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One evening about a century and a
half ago a British ship, the Helen Dole,
rode at anchor In u bay on the south­
ern coast of Jam aica island. She had
come down through the W indward
passage bound for Kingston, but had
been blown by a hurricane past th at
port and had drifted into the bay th at
lies beyond, for the wind had ceased
as suddenly ns it had come, und, being
disabled, the ship was uncontrollable.
Another vessel hud met the sam e ex­
perience as the Helen Dole. This was
a small schooner, the Pelican, under
the command of a young New Eng­
lander. H arry Spencer. He was on
his way to Vera Cruz with a cargo of
blasting powder to be used in the
mines there. He, too, had suffered
from tlie storm and put into the bay to
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A third ship of a very different shape
from the other two was standing east­
ward before a very light breeze. She
was low on the water, and her m asts
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leaned astern. This and the abundance
of sail she carried Indicated th at she
When you g et one, g et one of exper­ had been built for fast sailing. Sud­
denly she veered to the northward and
ience—26 years at the business
stood directly in to the bay where the
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BANDON. ORE two vessels were lying.
The crews of the anchored ships
could rend only too plainly w hat was
in store for them. During a long sea
war between England and Spain Brit­
ish privateers had preyed on the Span­
ish galleons carrying gold from the
Mexican mines to Spain. The war
had ceased, and privateering had de­
generated into piracy. Every one on
board the Dole and the Pelican knew
that the incoming vessel had sighted
them and was intending to destroy
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them. They looked upon her as flies
caught In a web would regard the spi­
der advancing to devour them.
And that was the intention of Cap­
tain Crocker of the pirate. But, un­
fortunately for his purpose to carry out
his design at once, he could not get
near enough to either of them. The
wind was so light that darkness fell
before he came within range of them,
and then it failed altogether. But
Crocker was not troubled; his glass
had shown him that both ships were
disabled, and he saw no chance of their
escaping him during the night. In
the first place, there was no wind, and
even If a breeze should spring up and
they could take advantage of it he
could hear the raising of the anchors.
So he dropped his own not far from
either of them to wait for morning.
On board the Dole was no such quies­
cence as on the pirate There were
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men, women and children passengers
who had come from England to settle
in Jam aica. For them as well ns the
officers and crew was every prospect of
death ns soon ns day came. Men were
praying: women were hugging their
children to their breasts; the sailors
were standing about gloomily. There
was not a cannon aboard. They had
Y O U R LA C E C U R T A IN S some
muskets and cutlasses, but what
would these avail? At any show of re­
sistance the pirate could stand off and
sink the ship by broadsides.
Nevertheless Captain Seymour of the
will need laundering this Dole
ordered the men to bring up what
spring. Send them to arms
there were, with a view to repel­
those who might attem pt to board
us. We wash Quilts at ling
him. Ids object being to force the
pirate to sink the ship with her guns
15 cents, Comforts at 25 and
save the women from any
cents. We will wash worse thus
fate ihan death, n e divided the
among the men and assigned
your Wool Blankets for arms
each man to Ids station.
you better than you can The night was still, and both the
pirates and those on the little Pelican
do them and for the could
hear the sounds of distress that
small charge of 25 cents. came from
the Dole. Now it would be
prayer, now a wall, now the cry of
Send the entire family a a child.
of these moved the pi­
wash and be rid of the rates, who None
were hardened to them, but
caused the crew of the Pelican
hardest of the home they
to forget their own coining death in
work. : : : : : : sympathy with these defenseless be­
ings on the neighboring ship.
Spencer, who was but twenty-five
years old. heard the wails, and they In­
cited his brain to action. But whut
could he do to avert tlie calam ity? He
had seme armament, but uot enough to
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protect his own vessel, to say uothing
of the Dole. He bad tw o six-pounder
guns, one on the port, the other on the
starlioard bow, anil lie bad pa luted bis
ship's side to represent openings for
ordnance, his object being to make it
appear th at be was arm ed with tw en­
ty guns Instead of two. But the pirate
would soon discover his deficiency, and
with more guns than Spencer feigned
to have and of higher caliber he could
make short work of the Pelican.
“We’ll light him, boys,” said Spencer
to his crew, “and we have one ad­
vantage—we won’t have to walk the
plank. As soon as one of her shots
strikes our blasting powder we’ll go to
Davy Jones’ locker.”
But his active Yankee brain during
the whole of that fearful uigbt never
ceased trying to find some way to cir­
cumvent the pirate that he might save
all the lives that were to be sacrificed
on the rnofrow. When daylight came
all of the crew of the Dole and many
of the passengers were on deck. There
was u ghost of a hope for them In the
Pelican, for they had been deceived
by her painted ports. The first object
that stirred on the pirate was a man
walking to the stern. When he reach­
ed it he hauled up a ball of bunting
and broke the skull and crossbones.
