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Durham Chronicle (1867), 5 Oct 1905, p. 7

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Machine Oil, Harness Oil, Axle Grease and H001 Ointment, go to S. P. SA UNDERS IA .\' UFACTURED BY .ilNNJR NU I! TEE SAVINGS BANK. d. KELLY, Agent. \‘UDEIL BAKERY. :i1FOUNDRY very athm'uuou aim-turn! m Healer m ~â€" ui promptly an mm $2 unwara‘ The Harnessmakor W. D. CONNOR ldel‘o‘. "H35 1w.) MANAGER l Like a politic captain, Morgan had I, done his best to get the men whom i he had subdued by his intrepid cour- , age and consummate address into good humor. Rum and spirits were served liberally, work was lightâ€"in fact, none except the necessary seaman‘s duties were required of the men, although an hour or two every day were em- ployed in hard drill with swords, small arms and great guns. In martial exercises the veterans were perfect, and they assiduously endeavored to lmnart their knowledge to the rest. “And that will fetch us where?” ask- ed the old man, who was charged with the duty of the practical sailing of the ship. “To La Guayra and Venezuela.” “Oho!” said the old boatswain. “St. Jago de Leon, Caracas, t’other side of the mountains, will be our prize?” In the intervening time the south sea buccaneers had picked up wonder- fully. These men, allured by the hope of further plunder under a captain who had been so signally successful in the past and in the present, constituted a most formidable auxiliary to Mor- gan’s original crew. Indeed, with the exception of the old hands, they were the best of the lot. L’Ollonois had been admitted among the officers on “Aye,” answered Morgan. “ ’Tis a rich place and has been unpillaged for a hundred years.” “'0 days later they made a landfall off the terrific coast of T Caracas, where the tree clad V mountains soar into the clouds abruptly from the level or the sea, where the surf beats without intermis- sion even in the most peaceful weather upon the narrow strip of white sand which separates the blue waters of the Caribbean from the massive cliffs that tower above them. a suitable footing, and there was little or no friction among the crews. They were getting hammered into shape, too, under Morgan’s hard drilling, and it was a vastly more dangerous body of men than the drunken gang who had sailed from Jamaica. discernible. Morgan coma see that "W?" "I“ "ma! W9 mu“ Claw. 01!. there were two or three other vessels I “PM” opposite the town mum; at their .. “Are. and at once!” cried Hominid. “char. in the heavy sea. Every prep ace, the Wind Sh‘fts already! It blow. nation for artion had been made in mm the north MI." ---_ “What’s our course now, captain?” asked I~Iornigold as soon as the incident was over. “Sou’west by west half west,” an- swered Morgan, who had taken an ob- servation that nooc, glancing in the binnacle as he spoke. “You stood by me that time, Sir Hen- ry,” cried young Teach, who had been told of Morgan’s refusal to fill away, “and by heaven I’ll stand by you in your need I” “Good! I’ll remember that,” answer- ed Morgan. It was Morgan’s plan to run boldly into La Guayra under the Spanish flag. No one could possibly take the Almi- rante Recalde for anything but a Span- ish ship. There was no reason for sus- pecting the presence of an enemy, for Spain had none in these seas. If there were other ships in the roadsteadâ€"for the harbor of La Guayra was really nothing more than an open roadâ€"the buccaneer could easily dispose of them in their unprepared condition. Indeed, Morgan rather hOped that there might be others, for after he captured them he would have a greater force of guns to train upon the forts of the town, which he expected to take without much dlfilculty, and then be governed In his maneuvers toward Caracas by circumstances as they arose. “That’s well," sald the old bucca- neer. “Take him forward, men, and let him have all the rum he wants to take out the chill of his wetting.” “Wilt obey me in the future?” cried the captain to the repentant man. And as the ship slowly paid on and gathered way the white squall broke upon them. The sea was a-smother with mist and rain. The wind whipped through the shrouds and rigging, but everything held. Taking a great bone in her teeth, the old Almirante Recalde heeled far over to leeward and ripped through the water to the southward at such a pace as she had never made before. On the quarter deck a drench- ed, shivering and sobbing figure knelt at Morgan’s feet and kissed his hand. “’Fore God, I will, sir,” answered Sawkins. Two days after the capture of the gulleon, then, with the wind fresh from the northeast. on a gray, threatening stormy morning. she was running to the westward along the shore. A few' hours at their present spe9d would hing them opposite La Guam, whose location at the foot of the mighty La 81113 of Caracas was even the ITrged by young Teach to exertion auperhuman, the boat actually shot under the quarter of the galleon be- fore the squall broke. The tackles .were hooked on, and she was run up to the davita with all her crew aboard. “Up with the helm!" cried Morgan the instant the boat was alongside. “Swing the malnyard and get the can- vas oi! her! Aloft, tapmen! Settle away the halyards! Clew down! Live- fâ€"â€"â€"â€"_â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" a SIR HENRY MORGAN l BUCCANEER - my CYRUS TOWNSEND BRADY. now 2” COPYRIGHT. 