⛵ ⛵ ⛵ ⛵...(Tour of "High Island")...Continued...
[Last time...]
Suddenly Black Bart himself suddenly appeared amidst the turmoil with twenty some odd men and charged towards the silver cart in an attempt to cut off its pathway to the Silverton!
(See: @joshuaslane/silver-adventures-captain-joshua-slane-14oc25-boom-boom-boom )
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[Along the river Niagara…deep in the forest…]
Musket-fire boomed and echoed through the distant forest!
“Oh no! What is happening?!” Leyla lamented as she held Standing Officer Lupega’s hand tightly.
“Blimey! Those are Scottish muskets!” Lupega said, stopping to listen more carefully.
“Do you think there is fighting in Youngstown?!”
“When liquor and arrogance come together, disastrous events occur! We will see how it ends, which does not look good at all!”
On top of the musket-fire there now was far off sounds of men yelling, women screaming and a trumpet sounding an alarm!
“Being active is the key, in fact I think that not only on the ship, but in life itself! Come Leyla, we must hurry!”
[Youngstown…on the wharf….]
Though the musket smoke was now thick along the portside hull of the Silverton, there was no doubt that Black Bart now was making straight for the heavy cartload of silver being pushed towards the ship's loading ramp!
Up top, the captain gazed quickly over the bridge rail and concluded it was time to unleash ‘fire and hell’ on the attackers!
“Commander Errisl!” He shouted down to the galley stairs where she was awaiting his command.
“Aye Sairrr?!”
”Fire tois, fower, a scuttle an' eight!!”
Quickly stepping down into the stairwell, she yelled down to the gun crew, ”Fire two, four, six and eight!”
Bracing herself before the big guns went off, she thought to herself, 'Got a lot on my plate!' °°°°
The thunderous blast of the sixteen pounders shook the ship and the wharf! In just seconds, everyone near the portside of the Silverton was sent sprawling to the ground! The once sunny afternoon went black and the shrieks and screams of the townsfolk shattered the very air over the main square! Huge clouds of black and orange smoke now rolled out from the Silverton’s portside guns, like a tsunami, rolling and smothering everything in its path!
Though Lieutenant Gratefuleveryday could no longer see the ship’s cargo ramp, he quickly got back to his feet!
“Come on men, push! Follow the edge of the dock!” He yelled loudly.
As the wall of smoke moved ever inland the nearest portion of the wharf was now clearing and the captain ran to the bridge stairs and yelled down to the main deck…
“Warrant Officer Bleujay! Git yer musketeers doon 'att ramp an' secures th' silvers!”
”Aye, aye Sairrr!”
And with that, the officer dashed down the ramp with her eight men and quickly found the Lieutenant pushing hard on the back end of the silver cart! Seeing that help was at hand the Lieutenant shouted out…
“Another sailor down! Abandon the cart! Quickly now, everyone grab a case of silver get back on-board the ship!”
Like a well-oiled machine the seaman and officers carried the heavy cases of silver up the ramp at a half-run! Before they could even unload the cases on the main deck the captain was there beside them yelled orders to the seamen to hoist the ramp!
Meanwhile, having gathered his senses a bit, Black Bart jumped back to his feet and ran towards the ship with eight of his men. As they came within twenty feet of it’s hull the thick cloud of cannon smoke that that hidden the ship- cleared. There was confusion and shouting both on the wharf and on the ship but one voice overshadowed them all…
“Fire one, thee, fife an' seven!”
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📝 Note: "If th' Toor o' High Islain' has caught yer intrest, all o' me stoatin' adventures kin be foond by searchin':
Silver Adventures of Captain Joshua Slane
Oan yer 'Hife Search tool' an' sae forth." 😉 -Keptin
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References: - Pictures from: www.freeimages.com, www.pexels.com, pixabay.com, Hive.blog, Wikipedia an’ www.google.com/maps. Data also loosely interpretted froms: historica.fandom.com, Wikipedia, an' sometimes finely crafted reit from th' author's extensiff personal experience an' such.
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