Show u A CJPlJFV him > In Uio yrarlSig a British ttcamer called the tlieafrarnrdvwIatShan 11i in dlstrtS ami upon Inn tJ lion IIIT Jamag s wire fuund to b I sortlenilve that he was told ton coriorutlun nown 01 rite Golden Ttw Coaijauv > I WI romix etl of firu llntisli tea huutes and it lid four coaMiui VOfH1 in ix trade Tub attianiir was wautiU t Ctb IT b a hue to the Lisa Rita isUnils in the iacific Oiviii but ruoru par ticulaily I t tIcs blind I of Kiu jiu where lliu coiniany iutundtd to C I fetISh n branc huadn uai ttrj 1 lie Jairfax was a avile l wheeler ol about < J tons burden nod noted ai belug very f t Mic itt ihangic about a great deal in makinsrej ami when I u ent aboard of her n a wjitvtniah r f < und nol things to excite my cur lly The cabin isdbeen done awny with and in 110 place vnu an ofllrvis nmsroom aCt and a comforUble dinIng mom or the men forward The space be tweet was u < ed for bcrttn and Ue nnt tornge I notIced that a greatdval f 1 the interior woodwork was cov redwitli heavy sheet JmR which lad been painted tortsemble wood rho doors were very heavy and ere further jiroUcted hI metal The astigine neon was entirely in osed and vtlien 1 came t tie heiUiouse I was surprLtd 10 find It H nrran rd that iron ehiutteres uug on the inside could be cloKd t make a little furtreM of the place tvo rules and a laIr of revolve rniprfctd tlio amnmiU Wlei I caIne t ak quuslloiia of the mate lie nfonuetl me that we were goIng imonga lao iron nod desperate Jut cd er prcjared for any erne 4ehley lit addition to what I had vu he boued mu a Mxpouti doll piece on the prorueuade sleek sni u score of muto of nUt In arm a-rm set apart for an armory The teamer made her flrct and srcoud triiev without Adventure The crew in each iusiaucouat compcsei alnio entirely uf while nzeriEig iIi Amerlcar German and Francis lot who bad Leeu picked un tn Shanghai The cook steward nod stokers were vt and on etch trip we carried quite a number c i native mtietigers5 On the thIrd trip about onehalf of Iso whIte crew had to lie replaced by native md when we left Shanghai we had Uly native passengers I remaike > n the singular fact that all were Del and tie mate ex I lined mat era by sajing it was a relIgIous body on their wny t a famous ten tile situated on the island we Acre lund for They looked to me hike a crafty villainous lot and my fe wheelsman who was an Amen an named VhItr predicted that we should have trouble with tem before the voyage wa over We bad scarcely left lOat before we tai 0 it that all our weapons were loaded load-ed and wo got the hang of the iron blinds 5 that we could hut them quickly One of us would certainly b in the wheclhoue no matter at what hour trouble mIght come As tho steamer only bad a smal load of freight and that was all In the hold the party of lat V wer prty te luarteied on the lower deck The Breather was very mild and they lid not niLI covering Thedlitauei from Shanghai t KluSiu Is alou 230 mil A elf portatGoclock In the morning and averaged twelvi rnlles her hour until 4 oclock the net murning wo were pr ty faIrly crest the big bay or straits create right there by the lay of the coos Hands I 1 ind the location of the ame on Watch at 4 oclock I xvui tArn fairly daylight and the f ea was I moolh and everything quiet Mj I chum gave me the course reported rhat there was nothing new and welt oil t turn in lie hat carcey disappeared when I rose lpear iSO junks dead ahead and five mInute later the lookout on the bows reported them t Mr Graham the first mte It could not have eea more than two minutes after thiinhen I heard a shrill cry ol Murder followed by two pistol hat nnd a rush of fet and I real izcJ that trouble was a hand I rang the 111 for the engineer t stop and then shut anil secured my blinds and 1 was not a moment too oon Tho wheels liacl scarcely ranted t revolve when I heard the ratter of fret outside followed by exclamation of anger and diiap pointment Then I used the dpeuk i ng tub warn the engineer nut he speedily Informed me that he had cuaue himself close prisoner Jly Iron shutters were provided with jxirtholes and wise I looked down upon her bow deck I raw the lead txxliesof tbe mate an J lookout Ivlng lu there and covered w th blood knife wounds None from numeious wound Xont uf the natives were In eIght but directly di-rectly fierce jell arose from the lower deck followed by pistol shots the satlrun faced and I knew that tie 1Irn It wretches were murdering the whIt men as fast as they could gtt to them Theyleft me alone forabout tll Theyln hour Then about half a dozen of them came up nub I demanded my surrender from their dialect I knew them t be Corn They cabled t me In that language saying they had full pos < kWl icssTon of thin steamer had killed all i jut two of the crew and that my He would be spar lf l promised to lo as they directed I communl caSed with the engIneer found that ho was ail tight I and he added that lie tl thin and some of the crew rcre iu the armory and prepared to hold out to Uie I t I then in brinttl the 1lrtC that I could not think of surrender and 3 they bean be-an battering at the door with a aptan bar I shoved the muzzle c a revolver out aud killed one and loundcd another before they could get cut or range flier WOO only a gentle breeze blowIng and that was at our backs The ttfojunks were coming down lowly iiaving to mke frequent tack < and when abut a miloanda half away I saw that they were Ruled with men I wasp hut up Job between the two iirtles and all the details were thoroughly I under load The engineer had been blow tog oT steam lo present an explo aunt and I asUJ him to hold fast and give me t how t carry out a ilan which had suddenly suggested iself Kortunaluly for us the naive Itelf Fortltols the stokers had Joel fired up before I I they had got the signal They bad murdered the chief who was nn