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Durham Chronicle (1867), 14 Sep 1905, p. 6

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The mouth was nar- row and dangerous, but the best pilot in the West Indies stood forward lean- ing over the knightheads, conning the ship. Raveneau and Veisers, than whom no better seamen ever held a spoke, by Morgan’s orders were sta- tioned at the wheel to steer the frigate. Rock and Teach distributed the best of the men among the guns of the spar deck battery on the port side. As was usual. the guns were already charged. There were no loggerheads available, no matches with which to fire them, but Morgan instructed those who seemed to have some skill in gun- nery, whom he placed in temporary charge of the cannon, how to fire them by snapping their pistols at the touch- hoies, which were primed from a pow- derhorn that had been brought by the pig-ates. The land breeze was fresh and strong. and the Mary Rose vindicated her claim to be considered a fast sailer. She fairly ripped down the harbor, threading her way through the channel under Hornigold's nice pilotage until she came near to the narrow entrance. By Morgan's orders each man re- malned motionless at the place where he had been stationed, and the ship so far as human noise was concerned was as still as death. Even the sol- dlers below, finding no attention paid to their cries, had subsided into com- parative quiet. The silence was broken only by the creaking of cordage, the dashing of water against the bows and the groaning of the timbers. Ever and anon Hornigold’s deep voice, crying “Larboard!” or “Starboard!” as the case might be, rolled along the deck to the watchful men gripping the wheel. Suddenly the old buccaneer cried out sharply: “There's a boat right ahead, sir.” “Run 11 Instantly "Aye. aye! Starboard: marooam again! Let her go of! another half point. Steady! Now! Meet her'. Meet her!” The ship swept around slightly and rushed directly at the boat. It was the boat of the governor. Instantly wiii. cries arose from the men on the thwarts. They were stopped by a stern voice: “Ahoy, the Mary Rose!" Silence. “Ahoy, the frigate! What are you doing? Where is Admiral Kemp- thorne‘:” At that instant the soldiers beneath the hatches suddenly resumed their commotion, thus apprising the men in the boat that something was sadly.- wrong. “Sir Harry Morgan!” shouted a voice out of the darkness. “And we mean to run you down!" "Back water. for God’s sake! Stern all!” cried Lord Carlingford to the par- alyzed rowers. but before they could move the looming bow of the frigate was upon them. Carlingford had risen in his boat before the collision, and with dauntless courage he shook his bared sword in the darkness toward the ship. “The king will triumph!” he cried. A terrible smashing crash cut short his words, and amid the ripping, tear- ing sound of the parting timbers of the overridden boat and shouts. cries and appeals for mercy the Mary Rose swept on. about?’ “Larboard your helm.” cried a voice from the boat, “or you’ll be on us. Who’s in command? What are you 'Wouldfl it in my place?‘ A wild yell of elation broke from the pirates. They were completely possessed by their success now, but Morgan stopped the noise in an in- smut. “Silence!” roared the captain. “We are not yet free! Back to your sta- tions! Stand by the lax-board bat- tery !‘ At that time the entrance to the bar- bor was very narrow. and the channel swept dose under the Port Royal shore. Everybody in the town know that something had happened on the frigate. The garrison of the fort was out. and the nu were loaded and bore fair upon the channel. Satay“ tetralnthemaottheNMonthe parapetetthetert. leaketeld'ol themwith manarnntellne all mmmmmmthemto COPYRIGHT. 1905- 'n her down!” answered Morgan aye! Starboard! Starboard CYRUS TOWNSEND BRADY. Author of "The Southerners." “For Love of Country." “The Grip of Honor." Etc. tire at the portholes o? the fort as they passed, and he charged every one un« der pain of death to keep all fast until he gave the word. Hornigold bent all his mind to getting the ship safely out of the harbor. Two or three reliable men were stationed in the gangway, whose sole business it was to repeat his commands without fail during the confusion, no matter what happened. They were right in the entrance new and coming opposite the fort. The men below were still keeping up a great noise, but a hail which came across the water from the rampart was entirely audible, the distance not being more than half pistol shot. '“Huello, the Mary Rose! Hello. the frigate!" “Aye, aye! What is it?” “Where are you going? Where’s Lord Carlingford?” There wag no answer. The rapidly moving ship was fairly abreast the fort now. In thirty seconds she would be beyond it. .“We have killed the governor and Kempthorne, and this is the ship of Sir Henry Morgan. bound for the Spanish main on a buccaneering cruise. Fire!” A perfect hail of shot at point blank range belched forth from the twenty- four guns of the larboard battery of the onrushing ship. In the surprise and confusion caused by this murder- ous discharge at short range the frigate slipped by, and. although every gun in the fort, whether it bore or not, was finally discharged by the infuriated soldicry, no serious damage was done to the ship. Here and there a man fell. Pouring an effective musketry and pisâ€" tol tire upon the surprised garrison. the frigate slipped through the chan- nel. Before the cannon could he re- loaded they were out of range. There before them lay the open sea, bounded to the southward by the rich and an. protected cities of the Spanish main. DILLINGHAM COMPANY “We’re out of the harbor, sir,” cried Homlgold, coming aft to where Mur- gan stood triumphant on the poop. “That's well!” said