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<v Speaker 1>Chapter twenty seven of Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts.

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<v Speaker 1>Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts by Frank R. Stockton,

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<v Speaker 1>Chapter twenty seven A six weeks Pirate. About the time

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<v Speaker 1>of Steve Bonnet's terminal adventures, a very unpretentious pirate made

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<v Speaker 1>his appearance in the waters of New York. This was

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<v Speaker 1>a man named Richard Worley, who set himself up in

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<v Speaker 1>piracy in a very small way, but who, by a

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<v Speaker 1>strict attention to business, soon achieved a remarkable success. He

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<v Speaker 1>started out as a scourge upon the commerce of the

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<v Speaker 1>Atlantic Ocean. With only an open boat and eight men.

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<v Speaker 1>In this small craft, he went down the coast of

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<v Speaker 1>New Jersey, taking everything he could from fishing boats and

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<v Speaker 1>small trading vessels until he reached Delaware Bay, and here

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<v Speaker 1>he made a bold stroke and captured a good sized sloop.

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<v Speaker 1>When this piratical outrage was reported in Philadelphia, it created

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<v Speaker 1>a great sensation, and people talked about it until the

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<v Speaker 1>open boat with nine men grew into a great pirate

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<v Speaker 1>ship filled with roaring desperadoes and cutthroats. From Philadelphia, the

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<v Speaker 1>news was sent to New York, and that government was

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<v Speaker 1>warned of the great danger which threatened the coast. As

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<v Speaker 1>soon as this alarming intelligence was received, the New Yorkers

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<v Speaker 1>set to work to get up an expedition which should

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<v Speaker 1>go out to sea and endeavor to destroy the pirate

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<v Speaker 1>vessel before it could enter their port and work havoc

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<v Speaker 1>among their merchantmen. It may seem strange that a small

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<v Speaker 1>open boat with nine men could stir up such a

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<v Speaker 1>commotion in these two great provinces of North America, But

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<v Speaker 1>we can try to imagine the effect which would be

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<v Speaker 1>produced among the inhabitants of Staten Island, or in the

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<v Speaker 1>hearts of the dwellers and the beautiful houses on the

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<v Speaker 1>shores of the Delaware River, by the announcements that a

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<v Speaker 1>boat carrying nine desperate burglars was to be expected in

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<v Speaker 1>their neighborhood. We can better understand what the people of

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<v Speaker 1>New York and Philadelphia thought when they heard that Richard

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<v Speaker 1>Worley had captured a sloop in Delaware Bay. The expedition

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<v Speaker 1>which left New York made a very unsuccessful cruise. It

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<v Speaker 1>sailed for days and days, but never saw a sign

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<v Speaker 1>of a boat containing nine men, and it returned disappointed

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<v Speaker 1>and obliged to report no progress. With Warley, however, progress

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<v Speaker 1>had been very decided. He captured another sloop, and this

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<v Speaker 1>being a large one and suitable to his purposes, he

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<v Speaker 1>took possession of it, gave up his open boat, and

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<v Speaker 1>fitted out his prize as a regular piratical craft. With

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<v Speaker 1>a good ship under his command. Captain Warley now enlarged

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<v Speaker 1>his sphere of action on both shores of Delaware Bay

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<v Speaker 1>and along the coast of New Jersey. He captured everything

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<v Speaker 1>which came in his way, and for about three weeks

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<v Speaker 1>he made the waters in those regions very hot for

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<v Speaker 1>every kind of peaceable commercial craft. If Warley had been

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<v Speaker 1>in trade, his motto would have been quick sails and

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<v Speaker 1>small profits for by day and by night. The New

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<v Speaker 1>York's Revenge, which was the name he gave to his

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<v Speaker 1>new vessel, cruised east and west and north and south,

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<v Speaker 1>losing no opportunity of levying contributions of money, merchandise, food,

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<v Speaker 1>and drink upon any vessel, no matter how insignificant it

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<v Speaker 1>might be. The Philadelphians now began to tremble in their shoes,

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<v Speaker 1>for if a boat had so quickly grown into a sloop,

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<v Speaker 1>the sloop might grow into a fleet. And they had

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<v Speaker 1>all heard of Portobello and the deeds of the bloody buccaneers.

