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THE NEW
YORK V WEEKLY.
SPAS ET aren hE rp ey a
al
VOL, §3—No. 34.
Oh 7 whittaker jewsharps!' isn’t it
better’n a drum and fife tew hear her? If
one t an angel, then angels has died
nt
looking as brit fend beautiful as one ol
er own
“What Dave y you sto. telt me, Bill?” she
“On, Miss Reney, lest look here, He gin
vem tew
‘And Bilt “shook out an almdut new coat,
blue, swallow-tailed, and with bright but
tons~a wai
days, and a pair of light cassimere panta-
Oh, won't T ehine?
faker jewsharps and git eout!”
as
0’ marigolds, and eyes
min’ in dew. But I forgot, he
pictur in a lockup o! goold, tew give tew
old me tew tell yeou that yeou
bi
someway, and he said it was a
angel should lead @ hermit
meant to come and see
ite he truly say that, Bi ite
ver see Chris’mas if he Aida’
Bill? What is bis name?"
e widder tl
osifer and is goin’ tew fight in
\ihuncelot is a pretty name, and he is a
very handsome young man, Bill, But I
am afraid it is not right for me to keep his
picture.
“Oh, Miss Reney, he looks s0 good a
so manly, if he isyoung,and he isn't like
them harum searam chaps
at me, Don!
make him feel ba a mad T woutda’e help
do that for nothin’
Welt, Bill I will keep it until he comes,
eit vache myself. ut m0;
ge
father will never permit his visits, Did you ing about a high,
not tell him so’
“Yes, Miss Reney, but if yeou'd seen
eyes when he said h e,
WW me if Seve jc
bushel o! pistols stuck in bis fac
lerocious in his bravery i
Irene, with a smile.
ioe swell, Bill, Li come down in a few | be
8
alittle rd Irene Crane came down,
istcoat, as it was termed in those} my
pis'the het that was so kiad as to give che
il?”
be
call bin | Me Launcelot Morley, Miss Reney, | hi
a
that's always |f
2 re;
his
yeou'd a hands
hha
sh pul
n't that, He isn’t one of yeour | t!
as
distinguished from the grayish waters of
t between them and the sky |
the tal, ‘sain masts the thread-like
plainly traced by the eye.
joy? came out sharply, as the
wat
Tas few resonds—"ia bow"—then “in
of all” broke ‘rom the coxswain’s lips, and
the boat ran smoothly alongside the low
hu! Mt of the Gray, ‘Eng te of the Avantic.
Welcome aboard, my
weleome aboard. Did Fack “Those nt ve 70 gen
ickstay, a
pe:
in do‘our country, instead of a lovesick
en ang, fon consider me in for the
Ont AD sig!
Launcelot—all right; 1 shall
o. Bouiewain's mate, i
Call hands up
ady for loosing sail, Come below, Launee-
iot, till show you where to sling your ham-
moe
The ‘Gray Engle, though showing so little
Ik above water, was deep below, as her
igh, © cans proved when
Launcelot Morley entere
And there, by the lig tot thelarge swing
ing lamp, & good chance to look
the young commander of the fastest an ad
best privateer in the American ser
Was it a wonder that Constance Morley
d| loved such a man?”
was dium height, but his
blue eye clear as the sea of 80 inge his
nut-brown hair, soft and glossy, wavy lye
white forehead, an
is neck, expos:
cling:
ia long curls about
sed
the open shirt collar and carelessly knotted
erchie f ot black silk,
ce face indicated a
hat would ze
side beca
Na Captain Be fused ty
rollover dud shake up elite wintae Tor vt
soI «od, han ab out half his own age, which, by his looks
lown tew stop in Sal. Harbor for three leb-—~debull, Wi ‘what's ae
or four days, not> in' that: m: mat—matt mae cap’n,” stuttere
friend and seo pietur-anany ‘Air, Laancelot | black boy, 28 mbled' to. his feet and
Morley is a ticutenan ard of her, ai rubbing his woolly “head, looked first
i Ss as gone out tew tell captaie ‘and then at the s Foung eutenant.
thero men-o'-war ‘ot Jit, so they can go down| | “Work for you, blacking-boy. Don’t y
there tew take iow who this ist”
“Bil, this must “not be. The captain of] ‘Yes, mas’ cap’n; dat—dat’s your bres—
that, privateer must be warned of his dan-| bressed sweet—sweetheart's bres—bressed
ger," cried Irene, with an air of intense ex- | brad—brudder.”
citem: ‘Then make up a bed and sling a ham
The goin’ down wouldn't take an hour
three,
Slow Jong will it take my father to reach
those ships?”