1905. CHAPTER VIII. Author of “The Southerners." “For Love of Country." “The Grip of Honor." Etc. G. W. DILLINGHAPI COMPANY Consequently he was most reluctant that morning, for his passion had in- creased with each o‘errun league of sea, to bear away from La Guayra, which was the port of entry for Cara- cas. But even his ardent spirit was at last convinced of the necessity. It was blowing a gale now, and they were so near the shore, although some dis- tance to the eastward of the town, that they could see the surf breaking with tremendous force upon the strip of sand. The officers and older men had observed the course of the ship with growing concern, but no one had ven- turod to remonstrate with Morgan un- til old Ben Hornigold as a privileged character finally summoned his courage and approached him. "Mark yon shore, Captain Morgan,” he said, and when he made up his mind he spoke boldly. “The wind treshens. We’re trighttully near. Should it come on to blow we could not save the ship. You know how unseamanly these Span- uh hulk: are." “Bight you are, Hornigold.” answer- ed Morgan, yet frowning heuvfly. “Cum thin wind! We must claw, 01!, I nnppooe.” “:‘Aye, Inc! at once !” cried .Hornlxold. are at St. Jago de Leon, sometimes milled the city of Caracas. in the fair valley on the farther side of those tow- ering tree clad mountainsâ€"the cor- <‘.il!eras of the shoreâ€"had touched at .‘ianiaiea. There she had been received with due honor, as became the daugh- ter of so prominent a personage, by the vice governor and his wretched wife. Morgan’s heart had been in- flamed by the dark, passionate beauty of the Spanish maiden. It was only by a severe restraint enjoined upon himself by his position that he had re- frained from abusing the hospitality he extended by seizing her in the old buccaneer fashion. The impression she had made upon him had been lasting. and when he found himself alone, an outlaw, all his dreams of the future centered about this woman. He would carry out the plans which he had outlined to his men, but the Pearl of Caracas, for so Donna Mer- cedes was called, must accompany him to the south seas to be the island queen of that buccaneer empire of which he was to be the founder. That Donna Mercedes might object to this proposi- tion. that she might love another man, might even be married by this time, counted for nothing in Morgan’s plans. He had taken what he wanted by dint of his iron will and the strength of his right arm in the past, and he should continue the process in the future. Morgan was a bold and skillful mar- lner, and he held his course parallel to the land much longer than was pru- dent. He was loath, indeed, to aban- don even temporarily a design upon which he had determined, and as he had rapidly run down his southing in this brief cruise his determination had been quiekened by the thought of his growing nearness to the Pearl of Ca- racas until for the moment loveâ€"or what he called loveâ€"had almost made him forget the treasure in the ship be- neath his feet, for the Pearl of Cara- ms was a woman. Mervedes de Lara, daughter of the vheeroy of Venezuela, on her way home from Spain. where she had been at svhool. to join her father. the Count Alvaro (1e Lara, in the vice regal pal- Everything was propitious for their enterprise but the weather. The vet- erans who were familiar with local conditions in the Caribbean studied the northeastern skies with gloomy dis- satisfaction. The wind was blowing dead inshore, and as the struck bells denoted the passing hours with each half hourly period it grew appreciably stronger. If it continued to blow or if, as it was almost certain, the strength of the wind increased it would be impossible without jeopardizing the ship to come to anchor in the exposed roadstead. They would have to run for it. Nay, more, they would have to beat out to sea against it, for the coast line beyond La Guayra turned rapidly to the northward. The men were armed to the teeth. There happened to be a goodly supply of arm: on the Spanish ship, in addi- tion to those the buccaneera had brought with them, which were all dia- trihuted. Ed. The Sea lamina had been cast 08, although the gun tackles were careful. ly «cured, for the wind was blowing fmher and the sea running heavier every hour. Nmbudthatvillainappeared Thus during the long morning they endeavored to claw off the lee shore. Morgan luffed the ship through the heavy squalls which rose to the vio- lence of a hurricane with consummate skill. Absolutely fearless, a master of his profession, he did all with that ship that mortal man: could have done. yet their situation became more and more precarious. They had long since passed La Guayra. They had had a fleeting glimpse of the shipping in the