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visible since we hall O's’L‘I'lll'l.lIletl them so last. “ Keep it. hriglit look-
out all arotlntl. Call soine hanlls aft to stanll liy tlte peak ilZIl)'1lI'tl:'
and braces. Get your gall‘-lore-sail hritill-.ll up, and >:wiii:;' the fore-
t'ai'lIs. Sotiic niliills aft here to man anti lt)W<‘l'1l.l‘v".t)' the cltlttir.“
l The hl-elm was put down, unit the scliootil-r lay with tier llt’1I(i close
to tile breeze, her lieallwuy urrestetl by her yarlls ltt'.ltl.‘.( itliiich, aiill
eVt’I‘)'l)()tl)' eagerly llsteniii aiill wiitchiitg for the call to he 1‘;-pe:it<ill.
Presently 9. lusty shout it-as liearll close aliniirll: -‘ llelp, for (;liil‘is
sake; llon’t go past the!”
That settled the locality, and the cutter was t’1lIlt‘,lxly iiianiiell aiill
Iowerell into the water, Shannon being in the stern slieels, two lusty
fellows at the cars, mill one in the how on the lookout.
We hearll tliein calliiig, aiill iitiully liearll an ltiisiilw, attll C('llltl
faintly see thein pulling for some ohject only a few lutltoiiis away oit
our port, and with it ,i.:lass coulll see them lilting soinething out oi the
witter into the lioat.
“ llave you got. liiiii?" calllrtl the captain.
“ Yes, sir," rt-itliell Sitaniton.
“All right. Get all plain sail iniille agaiii, Mr. Winthrop. llitul
arounll those yards the inoinl-,iit the cutter is lit the llavits, for we
must overliaul those fellows hefore illvt‘ ri.-acli the Cutie," will then he
turned away to ascertain what. the pick-lip was.
CllAI"I‘lil: III.
A lfl.'itil)l‘s I'Ii‘l(-l'l' .i It.t'I"l“I.I-I.
Tiiit b0at’s crew returnell. ailll tlie limit was hoisteil up in the :ltlI‘II
limits.
The sailors lettpell on l)0I'tI‘tl aiill l.lll‘l) asststiil‘. the jiiclvuii to llo the
same.
lie was it. tall, Illnk Cl‘t‘.IJ.LlII't‘, of llI]Ct’I‘llllIi age aiill iiltlioiiality, ax‘ it
])0I'.‘IOII colllll stty lltol(i:i;,i at hint iit lllt‘ iiinoiilight, aiill to llllllit! him
look even more riilleitlolls tiiaii a lo hath with his l‘l4llllt"‘ on liiili
iitalle him, he wore a lilige cork llll‘-[)I'4‘5l’I'Vl’l' uiiller his ariits, l.li‘<,;'l:
attll huoytiiit CIl()llL’lI to tloiit two iiieii.
Illi stooll IIt’IlI' the l)IliIl.’I.t‘lt‘, ll:'ttititiig aiill looliing curlousl
ultliotigli ill‘. slieitiliil iilittlilrtly trlisti.
Jatitzliii lliltoii itiipiioillrlileil llllll.
“ Well. lllli yolt have at gooli soitll"" lie aslioll, looliiii; into ltI< colitis
cal face a iiiliitioiit.
"‘ Say, got any rliiit a,liu:ti‘ll this 'lir::
stvet‘ell tltli l‘ttittaiii's liitl-stioit.
Wli hall ]iIl.l ell tip a ‘l-iiitinli Yaiililili tit all et'liit‘ls.'.
“ Yiis. >‘:liwarll. l)I'lIt,, .t unit of i'ltiii." '
“'l'liat.<. wliat'll [Hhll Vthis ‘tire llll‘.[’t3 wittlir out, on nili," szitll the
.>:tt'iiiij.>,'Lil'. iiltstt':l1tttti:i,: his lllt"ltl't‘.il‘I'Yt‘l' iiith tiliitliltt l'tJilllIl‘3,‘5, -
We ‘Vl‘l‘l‘. liiolliiitg at him wttli soitili rltliio.-iii, mill-l'tiii.i to lil-at‘ ltltll
L(lV(' SUIIIU 1t(‘t’.ttlltlli of Iiiin>lil:', but he iili.i‘er bllltl a l"tJl‘il uiitil tin? t‘i1iii
liall ltliliit ltl‘trllL‘fllL alilt ;.'lll[>lill llowti.