“Longer than 'twould tew go tew Salem
an’ back,”?
“Then get a boat ready, auickly, Bitl—not
a word; when nny father is not here, I am
mistress—n. o and warn
the privateer of Ther d danger, an St possible
ack here bet
we do not I will face his anger ai
they I wante sail an
“Wall, Miss Reney, rn go. I'd ther die
for yeu than live for him, and I don't keer
ow soon he knows it. I'll have jhe shal-
lop ready it in, jest minute—so git yeour
mantle
and Geslare
thee necessities whenever they ran in his
way. Indeed, in hard times, such customers
are too few in number to be p: witl
otherwise than sorrowfully,
‘The young officer was Preceded, by Jack
Ghost who bore a large #
containing his wardrobe. Jack went on at a
rai
a
enjoined upon him
to be on board before the ebb of tide ifit
were possible,
It tool but a few minutes for them t
ly over
f vessel lying @
for even 20 near as that, her hull could not
mock for my blessed sweethenria
ma vam—the comin’ back might take two or| w
Cushing £0 loose sail
re my father returns. If| loc!
and decitive, speaking to you aal
rest, that it it
fac’! os chi—cl
a portmanteau | a hen-1
and ngeling
to but toward the British th Het, a
Gee whittaker densharps, 3 Ariss | Roney,
‘how yeou do spu w git | brudder, and be in a hu it, oF beat
news vaboard the privateer?” take two kinks and a half betck one back.”
“Has she already gone down to Salem?” W's bad "nough for
“Yes'm! She went by here afore day- ut Fou mock—moek-
light, and is tew anchor there long afore |i igger like me. Guess Miss
Constance nenber does it. wh—whe
“Tis but two or three hours’ sail down letters 'shore to he
lence.
“NWelre hove short, Captain Backstay,”
cried a rough voice from the head
cabin ladde:
T.
‘““All right, boatswain—tell Lieatenant
in
Til be on deck i
tay,
“Now, Sieunectot, my boy, look into the
kers,’ take what you want to eat, drink
e to be sharp
0 to the
r the sake of discipline.
This bit of ebony here, STesguito, isthe only
board who ever dares to an:
one on
liberty with me, and he presumes bn the
others, and
fact that Tsavei his life ‘once in Havana
CHAPTER VL harbor, when he was near becoming shark
m the Hen and Chickens tavern, much “Dat am a f-fac’, mas’ cap'n—dat
P
hile owes you a life, and he
fo pay you b-bac! e d-day!” said
owner, Lie nt Law: le- | goin’ t
parted about half an hour after Silly Bill bad | the boy, gra ratefully.
gone his way. The regret of the fair widor me now, Launcelot—I must goon
was heightened by the fact that her tempo- get under way and pilot the
ry only fa Hed to question per ee schooner out. We've not mort Than time
orbitant ub t dow enough to clear the bay by daylight, and I
gmount with the remark that he rather liked | want sen-room before a any ofthe e enemy out
widders” and believed in providing for| side see the
a wind or off it, Pl ety the smartest of
them to catch
hj wings are spe:
my gallant Eagle when her
“Pi goon deck with you—for I’m
more sleepy pow than an owl approaching | t
said the young officer,
CHAPTER VII.
‘The fresh southeast wind, filing the sail
is boat les 10 the sea,
Steve Crane enough to 0 as he 8 d
+
reach a pie: what he called the| glanced back if he yas watched
Chrriestown 4 ight, an indentation in the the island,
este: re near where the Navy Yard is) In fact, he cared not if he was. He had so
now situat de nized over the only two persons the
Here a Jong, narrow gig, painted tead ly Bill, that he considered
color, with six drowsy Towers seated his will and power,
nites for t! them. dare rform an act
i , per:
smi ide| nearer four hours after he left the island,
bey: ly his boat to under th Do you ‘cow ose parties, sir?” asked
dthe long, sharp boat pulled of his majesty's frigate Arethutn, |the ofcer of he deck nouog bis narprise:
rd the masts of ant of Admiral Ed eof them, sir——{ met aim only Inst
TP,
as ieee saat it turned out
¢ | between the Officer and the fi
me | and the wind too.”
of the | clo:
could have e been heard quite as easily with
out its use.