Englishman as also the oiler who va a German and tiad left the iirnacw doors shut as they rushed up < n deck to join in the murderous melee The boiler wire therefore making steam at a lively rate As soon a the engineer uudentood son I wanted he started ahead and I took the wheel end brought uesteamerd head in line with one t of the junks Vo were headed bout north One of tho junks was ended southeast on her tack the other south wist They wen there for nearly broaIdo on to me We went ahead at moderate si > ved aa 1 dl not want to alarm them The atives on board gathered In the bows anti bcgar waiving cloths and hats as a warning to the junks The rople on tho biter must have argued hot the steamer was In the ands of their friends for they fired iclrjingais and waved their cloths In reply L held for the junk hcaJeJ I to the iutlicat and she at once lowered htr KAll to wait for the steamer to come up Whet within a quarter o fa mile of her I raug the bell for the engineer to go ahead at full f et and the steamer slarteJ oil like ft wild locomotive Vu were almctt upon the junk before the wpe divined oururjett and they had only time to utter ann long drawn shout of terror I held the cleaner for her broadside and she divided Hint junk like the two halve of an apple falling away from n knife I expected a great shock buL there was none It was no more thAn if we had run down a yawl I belle she held fifty men A great cry went upas she iiasedand when I boo headed the steamer around not more than half a ijoren of the poor wrttches were in alght who were clinging tothe fragments of the wreck and tossing about I gave the engineer information of how wehad 8ucceedcd aud told him I proposed to servo tho oilier junk tho same way Tho native aboard the steamer seemed hclpleis and terrorttrlcken at first but when they realized my plan they moved to prevent It They ran down and opened the furnace doors to lower the steam and a gang ofslxor eight ntUckeu wheel house A second jarty raodenn attack on the engineers I engin-eers room at the same moment Theseond Junk < lng the fate of the tint hau gone about and was standing due north with all sail K t The wInd was light however ansi we could run live feet to her one Ve had a large reserve of steam and after I had her nose pointed fr the junk I gave the gang ouUit a little attention They care hangIng at the door and the shutters with the diittm bars and Ijwouuded two of them before they MouldUe > IsU Th engineer also u Jug a revolverkillti oneand wounded two Thin inlets then drew oil beaten at every turn and disgusted with the job and flow I was close ui > wills the junk till also held about fifty desperate look lug fellows Aware of ray intention inten-tion about twenty of them who were armed with muskets gathered aft and peppered away at the pilothouse pilot-house but the few bullets which hIt fell harmless When the bow or the steamer was within a cable length of the stern of thu junk every native began to howl and wall antI most of them threw themselves them-selves prostrate on the decks White cloths ere bdd up In token of surrender but in arumcr I rang the hell I for the engineer to loll her vide open lIe did 8OlInd weseemed to lift out of the water and be Hung at the doomed craft like n rnhsilr The steamer truck her fquare In the stern crashed into her for tenor ten-or tWth feet and then the junk fell apart and became a heap of wreckage which was cast aside from either tow I ran on for a quarter of a mile and then turned Not a living nun was to bu seen In this last disaster I ran over to the other heap of wreckage and saw two men still hanging on but the sharks pulled them under Just as I rang to stop our way The steam was about exhausted anyhow and the time had rome for a move against the pirates on board Relieving they were badly frightened fright-ened I reloaded tho weapons and stepped out or the deck with one In each hind The only man in sight nai tho leader of the band who stood in the bows looking up at me As stepped out he said Dont shoot rue We meant you no harm We have thrown away our weapon ourI I went down to find them cowering cower-ing In the passageway every mant pluck completely gone Thu captaIn and second mate were In the armory ar-mory I let them out aud theu freed engineer The four of ua were the only white men left alive We collected the prisoners In eCIOnlebefrso erssh the I mess room held a short consultation and then proceeded to act Whilu I remained among them to check any new ambition tho captain took his eli lon at the forward port gangway The engineer then led tho pirates out to the captain ono by one and he latter put a bullet through each mans head and pitched him forward for-ward into the sea It was retrlbu lon with a vengeance and certain writers who were thousand miles from thin scene and underwent lone of its perils have termed it the massacre of priooners 1 went out w Ith the last one Like all others who had pleceded him hu west humbly to Ills death not even Uttering a protest When hi lad been disposed of we turned to and prepared the bodies of our dead brburial cleaned tho decks and by two of us acting as Makers we worked the steamer up to KiiiSlu For a few weeks thu natives kept wonderfully quiet about the adven ure but It then leaked out that bout ISO lives had been lost in the attempt to capture ur Had they get possession of Ito steamer It was their intention to run her up to the lead cf the Yellow tea and mike use of her in their piratical cxeur lons from tho cost of Formosa Atone At-one of them understood how to avigato Use wingless devil n > hey called her it Is likely that she would have neon blown up within tn hour or two after they got charge Ste was in thin trade and on the samolluu for the next five years and every native craft would turn tail at tile sIght of her five miles awsaysVew YcirkSun |