harbor driving helplessly on shore as they dashed by under the gray clouds which had overspread the sea. That town was now hidden from them by a bend of the coast, and they found themselves in a curious bi‘ght of land, extending far into the ocean in front of them. The mountains here did not so nearly approach the water line, and from the look of the place there ap- peared to be a shoal projecting some distance into the ocean from the point ahead. Some of the buccaneers who knew these waters confirmed the indi- cations by asserting the existence of the shoal. The shaking shrouds were soon cov- ered with masses of men, and as the ship was exceedingly well handled the canvas was promptly snugged down by the eager crew. Iâ€"Iornigold, with young Teach to assist him, went to the helm. Morgan gave his personal attention to the maneuvering of the ship. and the other officers stationed themselves where they could best promote and die met the efforts of the seamen. “Aye, aye, sir, and quick!” “Aloft,” yelled Morgan, “and take in the to’gallant s'l’s! Close reef the top. 8’13 and double reef the courses, then!" In spite of all that Morgan could do it was quite evident that they could not weather the shoal on their present tack. There was not sea room to wear and bear up on the other tack. The vessel, in fact, like all ships in those days and especially Spanish galleons, had a tendency to go to leeward like a barrel, and only Morgan’s resourceful seamanship had saved them from the fatal embraces of the shore long since. The canvas she was carrying was more than she could legitimately bear in such a hurricane. If there had been sea room Morgan would have stripped her to bare poles long since. but under the circumstances it was necessary for him to retain full control and direction of the ship; so, although he reduced “ Ve’ll have to get sail off her, I'm thinking, Hornigold,” said Morgan. In a few moments the great ship, her yards braced sharply up, was headed out to seaward on the starboard tack. The wind was now blowing a whole gale, and the masts of the ship were bending like whips. “BEES-W th'é'braces thefe!” shout- ed Morgan, following, with apprehen- sion, the outstretched finger. of the old boatswain. “Ease down the helm! :race up! Lively, lads!” you know what you wont; tho man knowo you ought to hovo It. Don't bo ourorlood, though, If you no ofl’orod oomothlng oloo. Wlnoo, coral-lo, oxtrocto, «0., of cod liver 0" no plontl' ful but don't lmoglno you on getting ood Ilvor oll whon you toko thom. Evory your for thirty years we’ve been lncraaalng the aalaa of Scott’s Emulsion. Why? Because It haa alwaya been better than any aubatituta for It. {When you go to a drug atom and «It for Scott’s Emulsion Get SGOTT’ Emulsion SCOTT d: BOWNE. Chemist. Toronto, Ont. 500. and $1.00. All amount. of Ceylbn tea. ChronicleAds. Pay. Try One when combined with the delicatgy flavored but thinner tea of Ceylon, produces that “rich fruity H ‘ flavor of Red Rose '1 eaâ€"a tea that is strongr and goes furtherâ€"requires less to make a cup of equal -Ah- . 7-1- -| ‘ T ' is good Tea 3 a T. H. Eahbrooha . sum. N.B., 1mm, W 80nd for free ample Tea Flavor and; 5: quth - VJ... greater body and richness uf Indian Hornigold and Teach, grasping the wheel. assisted by two of the Iblut seamen, were steering the Ihip with exquisite precision. Sweat poured from their brown at the violence of the la- bor required to control the massive , helm. The men lay to windward on the deck or grouped in ciulterl around the mute or hung to the life lines which had been passed in every di- _ rection. At Morgan’a side stood Vel- @ acre and Raveneau, prime seamen The water was roaring and smash-- ing against the shore not a cable‘s length away. Usually in those lati- tudes it deepened tremendously a short distance from the low water mark, and there was a grave question whether or not the anchor, with the scope they could give it, would reach bottom. At any rate, it must be tried, and tried now. Morgan had held on as long as he dared. Another minute and they would strike. “And certain death to hold on,” add- ed the Frenchman. “Have you anything else to propose, airs?” asked Morgan sharply. “We can’t tack ship against this wind and sea. There’s no room to wear. What’s to do?" The men made no answer. “Forward there!” cried the old buc- caneer. And it was astonishing the force and power with which he made himself heard in spite of the roar of the wind and the smash ot the sea. “Get the lee anchor 06 the bows there! L’Ollonols?" “Aye, aye!” “Run a hawser from the anchor m aft here on the quarter. We’ll club- haul the ship. See the cable clear for running.” The lateen sail on the crossjack yard had been furled, and Morgan, to force her head around, directed the after guard to spring into the mizzen rig- ging with a bit of tarpanh‘n and by ex- posing 1t and their bodies to the wind to act as a sail in assisting her to head away from the shore. “Down helm!” he shouted. “Flow the head sheets! Round in on the fore braces there! Show that canvas aft!” “The water’s too