“Tw see the officer who visited
Crane's Islnd s in the bay, fet ign it. 1
have news for him !” replie
BO a8 free as you came, and
when you wish to,
“Well, honor is inonor, T spose, and PN
risk it! muttered the fisberman.
nd easing his sheet, he iet his boat
ther headway, mad
adr the ee of the frigate, and
rounded too alton
peeing & howling that [ras hove down to
im, he
ascended to the deck ore! whe ine
otae ano
that, he wa
the very of ho had visited Crane the
night befo
fe was now walking’on the weather side
of the quarteredeck, in charge, where, un-
man-o'-war rules, none but the captain
rude while the offi-
2 iain: therefore there
fo the low-toned colloquy
is
“Where is this puvatecs? asked the
former, whom we m: well introduce as
Lieutenant Sea! ton.
‘She left Boston Bay in the night, and
saan up to m harbor, where she will
be to-night sure, | and ma: for
has been allowed | her from t the regular ser-
vice, and it will be on board to strengthen
in da or tw
dw frigate in
where she will be ately tc to be found, or one
or two of our smaller
here, f for instance’
sir—but you would rua her under the gung
avy shore batteries that, would
n| be apt to put enough iron into her to keep
w
her There:
“Phen the work must be done in boats.
We can run down lose enough to get the
bearings of th and see how to plan a
night attace, ex can we not?’
will be easy, and as they'I!
an officer through a trumpet, though he| The
“tis Grane, ane Why ‘Qo you t fringed the rules of discipline
come on sir?” cried the officer al-|the gangway, and was banding the lady
juded to, over the side, when the oiheer of the deck
“Because I don’t want to just now. But rather brusquely said:
I’ve come to tell you where the Gra: “Mr. Mori e it ism: to receive
Engle is, and how you can cut her out.” | visitors an what they come for.
“Then on I give my honor| “I beg yor yn, Sir—but it was “mere
craft—the brigs,
thi
could runa seventy- -four in there, | n
are coming alongside, Heavens, what
alovely girl! If that is the fisherman’s
daughter, she is indeed a pearl.”
a jot more than left his
lips before the boat was alongside.
Moriey, without Knowing. t
shoughtiesnen on my part.
‘n now coming on board is the pe
allstea to as having met last night.”
Gee whittaker—
jow diye do?
jewshar nice yeou dew look 'round
Wore erie ssaly Bi, shaking bands with
the young officers. “Here's eney, sir,
an’ ahe’s come tew
thin’ he ought tew know
e youn i off ficer blushed and bowed on
ceiving tits introduction, ‘and said, de-
ferentiuly, to Mr. Cushin
ut please, sir, 1 wil conduct the lady
tion Appeared to be reco;
“Come to the eabin, plete, ‘Miss Crane,”
said Mr. Morley. aly sens coming 3
ard in afew mint ‘will Teel
lent embarrawed, I know, in the company
of a lady.””
“Ethank Mr, Launcelot Morley,
be
lieve,” said the young girl, with a reassured
anil fee to know how
the lady to Captain. Backstay, W
g another, was taken all abackon seeing
the Jovely stranger,
‘The right one will be
0, cap,” said Morley, with a smile,
ints fad ly has some information for you, I
believe.”
here in a minute
Ihave reason to believe that
B
a
2 »,
4
Gee
ES
e
g
3
3
5
3
il cause
thought you ought te know of his, and,
: give his information,
“I thank you, fair young lady, T than
yous Saad inmy power, will make tome
more substantial reward for your good-
ness.”
you'll get "ber maybe without losing a
man!”
“Ay that looks probable
d now, sir, I'd like to Know about my
pay “to ail this when its over
dm: imiralty to et, the rest.”
ather held see me_on a sir,
pa te. will.
re is a Tady i in ‘the’ “gucition I
the admiral weed to be a
“ }
advances of the gout.”
