Part 51 (1/2)

THE MEN BEHIND THE GUNS

A cheer and salute for the Adet the Coht are told!

They stand to the deck through the battle's wreck, when the great shells roar and screech-- And never they fear; when the foe is near, to practice what they preach: But, off with your hat, and three times three, for the war-shi+p's true-blue sons, The uns

Oh, light andinto port, once reen-backed stuff,” they start for their leave-o'-shore; And you'd think, perhaps, that these blue-bloused chaps who loll along the street, Are a tender bit, with salt on it, for soold, who dazzles and fairly stuns The uns

But, say not a word, till the shot is heard, that tells of the peace-blood's ebb, Till the long, low roar grows more and more, from the shi+ps of the ”Yank” and ”Reb”

Till over the deep the te shell, And the very air is ahell: Then, down, deep down, in the hty shi+p, unseen by thethe raps--the uns

--ROONEY (_Adapted_)

RAPHAEL SEMMES

DESPOILER OF AMERICAN COMMERCE

(1809-1877)

”Sit apart, write; let them hear or let them forbear; the written word abides, until, slowly and unexpectedly, and in widely sundered places, it has created its own church”--RALPH WALDO EMERSON

RAPHAEL SEMMES

DESPOILER OF AMERICAN COMMERCE

(1809-1877)

”We started froland fer to cripple up our foes, We started froland fer to strike some rapid blows, So we coasted to the Azores where we ran a packet down, And then to the Bermudas, where we burned the _Royal Crown_, Then we scaay _Tycoon_, And to scuttle the _Justina_, before the Harvest Moon

We hit across the ocean to race by Cape Good Hope And in Madagascar channel towed _Johanna_ with a rope

Away off at Sued the _Pulo Condor_; but say,--we had a run, An' a pretty bit uv fightin', e took the _Ear cane

Yes, we did some privateerin', as wuz privateerin', sure, An' we scuttled er--we'd be laughin', jest filled with persiflage, If we hadn't had a seance with that bloo of the Chief Mate of the Alabama_--1864

It was off the east coast of South America The year was 1864, and a little schooner--the _Justina_--bobbed along, with the flag of the United States Governaff

Suddenly there was a movement on deck Men rushed hither and thither with soht out and raised,--sled with orders to tri, graceful vessel which was seen approaching from the northward

”The _Alabama_!” cried one