Those on the Dole shuddered. Then
men appeared here and there, some of
them carrying arm s from point to
point. One of them, who appeared to
be the captain, stood on the poop deck
giving orders.
The Pelican lay perfectly still, but
presently men were seen raising ber
anchor. This evidently attracted the
pirates’ attention. Suddenly a puff of
smoke broke from ber bow, and a shot
went skipping toward the schooner. A
gun boomed on the latter ship. Excla­
mations denoting hope came from those
on the Dole. Would there be a tight?
Blit no. Tile pirate fired several shots
and elicited no reply. The only com­
fort for those on the Dole was th at
the Pelican would be first destroyed.
The Pelican’s single shot w as in ac­
cordance with a plan laid by Captain
Spencer after midnight—a plan yet lit­
tle more than a hope. His object In
firing at the pirate was simply to indi­
cate that he had better dispose of the
Pelican before attending to the Dole.
Such was Captain Crocker’s decision.
Having got up his anchor and having
there might have excited attention.
Captain Seymour noticed an arm ex­
tending from where the man was lo­
cated. from the outer end of which a
rope dropped to the deck, but so full
of augulsh was be tiiat It made but
little impresslou upon him.
On went the pirate, like a great bird
on its way to pounce upon a fish. On
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the doomed vessel not a man moved.
On the poop deck stood the captain,
now and again diverting his glance In the gold hunting days 1 went out
from his coming enemy to the man In to the gold fields to make a fortune. 1
the rigging
fell lu with u young man of my own
Suddenly Seymour gave an order, age. Elliot Muusfield. aud we agreed
and the crew ran to the halyards. Up to prospect together. Mansfield hud
weut the sails and the Pelican begun left u mother and sister, to whom he
to move.
was much attached. U nfortunately his
Then for u few minutes followed a mother had received an injury to one
maneuvering, the pirate trying to get of her eyes, and since her son’s depar­
near enough to his enemy to board ture for tlie west it had extended to
her. the Pelican aiming to keep her the other eye, und she was gradually
off. The latter had an advantage in i becoming blind.
having up more sail. The pirate, be­ The letters she wrote Mansfield were
ing sure of its victim, did not add to pathetic. She hoped th at he might be
its own canvas. Presently, when the with her again, but she did not hope
two vessels wero but half a dozen to see him. His sister wrote him that,
yards apart, those on the Dole saw’ the I if possible, he should come home thut
arm th at has been mentioned by means his m other might see him once more
of the rope attached swung outward before losing her sight. But he had
by men on deck so th at it was turned no money for the Journey, and if he
tow ard the pirate. Then the man In could get home he would uot be able
the rigging, holding something in his to get back again. He was a resolute
hand that looked like a glass carboy, fellow und averse to giving up w hat
climbed out on the arm and. swinging he had undertaken—namely, to go back,
w hat he held, tossed it on to the pi­ if ever he did go back, with a fortune.
rate’s deck.
1 was no better off than Mansfield.
The passengers on the Dole saw a We wandered about with picks on
sight that filled them with a delirium our shoulders wherever we believed
of surprise and joy. They flew to each there might be gold aud at last suc­
other’s anus, laughing and weeping.
ceeded in striking dirt th at promised
The pirate was blow n to atoms!
to pay. While we were getting it into
A few* m inutes later she wTent down, shape to secure capital w ith which to
and from the deck of the Dole arose a work it Mansfield was taken sick. He
shout th at w as echoed from the Peli­ was ill a long while, and during this
can The pirate had taken the place tim e 1 wrote letters for him to his
of its intended victims.
mother and sister. In these letters, at
Captain Spencer had laid his plan his request, 1 forged his handw riting
well, though there were many chances that they might not suspect th at he
against its success. Had he Iain quiet w as unable to write them himself
when his enemy came down on him, Furtherm ore, he charged me to tell
Instead of maneuvering, ho would prob­ them th at he had struck a mine of
ably have blown up his own ship as value and would soon go east w ith a
well as the pirate. During the night view to forming a company to work it.
he had thrown overboard all his cargo Tlie poor fellow did not recover. He
of blasting powder except w hat he asked me before he died to make
needed for defense, and his own vessel over his share in our mine to his rnoth-
suffered but little from the explosion. j er and sister and if possible go east,
As for the crew of the Pelican, when j as he had hoped to do, and either sell
they saw’ the big bomb swing off every | the mine or organize a company, as I
man dropped to the deck.
might be able. Dreading the shock of
Ids death on his mother, he asked me
to keep up the deception till I should
go east and arrange w ith his sister for
! breaking the sad news to his m6ther.