“This is no affair of gal It is
ore a matter of pounds “acting to him,
sir, and tome. Did you tell him what I
ft seemed f°. ootgile him.
said he would soon v
iy enew he would—I anew he would, sir,
and now I must be off, for the sea is rising,
He
CHAPTER Vi.
when Lieutenant Morley came on deck with
sel y, fit i you wil Ha ave this 6 flag hoisted,
ut will 1 hav
doubt will be welcome. 1 ea private sig.
which is known only to one or two in-
terested in me and a nautical friend of
mine.
ackstay unrolled the flag, and noticed
wnt it was three stripes of red, white and
biue, with ‘a single star on the central stripe
whit n the bie ue oe
"Jacks run foremast
head, and kee} Fa there
it down p said he is cox:
y, sir!” Soi pian reply, and
the signal ‘was
fore-truck,
“You gan end the gig ashore for your
is fe will be on the beach in less than
72 ung lieutenant,
(Por I told her That’ 1 should
want to see bss specially and quickly if th:
lag went u
“Thank _Lmumeelot—thank | you!”
said ie rmly. Jack
store ae the 2 andif anybody wuss
to come off to see Mr. Morley, here—briny
the person at once
“Ay, ay, sir]?
he coxswain touched his bat, called his
tn from seaward “and heading for us!”
ithe me Heutenant, of the schooner, a
man older than the eaptain, looking to be
every inch a sail
“Very well, ate Cushing —it she comes
atongeitel Jet in
arrai neing «
busy to antangle 1 air yet.’
“Young Morley fad takes up the spy giass|
which the captain Inid down, and w
Tength of the
Ugethe honor of a Brush, officer you fat p er to hers elf to render usand the coun-
shall have ‘the full reward I pers onally trya ser rylee
ed in case’. of success, 1i.| “ite Inends of my brother
friends” said the younglady,as she rested
“That's enough, sit—I'll be off.” || the hand of Irene, and then. turn
Wichout sesing -Admiral. Hardy, cow ceive the grasp pf a harder hand from Cap.
you are so pear hin? wf tain Backs
The Gray Engle had only just anchored | some
San at ‘a you haul | by !??
soon fluttering from the|and then
grew away, and e gig was speeding
toward the shore.
A flush of pleasure at the same time lit uj
the handsome face of Captain Backstay, for
saw th a white dress
ward the beach.
wos a boat, sir, under canvas, com-| si
ps csetametign of ‘surprise broke from |1;
his tine as he di
“T wish noreward butthe thought that
uu a service. And
fod out where
ery.”
crablease wait a few minutes, and see my
topes oe igs ie Mise Inene Coane, whom
ope you will love, for she has come here
“Oh, how Tike yourbrother'you ate!’ said,
Trene Cvane,, gazing, wit surprise at the
resembiane oe ae zessed alike, “you wi
hardly be known apart.”
“We are twins,” said: Co ‘onstance, “tare
you known brother long?”. :
“T never saw him until’a few
ago,” said Irene, rather confusedlys nor
heard of hima uniil this morning, But—”
The ig lady. pa used and seemed con-
fused, fort rite es of Launcelot were look-
ing earne er.
Sor tick he fea very bold, impudent
young man tosend his likeness to a lady
m he hears is kept like a, herm
politary island, m in the knight
errantry of his soul he has vowed to visit.”
“T hope not uninvited, my brother,” said
indeed a pattern of
“T should be glad to be visited by both
Mr. Morley and his sister, » but I fear that
“Were he Dot your father, how I'd like to
tame him)? sai id Law
“He neither acts nor seems Tike a father
to me,"” said Trene, with
“But st go Davie If he discovers my al
I beat me cruelly, and almost
kill that poor boy.”
he 1 break every bone
. But ve will | not detain you,” ‘said
uncelot. “I w: ut to your boat,”
‘1 wish you could conte to Salem, and live
with me,” onstance, as she embraced
the iovely gi
nT ould! If Tcould eave that
hateful island, I would; ; but dare not. Good-
rried farewell was sealed as girls
ustadiy. seal farewells. between n themselves,
the young lieutenant escorted the
tothe boat, where Bill was
already seated, for the’ thought that he
must get back before his 8 master reached the
island or receive a
d uppermost in his min
f good-by, a look, which spoke more
than words, of a 0" meet agai
the boat was off, a the it head
fe beating, was
that a large, square-rigged vessel is stand-
ing wp the coast. She looks like a man-o’-
war, but is too far out yet for me to be
sure.’
“T will report it, sir.”