“ Well haps you can tell its now who you ltrli. ailll wlterli you
cainli from said l.lIt‘('ll[ll1llIl, attlii Willllllg‘ a llliIlIl<'lIl.
“YPF; til) ttaiiilils Joli Pickle, aii’l liatl iroiit Yaintoiitli," dllltl hi‘.
with a .'<ll’tIll'.',' Y(lIll(t‘l‘. twaiiv,i,.
" Wlill, how canto yon allrtft in this wily?"
llli tool; it long look arliiiull, as tltoti;5l‘. trying to get his l)t'.’lI'lll“,[.-‘.
Fiiiiilly he ' . tioiittiiig to the two vessels, wttoiii we wlit‘-' now
ot'ei'liaiiliit<,; very last: " See tltetii?"
“ Ylis, what of tlitiiit?"
“ (hie on ‘l-m's it tariizitioii Ilritisli Ill‘III0tllll'lH1l-lllll1"iYllm“ “ll-" ‘lit’?
the othli ‘s rt. scatter of a liuiillrlili tons, hounll from Netti I.unll0ii In
Boston, wit it it caijtgo ot silks an’ siif.::i.r."
“ Well, what are tltoy lloing tltgl-titer?”
“ Waal, I liltpiieii to he one of tho crew ‘of the Naiirt‘, that's the
scuner. We have taklin ali.t'ei'.'tl cargoes from New Iioitllon that il.l't‘
l,tl‘lIIlLf tlierli try big ships from the Iiast all’ West lnililis, an’ we llillirt
’s[ie-ct tliar war aity 1'it;j.(llSll cruisers in these parts just now, so we
war just hoomiii' right, ’1liiii,( at the rate of ten knots, when this l-re
pesky vniiniiit sivoopell i-i;.;ht tlown on us."
Ll ‘ V
II‘’“
AND
arotlnll,
',liiil:l1"' IV.‘l..x' the ii ay lit‘ Elli’
“ When we see her, we just. up helm an‘ triell to get away froin her,
hilt there was no wiiitl, an’ he war u.<in' sivlilitis an‘ oviiilixtitliii‘ its last.
t)iii' (‘aplitltl stint as how it would l)t‘llE1Bl8BS to tight llllll wttli our lilo
brltallsiliegltiis, hut lit! tlilittglit as ltow he COIll(l Illlli him with 1). YlAlIlx1‘l‘
trick. Ho WiIPlI he drew ntiar an’ hailiill us, the l-ati’ii I't’llll("l as how
we war I-liiglisli, but it llilln't work, ait’lil-.19; ‘trim L1”-Ni guns tit its,
on’ our sliiptilir stii'i'eiitlei'0ll."
“ ’l’liat :lt-cotiiits tor the ll:lSll(‘S you saw,"
“ l‘iMl(’llt," I I't‘])llt‘(l.
ii Waal, I'll no notion of twin’ taltlin u iii-isoi'lir,sao1jii.<i i:tr:tpplill on
that lilli iii‘lisl-l't'lii', an’ liiiietly tlI‘t)]i]N‘(l ovlii-iiozirll. That's the wholl-
gtory lroiti lust. to last. What .=t'tiiiiir's tlii.-"3"
” We will >lit>W )t)Il tiiil-sliiitly." rl-tilt-ill llilton. " '1'it1‘l- hjiit httiow,
Hlt‘“'1II'tl,1IlIllh,lW‘llllll ‘-1 >'liIll of iliti‘ i‘liillii'.4," ilk‘ alltlell, tliilt lllk‘II look
up the lt‘li'.<4'4t]tI' to look at the rii. so .,;li;il1.
“ 'l'he llllltl sliliiiis to he llyili-.: out, I olislirvlill.
