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“ You have got to die,” said he, “ re¬ 
member the scrape you got me into, 
when in company with the Enterprise of 
Nantucket.” The “ scrape" 1 ’ alluded 
to, was as follows Comstock came up 
to Mr. Fisher to wrestle with him-— 
Fisher being the most athletick of the 
two, handled him with so much ease, 
that Comstock in a fit of passion struck 
Mm. At this Fisher seized him, and 
laid him upon deck several times in a 
pretty rough manner. 
Comstock then made some violent 
threats, which Fisher paid no attention 
to, but which now fell upon his soul 
with all the horrors of reality. Finding 
his cruel enemy deaf to his remonstran¬ 
ces, and entreaties, he said, “ If there 
is no hope, I will at least die like a man !” 
and having by order of Comstock, turn¬ 
ed back too, said in a firm voice, c ‘ I am 
ready ! /” 
Comstock then put the muzzle of the 
gun to his head, and fired, which in¬ 
stantly put an end to his existence !— 
Mr. Lumbert, during this time, was beg- 
