Bang bang bang!"
The three in our cabin sat up on our beds and gazed at each other. Sust at that moment a gurl dashed Into our bedroom and gasped—"Men With revolvers—on deck. They have captured Weller." We rushed into the hall joining the dining saloon and Joking down it, we saw the captain and the officers holding up. their hands with Chinese men pointing revolvers at them, Once a pirate came and opened {te door and showed us a box of cartridges and tapping his rifle pointed at us, and the pirate next to him had had a bullet through his hand and it was bleeding like blazes.
The pirates were shouting very loudly and 1 must say 1 was fright ened. We huddled in the end of the hhall and talked, Suddenly we heard foot steps and at once we started to our fect and held up our hands. Captain Smart came up with a pirate, He told us to keep calm while the counted us to see if any were missing. The pirate came right in between my friend and I and his filthy clothes touched my hands and my friend's face! Ugh! I noticed that his foot was covered with blood.
We had a bad night, I slept in four places—once I lay down in between tin can and he wash basin, There were six of us one cabin with only two bunks.
The next morning we awoke to find the pirates quiet and when we went in "for breakfast they were: sitting in a corner talking. There was a young one, who had no wrink= les on his brow and he was the one T thought looked more cruel than the others.
After we had, had breakfast the chief steward came up to us and said. "Have you finished breakfast?
back to your cabin!" He was a Rood nur The Hidden Watch was very frightened that they would take my watch so I hie it just over a door.
Next day" whilst at prayers amices came and said the pirates wanted our money, they said would not be searched if we gave our word to give all—Us girls gave $100 the pirates in return gave us big orangee—mine cost $7.
'When the time came for them to leave we all crowded in one cabin—soon firing began, the pirates were trying to capture' a junk Suddenly we heard a humming noise like an aeroplane, we all gasped, surely it was the end. The pirates were! getting off—all very "excited and threatening while the captain tried to quiet them.
Atter they were gone we all went on deck for a "breather." The boy were tearing around looking for souvenirs and then the chief's pullover was found—thus began a seram—bell The aeroplane came back and we cheered while the captain sig-nailed for a doctor, A ship's boat was sent to fetch the crew and the Ist oticer and Sparks who had been taken ashore and then left behind.
Then safe and sound we headed for Hongkong, heroes and heroin There is one thing I am certain of and that is "I know. we hada worse time than the boys!"
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