“Yes; l‘oiil'oiinil it: hilt tl tliey httt'i'ii't any I]I(ll'1V lilliltl we i]:lH‘. thi-
l"li'l-tioiiil will ‘.I"1i “"”l‘l” "illlzii of tliliiii within ait hour. Illit “lllil or
no wiitll, we itt'.i<t i'l-l“.ttitI1i'i- tho Nancy, aiill talll! that itiillitcioils
lirlzaittiiiii it It talllis its a ‘V4'l’lx to till it," rlitilil-ll 1.... ,>.u-lillttlvly,
ttu waitl-ll aliil wiitl'lil-ll, hut. in the (‘HtlI'S1‘til lialfiin hour it 1'
ly]'(H'xl‘. caiitii ilown ll'i)lII tl.li IIl)I'llll'tl>l, which li'l-slililtl-ll l-vl
IlIittIlt‘ltl.
“Ah! if this liolils we >‘l.Iil soon have Hllllt‘ litii," s.iiill1‘:i)ititiii llil-
tott. “ Slit: tlil- laiitliliis litoll. Ilr. Wititlirliii; litit lxl‘l‘]lllI1‘lIIlilll.0l
saill Cttlllttlll lliltoii.
lit
V
Tllli OCEAN IVOLF. '
SILZIII. tor Joliiitiy Bull may not liitve tlIa'COVL’I'Ctl us yet; at all events
we will take the llL‘IIt’lll til the ltoliht."
I f.g:IYL‘ the orlllirs, and the hoat ‘iiaiit's
upon the winll that was hy th. titiie ltllllItIllIlL( it iiilirry tunealol't,
aitll seurr in: away with it liociitittu tioio troin lIt]tlt'I' the [out of our
iiligo inziinslltl. 'l'iie mliii I'4‘.<l>tIlItl(’tl siiiartt ', aitll I aliulli BPU that
were llliltglitt-ll with the pi'osi>l-ct of the I , it that hull l)C‘t‘II whis-
tterell aiiiong llll‘lIl. In it few IIIIllll[I‘S they “t’I‘Il all at their .<tutioii.s,
tilittitioiia out, boxes of (‘.ilIll.:'lk’l’ aiill grlttie :lt HIE?ClII‘I'HII1ltlt.'S, lttlLVo‘LilL‘I‘
with sltiite :‘l1lI'Sllt)L, or which the eiieiiiy istlioll so much in lIi'ealI, anti
a guiitiiiet of rouiill shot at l>t‘ei'y gjiiit.
’I‘ltl:i'li. was not, as ini,i.;ht have hlieii l‘X]lt‘Cll‘.tl, the least coiitltsion,
iinll I 2lliI‘I‘WtlI‘(l>I leliriilzll that tli.5 was l!l't'.’I.ll"i' the wlilile 1Il'I'2LlIL’,’C-
iiiliiits of the li‘ii't>1iliitd currl-siioiilllill almost (‘X.‘It‘[l) with tho i oi the
Turk, oil which the men had servl-ll, iinli with woiilil-i'litl [il‘t)IIl])IIiP>'S
the whole crew got really, aiill stood thl-re itilitiiig for aiiylliiiig that
Illlf.(lIL come.
.lell I’icltle crime on (ll‘ClI ill a llry suit (ll clothes, mill loolil-ll anx-
iolisly arotiiill. The fact of our hliin: ilii lII'lIl(‘il >ClltltII]I'I‘ aiiii iii pur-
suit, of the littglisliiiiaii seeineli to lllrlilrt‘ liiiti gi'lill:ti, as liill the sliced
we ‘Nl‘.I'(‘ iitaltiiig.
"i tlooll, Ivy tliuitllei'l" he vxcliilzitell.
“(.'ollliirti int" litittoiis, go for ‘em! Ital I iilitlir .1lIlt‘t'lt‘il )Il tilts that
sort of it ('l‘lllt‘I'. (lo it. litiilis, I'll llllill yer sltiliki litlsll, hit. shl-’.< a
clip;ilii'l" he ltlllllill, lookin:( orl-r the stiles at the foiiiit that llliw iiast
its as we >']lI‘tl tlti'olt;;li the W1tIl’I'.
tlitptain llillon kept his L(l1I.<R Il(IlllL(’Ll at the YI‘Sr‘l‘l:’. 'I'ltliy liztil
liriiiliiitly llIFCUVt’I‘t‘tl that we wei'e eitliiiillis, for till-re tias IIl.’IIti‘llVi‘I‘-
in: on l)t)zIl‘il, llitil III a short lllllt‘ the hriuaiiliiiti tooli it tal'k aiilt .<.'o.ill
:LW:t) it few points as tliotitgli iiiixlliiis to get clliar of llt‘l' tirizli, :0 :1‘ to
have ll;(llllIlj.: room.