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<v Speaker 1>The Governor of Pennsylvania, recognizing the impending danger and the

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<v Speaker 1>necessity of prompt action, sent to Sandy Hook, where there

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<v Speaker 1>was a British man of war the Phoenix, and urged

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<v Speaker 1>that this vessel should come down into Delaware Bay and

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<v Speaker 1>put an end to the pirate ship which was ravaging

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<v Speaker 1>those waters. Considering that Warley had not been engaged in

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<v Speaker 1>piracy for much more than four weeks, he had created

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<v Speaker 1>a reputation for enterprise and industry, which gave him a

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<v Speaker 1>very important position as a commerce destroyer, and a large

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<v Speaker 1>man of war did not think that he was too

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<v Speaker 1>small game for her to hunt down, and so she

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<v Speaker 1>set forth to capture or destroy the audacious Warley. But

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<v Speaker 1>never a wary of any kind did she see. While

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<v Speaker 1>the Phoenix was sailing along the coast, examining all the

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<v Speaker 1>coves and harbors of New Jersey and Pennsylvania, the New

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<v Speaker 1>York's revenge put out to sea, and then proceeded southward

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<v Speaker 1>to discover a more undisturbed field of operation. We will

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<v Speaker 1>now leave Warley's vessel sailing southward and go for a

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<v Speaker 1>time to Charlestown, where some very important events were taking

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<v Speaker 1>The governor of South Carolina had been very much afraid

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<v Speaker 1>that the pirates in general would take some sort of

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<v Speaker 1>revenge for the capture of Steed Bonnet, who was then

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<v Speaker 1>in prison awaiting trial, and that if he should be executed,

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<v Speaker 1>Charlestown might be visited by an overpowering piratical force, and

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<v Speaker 1>he applied to England to have a war vessel sent

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<v Speaker 1>to the harbor. But before any relief of this kind

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<v Speaker 1>could be expected, news came to Charlestown that already a

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<v Speaker 1>celebrated pirate named Moody was outside of the harbor, capturing

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<v Speaker 1>merchant vessels, and it might be that he was only

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<v Speaker 1>waiting for the arrival of another pirate ship to sail

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<v Speaker 1>into the harbor and rescue Bonnet. Now the Charlestown citizens

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<v Speaker 1>saw that they must again act for themselves and not

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<v Speaker 1>depend upon the Home government. If there were pirates outside

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<v Speaker 1>the harbor, they might be met and fought before they

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<v Speaker 1>could come up to the city, and the Governor and

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<v Speaker 1>the council decided immediately to fit out a little fleet.

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<v Speaker 1>Four merchant fevessels were quickly provided with cannon, ammunition and men,

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<v Speaker 1>and the command of this expedition would undoubtedly have been

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<v Speaker 1>given to mister Rhett had it not been that he

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<v Speaker 1>and the Governor had quarreled. There being no naval officers

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<v Speaker 1>in Charlestown, their fighting vessels had to be commanded by civilians,

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<v Speaker 1>and Governor Johnson now determined that he would try his

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<v Speaker 1>hand at carrying on a sea fight. Mister Rhett had

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<v Speaker 1>done very well, why should not he? Before the Governor's

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<v Speaker 1>little fleet of vessels, one of which was the Royal

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<v Speaker 1>James captured from Bonnet, was quite ready to sail. The

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<v Speaker 1>Governor received news that his preparations had not been made

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<v Speaker 1>a moment too soon, for already two vessels, one a

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<v Speaker 1>large ship and the other an armed sloop, had come

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<v Speaker 1>into the Outer Harbor and were lying at anchor off

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<v Speaker 1>Sullivan's Island. It was very likely that Moody, having returned

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<v Speaker 1>from some outside operation, was waiting there for the arrival