I found an opportunity to sell out for
S u r v iv o r s o f 111 Fated M a in e ;
| $50,000 and availed myself of it. If I
on the property would have
F lo ral Ship In H o n o r o f V ictim s j m hud ade held
me very rich, but I w as tired of
tlie deception 1 was practicing and
knew my late partner’s m other nnd sis­
ter were very poor Taking their share
of the proceeds with me. I w ent at
j once to the town in which they lived.
| On my arrival I sent a m essenger to
i Miss Mansfield to tell her that her
j brother’s partner had arrived with
| news of him. but cautioning her to say
nothing about me to her mother until
I had had an opportunity to see her.
She appointed a meeting with me at
the home of one of her friends. I went
there and told her the bad news I had
for her.
To her grief was added the fact that
her mother, who had now become quite
blind, was looking for her atm every
day. Her daughter—Mildred was her
nam e—was in agony at the idea of im ­
parting the news to her. She could
not think of doing so at the time, for
the old lady was not in a condition to
bear it. So we arranged between us
th at until she was better I was to
w rite letters as before, putting off the
son and brother’s arrival.
Mildred Mansfield was a very lovely
girl. I sympathized with her deeply,
and it was a m atter of satisfaction
that I was enabled to turn over to her
her brother’s share in w hat I had real­
ized for the mine.
One day, desiring to consult with
Mildred, I w ent to her house to see her.
I could see no risk of revealing the
true situation in doing so. But the old
lady, who was in her room above,
heard my voice below and got it into
her head that I was her son. The
idea occurred to Mildred of perm it­
ting h er mother to believe me to be
her son, and I saw no objection to the
plan. So I went upstairs and subm it­
ted to a hugging and weeping th at
were almost hysterical
"Tlie mine is sold, m other,” I said,
"and my share is $25,000. It’s all in
bank right here in this town.”
“I’m very happy,” she said through
her tears, "though I can’t see you. You
must stay here always, and so long as
I live neither you nor your sister m ust
m arry, but live here for me and each
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other.”
URVIVORS of the old battleship Maine, which was blown up in Havana Mildred was too em barrassed by this
harbor In 1808, took part in the unveiling of the Maine memorial monu- to m ake a reply, so I was obliged to
men* in New York. The picture shows them standing in front of the make It myself.
national memorial shaft, which was erected in their honor as well as “Yes, mother. We will live only for
in honor of their comrades who w ent down to death with the ship. Another you and each other.”
interesting feature of the unveiling celebration was the setting a.loat in the I was looking at Mildred when I said
Hudson river of a floral boat It drifted out to sen as a pretty memorial token this, and she raised her eyes and blush­
on the part of the sailors of the north Atlantic fleet
ed. Then she said. "You’d better give
mother time to recover from her ex­
citem ent.” and I went downstairs.
Well, we were in for it now deeper
Oil For Country Roads.
failed to elicit any more firing from
ever. Of course I was obliged to
the schooner, he prepared to go to her A most interesting experim ent is be­ than
take up my quarters in the house, and
ing conducted In central Illinois near since
and take possession.
Mansfield was blind as a
Those on tlie Dole saw with agony Springfield. The state highw ay com­ bat she Mrs.
was not available for a chaper­
that the Pelican must soon be taken. All mission is mailing a test of oil on on.
talked over the m atter of
on board would he dispatched or forced country roads While oil roads are no telling We
and finally I said:
to walk the plank, and then the pirate novelty In many parts of the United “ Why her not tlie let truth,
her remain In igno­
w’ould do the same by those on the States, they are not known on the rance? We enn be
married, and that
British ship. Some went below to tell heavy black s H of central Illinois.*
make it all right for me to* live
the others that there was no hope; The top soil of the *oad Is being mix­ will
here. After your m other’s death, if
others remained to see a slaughter that ed with an asphalt oil to the depth of you
wish it, I will help you to get the
would soon be visited upon themselves. six Inches. In many part» of the Suck­ m arriage
annulled.”
The pirate hoisted a Jib and foretop- er State stone roads are out of the So we had
ceremony per­
sail, which gave her headway enough question W ithout the m aterial near at formed. just a to wedding
us to deceive
to take her to her victim. The latter hand the great prairie states cannot Mrs. Mansfield for enable
her own good, and
had raised her anchor, but did not expect to save stone pikes, ns do some when she died we conciude4l
the
hoist a sail. The crew stood in a group, of the eastern states, flood roads must arriage stand. And th at’s to the let way
apparently w aiting to die without re­ be secured by drainage, special care m I cain»>
to be a married man today and
sistance. One man was In the rigging, and possibly by the use of oil. This the father
children—Just to
n nd it not been for the hopelessnes. experim ent will be watched with a avoid giving of an seven
old Indy on the brink
of the situation perhaps his being great deni of Interest
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