. Sparks from the camp fire : thrilling stories of heroism, adventure, daring and sufferng . asts eyes, but hesitated to fire; for thatone report might bring on him a volley from theshore. Meantime the strength of the dog careened thefrail craft so much that the water rushed over the side,threatening to swamp her. He changed his tactics, threwhis revolver into the bottom of the skiff, and graspinghis bowie, keen as a Malay creese, and glittering as hereleased it from the sheath, like a moonbeam on thestream. In an instant he had severed the sinewy throatof the hound, cutting through the brawn
. Sparks from the camp fire : thrilling stories of heroism, adventure, daring and sufferng . asts eyes, but hesitated to fire; for thatone report might bring on him a volley from theshore. Meantime the strength of the dog careened thefrail craft so much that the water rushed over the side,threatening to swamp her. He changed his tactics, threwhis revolver into the bottom of the skiff, and graspinghis bowie, keen as a Malay creese, and glittering as hereleased it from the sheath, like a moonbeam on thestream. In an instant he had severed the sinewy throatof the hound, cutting through the brawn and muscle tothe nape of the neck. The tenacious wretch gave a wild,convulsive leap half out of the water, then sank; and wasgone. Five minutes pulling landed the spy on the otherside of the river, and in an hour after, without furtheraccident, he was among friends, encompassed by th©Northern lines. THE NEGEO TILLMANS NAEEATIVE. The schooner S. J. Waring had started on a voyage toBuenos Ayres, in Montevideo, with an assorted cargo,which, with the vessel; was valued at a hundred thousand. 0^^ t.^: o*- THE NEGRO TILLMANs NARRATIVE. 23 dollars. There were on board tlie captain and mate;William Tillman, steward, a native of Delaware, 27 yearsold, who has followed the sea for ten years; Wm. Sted-ding, seaman; Donald McLeod, seaman, of Cape Breton,Nova Scotia, 30 years of age; and Bryce Mackinnon, apassenger. On the 7th of July, 1861, they fell in with the , and a prize crew of five were put aboard whowere unarmed. To use the language of Tillman, Theyrun ten days and didnt find Charleston. They were,however, only fifty miles south of Charleston, and onehundred to the eastward. On the voyage they treatedme the best kind of way and talked the best kind oftalk. One day the first lieutenant of the pirates was sittingin the cabin, cross-legged, smoking, and he said to meâ When you go down to Savannah, I want you to go tomy house, and I will take care of you. I thought, conti
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