the commumivr. “Secure the guns and muster the crew. We’ll divide into watvhes and but? away to the southward." “Long live Sir Henry Morgan, king of the buccaneersl” cried a voice out of the darkness, and amid a tremeno dons roar of cheers the vessel swept away. ”If!!!" ”Pk" Much had happened in the interval. In the first place, Morgan had organ- ized and drilled the ship’s crew re- lentlessly. With the aid of the five principal adventurers, whom he had constituted his lieutenants. he had brought the motley crowd which he had shipped into a state of compara- tive efficiency and of entire subjection to his iron will. The co-operative principle which had been the main- spring of action as well as tie which produced unity among the brcthren of the coast had ceased to be regarded to far as Morgan was concerned. He took care, however, to be upon fairly amicable terms with the officers in command and the veterans, though he treated the rest of the riflrafl like the dogs they were. They murmured and raged, but did not revolt, although it was quite possible it he pushed them too far and they found a leader they might make trouble._ CHAPTER V. E.\' days after her departure from Port Royal the Mary Rose was tumbling southward before a gentle breeze through the blue and languid sous. In accordance with Hornigold’a ad- vice, after deliberation between Mor« gan and the leaders, the Mary Rose had first run up to La Vaca island, south of Hispaniola, and the number of original marauders had been in- creased by fifty volunteers, all those, indeed, who could be reached from the small pirates who made that delectable spot their rendezvous. In addition to those the crew had also been re-en- forced largely from those of the unpaid and discontented seamen and soldiers of the frigate who had happened to be under hatches the night of the capture. Presented with the choice of instant death or adherence to the band, most of them had accepted the latter alterna- tive, although, to their great credit be it said, not until one or two of tho loyal veterans who had hotly refused to have anything to do with their ruflanly cap. toro had been forced to walk the plank , as an example to the rest ahonld they I provo recalcitrant. Partly through ter- ror. partly through diacoateat. pug. up well u he could fight. mg, in: of :11, because efién at that date it was considered a meritorious act to attack a Spaniard, some seventy cast in their lot with the rest. Among the 220 members et the het- erogeneous crew so constituted were- to be found natives of almost every race under the sun, even including one or two Spanish renegados, and it would be safe to say that the lowest and meanest representatives of the several races were assembled on that very ship. The eflicers and men who had been recruited from lsla La Vaca as- weli as the older original members of the crew of the Mary Rose, together with a select few of the remainder, were men of approved courage. The oflcers, indeed, bore reputations for hardihood and daring not to be eur- passed. Most of the rest, however, were arrant cowards. As a body the band could not compare except in lead- ership with the former bands of buc- cancers. Morgan himself, however, almost made up for all deficiencies. His eye was as keen, his hand as steady, his soul as reckless and his skill as high as when he had led the greatest buc- eaneer fleet that had ever assembled on the famous Panama expedition. Ev- erybody on the ship hated him exeept young Teach and the faithful Black Dog. But they all feared him as much as they hated him, and they admired him as muvh as they feared him. So far as he was concerned. discipline was absolute. No admi 'al of the: fleet was ever served more promptly and re- sper. “11y than he. lix'vn his nearest “sodas-3 were treated with a certain haugfitineris. whirl) they bitterly re- sented and which they would have cali- e-l in question had the situation been other than it was. Truth to tell, inâ€" licenced by lIornignld. they had em- har‘ged Upon a mad enterpriw, and tin-y needed Morgan to bring it to a surne-M‘ul conclusion. “'ithout him the slender coherence which already existed would fail and anarchy would be the state upon the ship. So long as they remained together it was certain that Morgan would lead them on some successful enterprise, and they might get some reward for their risks and crimes. In his safety lay their safety. The ship, however, was a floating colony of suspicion, treachery and ha- tred. Morgan himself never appeared without being loaded with weapons, not for bravado, but for use should oc- casion rise, and his back was always protected by the silent and gigantic maroon, whom the sailors, catching the title from those who had known him of old, referred to with malignant ha- tred as Black Dog. That was a name, indeed, which the taciturn half breed rather rejoiced in than resented. Mor- gan had been able to awaken love in no hearts except those of young Teach, whose feeling was admiration rather than affection, and this half breed ma- roon. Whether it was from his black African mother or from his fierce red Carib father that he inherited the qual- ity of devotion was not apparent. De. voted he had been and devoted he re- mained. ' There was one among the. omcers Morgan was sure of and upon Whom he could depend in an emorgenvy, and that was young Teach. He had flat- tered him by unusual marks of kind- ness, and alone among the officers this fellow dld not seem to cherish the ran- cor and suspicion of the others. He Gas too young to have experienced a betrayal. u had the rest. This was his first venture in actual piracy, and he found it marvelously pleasant. The ofiicers, too. were all suspiciom of one another. As each one nursed hit: on‘ private designs he suspected the others of doing likewise, and with rea- son. But there was as yet little out- ward friction among them. Bavene'au. for instance, was most scrupulously polite to the captain and his associates. Velsers was too stupid in his cupsâ€" and he was generally in themâ€"to do more than grew-l, and the Brazilian had all the capacities of his race for some concealment. A TEA that is good to-day and poor to-morrow is un- reliable. Have you ever noticed variations in the quality of the tea you use? One package good, the next bitter, herby, perhaps weak and insipid. .