Shanghai, June 22.
Those on board the vessel declare
coolness and bravery. Mrs, Warren, that the "women all bel Mrs. Learmouth, and Mrs, Handle; Derry all locked themselves in their cabins and fortunately for them the pirates did not insist on breaking down the doors to get. them. out, although they shouted repeated demands for them to open the doors.
Mrs. Hutcheon displayed the greatest coolness.
The purser of the ship, Mr. F. X, Carneiro, who has already earned fame through sleeping through the piracy," told "the "North-China Herald" yesterday how it happen Mr. Carneiro turned in at 9 pam, fon the night the vessel lett Tientsin, fas she was due in Chefoo at 7 aim. and he wanted a good night Nothing disturbed him, and.
the normal way about 6 am, His cabin is near the saloon, and had apparently been overlooked by the pirates.
After getting dressed, he went up fon deck. He noticed that there was nobody in the saloon, and did not see anyone around until he saw a Chinese passenger, whom he did not recognice as a saloon passenger, of the saloon deck. "His back was turned to Mr. Carneiro, Mr. Carneiro walked up to the man, his rope-soled shoes making noise, and tapped him on the shoulder. The man turned around and Mr. Carneiro noticed that ho was wearing a Chinese army uniform and had a pistol tucked into his bel Speaking pleasantly to the man Chinese—Mr. Carneiro is a China boy and a former pupil of Weihaiwei School—the purser told him that he was not allowed to carry a gun on board ship: if the man handed it over, Mr. Careniro would give him a receipt for it and return it at the end of the voyage.
The man was very pleasant and chatted with Mr. Carneiro, and even offered him a cigarette. " Suddenly Mr. Carneiro felt two pistols thrust into the small of his back, other pirates having crept up on him. It was only then that he realised that the ship had been pirated.
Mr. Carneiro stated that he considered himself lucky to have spoken to the pirate in Chinese and to have been. pleasant about things, as he might quite possibly have been shot.
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