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<v Speaker 1>of other pirate ships, and that it was an important

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<v Speaker 1>thing to attack him at once, as it was very

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<v Speaker 1>desirable that the pirates should not be frightened away before

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<v Speaker 1>the Charlestown fleet could reach them. The vessels of the

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<v Speaker 1>latter were made to look as much like mere merchantmen

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<v Speaker 1>as possible. Their cannon were covered, and the greater part

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<v Speaker 1>of the crews was kept below out of sight. Thus

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<v Speaker 1>the four ships came sailing down the bay, and early

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<v Speaker 1>in the morning made their appearance in the sight of

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<v Speaker 1>the pirates. When the ship and the big sloop saw

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<v Speaker 1>the four merchantmen vessels sailing quietly out of the harbor,

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<v Speaker 1>they made immediate preparations to capture them. Anchors were weighed,

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<v Speaker 1>sails were set, and with a black flag flying from

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<v Speaker 1>the topmast of each vessel, the pirates steered toward the

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<v Speaker 1>Charlestown fleet and soon approached near enough to the King William,

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<v Speaker 1>which was the foremost of the fleet, to call upon

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<v Speaker 1>her captain to surrender. But at that moment Governor Johnson,

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<v Speaker 1>who was on board the Mediterranean and could hear the

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<v Speaker 1>insolent pirates shouting through the speaking trumpet, gave a preconcerted signal.

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<v Speaker 1>Instantly everything was changed. The covers were jerked off from

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<v Speaker 1>the cannon of the pretended merchantmen. Armed men poured out

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<v Speaker 1>from the holds. The flag of England was quickly raised

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<v Speaker 1>on each one of them, and the sixty eight guns

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<v Speaker 1>of the combined fleet opened fire upon the astonished pirates.

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<v Speaker 1>The ship, which seemed to be the more formidable of

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<v Speaker 1>the enemy's vessels, had run up so close to her

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<v Speaker 1>intended prey that two of Governor Johnson's vessels, the Sea

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<v Speaker 1>Nymph and the Royal James, once so bitterly opposed to

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<v Speaker 1>each other, but now fighting together an honest comradeship, were

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<v Speaker 1>able to go between her and the open sea, and

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<v Speaker 1>so cut off her retreat. But if the captain of

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<v Speaker 1>the pirate ship could not get away, he showed that

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<v Speaker 1>he was very well able to fight, and although the

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<v Speaker 1>two vessels which had made him the object of their

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<v Speaker 1>attack were pouring cannon balls and musket shot upon him,

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<v Speaker 1>he blazed away with his cannon and his muskets. The

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<v Speaker 1>three vessels were so near each other that sometimes their

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<v Speaker 1>yard arms almost touched, so that his terrible fight seemed

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<v Speaker 1>almost like a hand to hand conflict. For four hours,

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<v Speaker 1>the roaring of the cannon, the crushing of timbers, the

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<v Speaker 1>almost continuous discharge of musketry were kept up, while the

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<v Speaker 1>smoke of the battle frequently almost prevented the crews of

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<v Speaker 1>the contending ships from seeing each other. Not so very

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<v Speaker 1>far away, the people of Charlestown, who were standing on

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<v Speaker 1>the shores of their beautiful harbor, could see the fierce

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<v Speaker 1>fight which was going on, and great was the excitement

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<v Speaker 1>and anxiety throughout the city. But the time came when

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<v Speaker 1>two ships grew too much for one, and as the

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<v Speaker 1>Royal James and the Sea Nymph were able to take

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<v Speaker 1>positions by which they could rake the deck of the

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<v Speaker 1>pirate vessel, many of her men gave up the fight

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<v Speaker 1>and rushed down into the hole to save their lives.

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<v Speaker 1>Then both the Charlestown vessels bore down upon the pirate

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<v Speaker 1>and boarded her, And now there was another savage battle

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<v Speaker 1>with pistols and cutlass. The pirate captain and several of

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<v Speaker 1>his crew were still on deck, and they fought like

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<v Speaker 1>wounded lions, and it was not until they had all

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<v Speaker 1>been cut down or shot that victory came to the

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<v Speaker 1>men of Charlestown. Very soon after this terrible battle was over,

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<v Speaker 1>the waiting crowds in the city saw a glorious sight.