‘ A A , , _ ‘ L‘An’lA‘l‘ I'"""I"' " ‘ A lack of expert knowledge by the tasters and blenders of that tea produced that resdi: T113112 was a failure at a vital paint, an ignorance of combiwing qualities in teas, ’ """""â€".'“"'-".â€"- _--1_ 'IIpul [I ----- ' __-V 0 â€"# â€"______._ poor Judgment in the blending of that maker’s teas, a weak- ness which invariably gives just such results as your poor tea. again by the Eastern Red Rose shippers, then at the Red Rose warehouse upon its arrival before blending; after that an experimental blend is tested, and the final or actual blend is also tested before being packed. Nothing is left to chance. in Red Rose Tea. \Vhy Red Rose Tea is always uniform, why # is good Tea T. H. Estabrooks St. John, N.B., Toronto, Winnipeg 1\ ed Rose Tea Uniformity Every chest of Red Rose Tea is tested at the (T That is why that “rich fruity flavor" is always present working the ship were align-:1 :11 Morgan personally imposed implivi obedience and respect for his coni- mands, no duties other than those re; quired‘ were performed by the mm. During the day when not at work 0‘ at; drill they drank. smoked, gamble? and fought at pleasure. although. ' the captain mercilessly exercised the during long hour; at the- greut guz. and with small arms. they did not. hm- any too much leisure for'plny. hurt:- the night they kept watch and ward of course, but in it all they took in. care of the ship. and filth and dirt abounded. If they had anticipated : long cruise things would necessarily have been d’ifierent, but as they he" gone far to the southward now an!" might make a lanrli’all at any moment there was no necessity for b0tltm°'§!l;f about mere cleanliness. Morgan l‘ml not communicated his ultimate pur- poses to his men as yet, but as he was the only navigator on the ship he wan perforce allowed to have his own way. Breakfast had been servedâ€"a meager breakfast it was. too. for all hands were on short allowance of everything but spirits. on account of the unprovided state of the ship. For- tunately for their contentment there was plenty of rum on board. The men were congregated forward on the fore- castle or in the waist. wrangling and arguing as usual. The oflicers gath- ered on the quarter deck, and M0" gan paced the high raised poop 2.10:2“ overlooking them. when the 1003.01,; suddenly reported three sail in sight. The half drunken sailor who had been sent aloft at daybreak had k' ; negli- gent watch. for almost as soon as he. had made his report the ships were observed from the deck of the frigate. The Mary Rose haul the wind on her quarter, her best point of sailing, and she was covered with canvas from her trucks to her decks. from her spritsail yard to her huge mizzen crossjack. a lateen call. The wind was light, but she was making rapid progress toward the approaching strangers, who, with their larboard tacks aboard, were heat. in: up toward the English. Attended by the maroon, Morgan, pis- tol in hand, went forward to the fort» castle, kicking his way clear through the sullen, black browed mass of sailors. He ran a short distance up the weather for! shrouds and took a long look at the strangers. They all flew the yellow flag of Spain. One was a huge galleon, the other two smaller ships, though larger in each instance than the Mary Rose, and all heavily armed. One of the plate ships from Porto Belio was due in this latitude about this time, and Morgan instantly surâ€" mised that the galleon was she and that the two others were Spanish trig- ates to give her sate convoy across the ocean. Spain was at peace with all the world at that time, and the two frigates would have been ample to ward at the attack of any of the small piratical craft which had succeeded the buccaneor ships of the Caribbean. The Spaniards had no idea that such a vul- turo as Morgan was afloat; thereto're, althem they had sighted the nary Bose lea: before she had seen them, be- cause they kept better watch. they came on fearlessly and without hesi- tation. It was evident to the experi- enced clears among the- that tho ves- sel mas.- law-h mate. M...“ £23- A: camp‘s to Ila red gardens, DR. HARTE’S CELBRY- " IRON PILLS. The Remedy we Positively Guarantee will Cure You orYour Money Refunded. 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The two frigates were the most dangerous antagonists. if he could dispose of them the gaiieon would be at his mercy. He did not hesitate to encounter such odds, and even in the minds of the craven part of the crew one English ship was thought to be good for any three Spaniards that ever floated. “Aye, lye, sir." came from one an. other as he pulsed a moment to let the significance of his announcement link in. 'Presently Morgan sprang down upon the torecastle and faced his men. “Lads," he said. “those are Spanish Ihlps." “And,” he continued. raising his voice so that it was audible through- out the ship, “the great one will be one of the plate ships homeward bound â€"but she’ll never get there-from Porto Bella!” A perfect yell of delight drowned his further remarks. The men shrieked and shouted and hurrahed at the joy- ous announcement. as it all they had to do was to go aboard and take the ships. 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