an
anerioan.
He took them aft; Joaded thom w with bis own |
ten rere within
lo we were as.
‘Tho bark was lying with her head to tho east,
Ook | and the fellows were approaching us from the
north on our brondsi
‘The mato Kept his gl jase going, and anounced
that both erafts were crowded with meo, but
tht he could see no cannon,
They made slow progress, and we wore impa-| tp
tlent to open the fig
yy and'by, whet thoy might have" been
quarters of & mille away, the capt ean passed word
tor ‘the gunver to send them a 5
ow sgconds the big gun roared, and we
ait ‘saw that tho shell flow over the pirates and z
Durst'lo the air
It was a good Jine shot and something to en-| (27;
courage, but before the cannon sent another
shot the American had # try with one of the
tanto was watebing his shot from the rig-
ring, sad tne report had scarcely die 1d a
fore he
* 0d Yor Yankeo! Ho bit at least a couple of
‘The second shell from the cannon burst over
one of the boats and took effect on some of the
eu.
"the Amorican then Aired again, and again his
bullet tc
re doi
tourna but the straggio was yet to come.
0 feliows beat thoir energice. to creeping
clos a protty goon they opened on us With
rousketry, and the balls began to sing through
the rigging in a 9 lively manner.
We h ets ready, but the captain | sen
ordored us to hold our fire, and keep sheltered
behind the ral
‘Ono of tho piratical ofa
milo in advance of the some and thy thied shell
from the cannon burs
have killed and 9 wound a OF more men.
tusion aboard, and sho
rouuined “stationary until the other eraftcame
up,
it be recorded that they |
as an | did dead)
left the captain brought | other,
away bo- | hi
atd of her, and must |
Duriug this interval the American got in two
more shots whieh found vietim: 5 .
We now looked u pon, the Victory as assured,
guid thore was cheering from one end of the ship
to the oth
We wore a little ahoad of tim
a 1
‘The third shot from our ig in burst it, and
althougi none of the mon we were
antage,
ogi 8000 a8 the captain {now a ad happen-
ed, he called upon all the crew to shoiter thems
selves, and walt to fre at close quarters,
a was detailed to assist the cook with
not wate or, and powder and bullets were placed
andy for reloading the m
was stationed hear the guncearriage, and I
notived soveral shells lying about ueriee foot.
‘Tho American kept fring away with the rifles,
Knocking over a pirate ut every shot, and protty
Soon the two eraft wero near enou sh for us to
open fire with t tha m muskets, 8
shots, for we were
groon hands andes seat exeited; but we also did
Brent execution,
By and by the sl
ciate close
alo
houts and yells of the pirates
at hand, and their craft were laid
WW flung down the muskets and used the
reyilvor and pik
hea the revolve vers, were empty we used cay
stan-bars, clubbed muskets, or whatever would
serve to strike a blow.
ne dhow lay on our quarter and the other on
the bow, and the fellows tried to carry us by
boarding,
We beat thom off the rail again and aga
By and by I heard some one sing. ‘Sut that the
fellows had boarded us forward, “I did not see
how we could spare a man from the quarter, for
two had gone down and the rest of us were hard
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Allof a sudden I thought of the shells lying
at my feet,
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docks fro
108s for the dhow.
ont fell, right into the thickest ot her crew, and
executi
Our rail was clear in half a minute, and then I
picked up another shell and a burning wad and
n fort
‘A dozon natives had gained the bow and were
ushing our men bac!
Tlighted the fuse nd gave the shell a roll
along the deck into the crowd, and ni
them was left alive after the explosion.
‘The fight was erded.
dead and wounded,
As we cut their Tasha they drifted off.
resently the breeze came up, and as we
sal jand ot the bark Whore we could handle her
down for the dho
werhe fi rst one we ‘struck ol n her starboard quar-
ter, and she filled and went down in five inin-
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yore, about twenty living men on the
vand wo bore dow for face
way and the stern the other, while the living,
Wounded, and dead went into the sea togother.
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