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<v Speaker 1>The pirate ship came sailing slowly up the harbor, a

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<v Speaker 1>captured vessel, with the Sea Nymph on one side and

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<v Speaker 1>Crown flying from the masts of each one of the three.

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<v Speaker 1>The other pirate ship, which was quite large, seemed to

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<v Speaker 1>to get out to sea, and spreading all her sail,

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<v Speaker 1>she made every effort to escape. Governor Johnson, however, had

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<v Speaker 1>help it. When a civilian goes out to fight a

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<v Speaker 1>sea battle, he naturally wants to show what he can do,

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<v Speaker 1>and Governor Johnson did not mean to let people think

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<v Speaker 1>that mister Rhett was a better naval commander than he was.

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<v Speaker 1>He ordered the Mediterranean and the King William to put

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<v Speaker 1>on all sail, and away they went after the big ship.

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<v Speaker 1>The retreating pirates did everything they could to effect escape,

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<v Speaker 1>throwing over their cannon and even their boats in order

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<v Speaker 1>to lighten their ship, but it was of no use.

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<v Speaker 1>The Governor's vessels were the faster sailors, and when the

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<v Speaker 1>King William got near enough to fire a few cannon

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<v Speaker 1>balls into the flying ship. The latter hauled down the

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<v Speaker 1>black flag, and without hesitation, lay to and surrendered. It

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<v Speaker 1>was plain enough that this ship was not manned by

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<v Speaker 1>desperate pirates, and when Governor Johnson went on board of her,

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<v Speaker 1>but an English vessel, which not long before had been

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<v Speaker 1>captured by the pirates in whose company she had visited

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<v Speaker 1>Charlestown Harbor. She had been bringing over from England a

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<v Speaker 1>the planter's were a term of years. Among these were

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<v Speaker 1>thirty six women, and when the South Carolinians went below,

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<v Speaker 1>At the time of this vessel's capture, the pirate captain

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<v Speaker 1>had enlisted some of the convicts into his crew as

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<v Speaker 1>he needed men, and putting on board of his prize

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<v Speaker 1>a few pirates to command her. The ship had been

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<v Speaker 1>worked by such of her own crew and passengers as

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<v Speaker 1>were willing to serve under pirates while the others were

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<v Speaker 1>shut up below. Here was a fine prize taken with

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<v Speaker 1>very little trouble, and the King William and the Mediterranean

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<v Speaker 1>returned to Charlestown with their captured ship, to be met

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<v Speaker 1>with the shouts and cheers of the delighted citizens, already

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<v Speaker 1>excited to a high pitch by the previous arrival of

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<v Speaker 1>the captured pirate sloop. But Governor Johnson met with something

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<v Speaker 1>else which made a stronger impression on him than the

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<v Speaker 1>cheers of his town's peace. And this was the great

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<v Speaker 1>surprise of finding that he had not fought and conquered

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<v Speaker 1>the pirate Moody without suspecting such a thing. He had

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<v Speaker 1>crushed and utterly annihilated the dreaded Warley, whose deeds had

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<v Speaker 1>created such a consternation in northern Waters, and whose threatened

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<v Speaker 1>approach had set the thrill of excitement all down the coast.

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<v Speaker 1>When this astonishing news became known, the flags of the

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<v Speaker 1>city were waved more wildly, and the shouts and cheers

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<v Speaker 1>rose higher. Thus came to an end in the short

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<v Speaker 1>time of six weeks the career of Richard Worley, who

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<v Speaker 1>without doubt did more piratical work in less time than

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<v Speaker 1>any sea robber on record. End of recording, end of

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<v Speaker 1>Chapter twenty seven recording by jayre Foley Beach, South Carolina.

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<v Speaker 1>Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coasts by Frank R. Stockton