CHAPTER IX.
he wind not only increased when Steve
Crane turned the prow of his boat home-
ward, but it hauled around antilit was near-
dead ahead. He stood in
rst tack until the heavy pitch of the
grotind-swetl_made his speed slow,
threw the water il over his bont, and then
mai
a Diaat ‘the Taek Tt will "be night before I
vho, expect-
h
| nad scarcely noticed the w
is!” cried young Mor-| roug!
it on a| read:
pleake you,
é
“Then please report to Captain Backstay vi
and |in her
goes the canvas on the frigate. , She is_get-
ting underway, If I'd thowet, Fa taken a
yw astern of her till I to windw:
the isiand. But my thoehts fre like a eats
ta
He fag, I'm
wie can help
e wind kept gradually freshening, and
gicherman goon saw the gallant frigate
Handing up the const, under easy sail, a8. if
looking the land along.
ethece he. goes_proud of his title, and
his ship!” said Crane. | “Dut if
,
©
show him, he'd feel a
ve seen my dark days;
times; but I'll make up for rail 0 be-
fore long, and you; Sir Edward Mardy st all
help me do it. “TM! have gold by the bushel
command; I'll wear as good as the
eatvand Uriulk lordly wines, instead of val,
smile on me, rou
and her frtend to the gar rum. I'll see beauty
“Certainly, feutenanty cer tainly,” said| as Tam, for gold will hide wrinkles, if
the officer, quite mollified now that his posi-| it does not smooth them dows. ‘I have tot
suffered these long years for nothing—no!
Pride, revenge, avarice, hate—all—all shall
be satisfied
“That girl! J often wonder that she docs
Dp
not suspec was: oung 2
ght oa owe re
anything. When I go back, fll give her the
locket which was on her neck that brigh’
orning when I throttled her nurse and
ook her away. It contains the portrait, in
miniature, of her mother, just.as she was
when ed my love, and ds
“T will give Irene the ‘picture and tell her
it was her mother’s face. She will know
much lil er own face
a | been painted for her. “ft che didn't took ike
hier insome of my bad fits I believe I'd
‘it
the fish erman, during this long gotifoguy,
ther, but a sud-
den lurch of his boat, as she went nearly
im shat he must reef down
meant to gare
it to its smallest dimen-
sions, he had all whe could carry, and w
Iete in the afternoon, at the end w his
and
beached h Aishoat, he was ret said to be
re, for the wind, haulin more, was
now blowing ‘iieelly off shore.
Tt will be smooth water for their boats,
k night,” he muttered, as he
h, but # they'll be the less endangered,
for no one
a ni Twish Ico
kees madden ime with their ideas of free-
ome from bs
nanan ovahouted for, Bill as, soon
attr “landing aa he
e bos, yawning ag if he a en
asleeoe came out of the, hut, a
earing his voice.
“Come down here and ‘ake eard! of these
sails, and oni ars,.you di
Crane. “Do you i
“She is in there a readin’, I reckon,” said
the bor, pointing over his shoulder with his
ed 0 supper ready for me? I'll haut
her over the goals, see if I! don’t: I'm ag
hun ry as a sharl
ni
“ Chris'mas!”*
Cissppointed that he
the poor girl who stood there to recei
What has Poor Bill done to offend. you
now, father? iways tries to
then w why ida't he tot! me supper was
y, when vwling about it,
Here 2Y come in heard and hain’t got nothin}
! mad about. Ill break his neck,
wi
tet dow father, and’ eat some supper
b-| first, and pow forget: to beangry wit ahin.
Here ie n
uate Stop
And hot biscuit, father——”
«ot taf r old uns that bas got n
teeth and young uns that is just eatin’
“And ham, father, freshened nicely—"
“Salt as Lot's at a hu dred. year
old, 7 bet @ pou :
‘And some radishe sefrom ta gar-
den, anda nice fresh mackerel. broiled on
the coals—",
nana? burnt as black as a nigger’s heel,
Thus answering with a growl every word
the fair girl uttered, the bratal man sat
down to the table.
Like most people who find fault with
their food, ‘he mi
some emotion or
other, os he ae ‘this, a ‘and Qinene, noticed it.
ater eyes were fixed ie bagand not
on
ighed as he sat down again, Then
tote from the boga locket of gold to ‘Shih
chain of the same ma‘
in’ size and i in shape thoug!
ed. | He surely could ‘know nothing
thou th:
“Boat ahoy! What do you want?” cricd
ight how wever, and know nothing particu-
lar about him, except that he is halfewitted
get back,” he muttered, bitterly, “There
“Rene,” said he at last,
“you had a