Identifier: twoyearsonalabam00sinc (find matches)
Title: Two years on the Alabama
Year: 1895 (1890s)
Authors: Sinclair, Arthur
Subjects: Alabama (Cruiser)
Publisher: Boston, Lee and Shepard
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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seems he was suspected from some knowncircumstances, together with his reputation for -mischiefalready established. Egan was spread eagled in themizzen rigging barefooted, and was holding out well, deny-ing all knowledge of the whereabouts of puss. In themeantime, a sail was made from aloft, the after pivot-gun cleared away for the purpose of heaving-to the vessel.One would suppose Egan to have been a student of Mar-ryatt from his selection of queer pranks when upon tak-ing the tompion from the muzzle of the gun out jumpspussy. Egan soon after confessed judgment, being unableto stand the punishment longer, and upon being interro-gated as to why he did it, replied, Oh, to see what effectthe firing would have on the cat ! Soon after muster we have the cry from aloft, Sailho ! The two vessels now approach each other on op-posite tacks and with a fresh breeze. The chase of theschooner was most exciting to us, and no doubt her skip-pers nerves were on a tension — a touch and go capture,
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PRIZES TO BURN 2$ and will be to all time a memorable retrospect to him.This little schooner was bound from Fayal to Boston, viaFlores, to land passengers, and, as we perceived upon get-ting within two or three miles, had some females on board.She declined showing colors in answer to our English flagflung to the breeze, well knowing her build and cut of sailsstamped her American to us, and our blank cartridge sig-nificantly hinting our nationality. She had the land aboutsix miles distant, a fresh breeze blowing, the wind abeam,her best point of sailing, and was evidently resolved onreaching the charmed marine league, if possible; beforeoverhauled. The presence of females on her deck pre-cluded our firing a shot, even near her, if avoidable, butthe indomitable pluck of her skipper forced the matter.A thirty-two shot was plunged a few feet ahead of her.Still the little captain had no idea of surrender. Thebreeze was too fresh and land too near. Evidently noth-ing entered into his calcul

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