deep. my captain, to give holding ground to the anchor," urged Raveneau, shrugging his shoul- ders. “’Tis wasted labor,” growled Vel- sets. “To. the braces, lads! Obey orders sharply! It’s our last chance” “Never!" answered De Lussan, shak- lng hls head. “Well, it has been a short cruise and a merry one. Pity to lose our freightage and lives.” “And you, Velsers?” “No," said the German, “lt can’t be done. Why did we ever come to this cursed coast?” “Avast there!" cried Morgan, think- ing quickly. “Gentlemen, we’ll club. haul the ship.” “It shoals yonder, I think,” answered Morgan. “We’ll hold on until the last minute and then try.” “Very good, sir!” cried the. French- man, summoning the hardiest hands and the most skillful to carry out his commander’s orders. “Ready it Is, sir,” answered Herni- gold‘, tightening his grasp on the spokes and nodding his head to his superior. all to tfie Ioweit poTnt, be Itll. a little canvas. no men were filled with apprehen- sion, not only for their lives, but for the treasure they had captured, for they stood about a hundred chancel to one of losing the ship. Each squall that swept down upon them was hard- or than the one before. Each time the vessel almost went over on her beam ends, for Morgan would not lufl until the last moment, since each time that he did so and lost way temporarily he found himself driven bodily nearer the land. The men would have mutlnled had it not been patent to the most It!)- pld mind that their only salvation lay in Morgan. Never had that villaln appeared .to better advantage than when he stood on the weather quarter overlooking the ship, his long gray halr blown out in the wind, fighting azalnet a toe whose strength was not to be measured by the mind of man for Ill lite and his ship. “What think ye, gentlemen?” asked Morgan, at last pointing to the point looming tearfully close ahead of them. ’o‘Can we weather it?" “Helm a-lee! Hard a-lee!” Cited Homigold, who, with his men, was agapigg the gnokeg like a giant. on account of minuteness possessos a comparatively high value. The main Mcmty encountered is to prevent cm" ‘10! and fissures in the crystals. The W process cumut be employed wit 11 91119111518 and sapphires, as they hf“ z A Narrow Escape. ~ A sailor named Kelly, while at Port Louis. Mauritius, recently, contracted {ever end fell into a state of coma. The utelepsy was so prolonged that he was pronounced dead and removed to the mortuary. When the cooly attendants came to prepare his body for burial the! handled him roughly, and his head came in contact with the stone slab on Which he was laid. The shock broke {he spell and roused him to life again. The coolles all fled. and Kelly had to free himself from his graveclothes. He was fully conscious of all that him mad when in a state of catalepsy, but no unable to move or smk. Artificial Rubles. W013! Inbies are produced in France by reducing small natural ru- bles into a very fine powder, which is melted in an electric furnace. cooled rapidly and crystalliled. The product obtained from what was of little worth At that Instant there was a terrific crash heard above the roar of the temâ€" pest. The fore topmast of the Almi- rante Recalde carried sharply 01! at the hounds. Relieved of the pressure, she shot up Into the wind once more and drove straight into the seething seas. The men were as quick to see the danger as was Morgan. They came rushing 3ft, baring their weapons. pour- ing curse: and lmprecations upon him. He stood with folded arms, a scornfui smile on his old face. looking upon them. Carib watching and ready by his side. In another second, with :1 con- cussion which threw them all to the deck, the doomed ship struck heavily upon the sands. It had been a tremendous feat of sea- manship and bade fair tobe successful. It was yet touch and :0, however, and the breaker. were perilously near. They wen writhing around her fore- foot now, yet the wind was at last comâ€" lng in over the other how. We Positively Guarantee “She stays! She makes it!" cried the captain. “Meet her with the helm! Let go and had! Cut away the hawsm-Z" “We’re safe!" cried Morgan. “Flat- ten in forward! _Haul aft the shoots and braces-2'" JNO. A. DARLING CHEMIST â€" AND â€" DRUGGIST DURHAM, ONT. “Haul away!” cried Morgan. but the hawser came in board through their hands with a readiness and ease that showed the anchor had not taken the ground. The drag of the cable to the anchor, however, and the still unspent impetus of the first swing turned the galleon’s stern slightly to windward. Her head began slowly to fall off. pulling the ship’s stem around so that the wind would take her on the other bow. She was still hanging in the wind and driving straight on shore. E )1“qu pofltc, In of SBirib polo. 00: pure 1 A50”. Poor Circuhm Hurt Pdpihflogm Shortness ol Bmth. Fen-lo Wuhan. Diet-tom Bud. whet. Goldneu of tho Honda ond Feet, Lou of Vito! Pow, Gourd Weakneu ondDobllity, ondclldimmd disord m arising from o run-down condition at tho nmou system or wuk nnd sum, blood. 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