We w.itl'lilili hvir cllisil-ly. all the while Ctllllltig II]! to her, aiili lit
alioitt ten ittintttlis lllt’ Cllltltllll S:tni,; out: "'l'ii-ii’li bill‘ gates IIl'itlIIlil
:i'.’:iiii‘. l-Willi)’ aliout sliipl Staiill by to tlrli the lIttW-L'lI(l:'i‘I'1l‘ .‘liC‘
glilis ti]t aiill ahotit.
'l'lil-re W:tSt it Flltll'l p.tll<t‘ its the lililiit was jaiiiiiiltli oi'l-r to ll-liw.ili'll.
aiill tlil-ii, whilli the l-aiii'. s I'.lilll‘il lit llll’ itiiill lit'l-ilil-iii, as lllitll‘,.'ll
aii :tl1L(I')' ll()L( w:is llii'iliiisli‘ slialiiiij: it, iltlil l‘VI'I')' lilol-ii iiitt.l=li hill-
lllIQt’tllL1t‘ltI)‘.t‘Si1I lII'tI(ltl ulltro of lliiltl ll:i it upon the ll iilliiliss,
[llI'lill'llI‘,;' lip lllt‘ Ilziiiw-s of the men as llIl') .‘lUi.iil:II'lllIliillltI‘1llll4.
Ihlliiiilzll hi‘ it lll'lll"I lixitllisioit, irhilt-. the siiioloi of the gait w Lt“i
tiiiniy to lt"‘“:lI'ti aiiil :jlI'.llIll‘ll like a huge hall oi t'i'l‘ilIl l>IlH‘il
lI(‘l‘t>.<.x' thli st-it. This was [lli' tits: j;Iltl livlir ill’I’ll oil the l‘ll't‘lli’llii. aitll
tliii iniiit all Lgarii a liiull ("W-‘I’ III hoiilir of it.
ill a fliw lllIlllIli':- the .‘1lIi.“ til-rl: triiiiiitlill, iiiili wli wlii'l- agtiiit alter
the liiixiisliiitaii.
" 'l'hlit will ;;ii'e lll>’ltl :itl that lit‘ our llll‘lill it ill!‘ hall liiliiituili atti-
wlilire Ilt':II' tliliiit," stiill Piititiliii llittoii. <l'Ilt‘il).
"Ah! slili taclls l>ulili'" I lixciliiiiii-ii. :l< .i tlilsli glliliiiilili froiii lil‘I'
stlirii. liitt llIL‘.SlIUL Illll>,l h.it'li Lftllll‘ iiillli til i‘s iiiaili, tlii' tie >.‘lW or
hliarll not liiiij; til it.
“Uh, tliat‘s .loliiiiiy lilill tltli wiirlil tlVi‘r. Ill‘ i.liVlir :ii‘li< lit. with-
oitt a tight. Now that lili is litaiiiit: wt-ll it viii front his i>i'i.'.e we shall
soon have a cli:lii(-,l- to lliiliw his itilittil."
ill a low iitinutlis iili iitivlill anll :.li'-i ltv't' 1tllllilll’I‘ pill from our hliw
gtiit, 1Illtllll<'II1Illlll'il. as last 1'.‘ lllt‘ iiiliit rotiill loait. Illit Il iias too
llark aiill the liiieiii) too far aiiay for its to 5l’l‘ ii llt‘llil’r our slioi struck
her or itot. We tiett >liiiiliiij,: Ill out‘ L‘ttllI[>ll!llt‘lIls'. lItiHt‘VI‘l'. aiill
they l’Cl.III'IIOtl thliiti without liitiiiitlig us, wtil-thcr wii itaiiiiell them or
Ilol.
till we were coiitiiig up so last that we slioithi soon he ahlli to siiiill
Illitl>I'(ltltlSlill',:1ll<lllIt’tltt‘I1:tIU19 guns stooll l‘i‘:Hl) tor the work.
In aholit tilllil‘-ii itiiiiittlis we hail iiliatliliriill on the lirigaiitiiie so
litlecltially as to have her tlt‘lltl on it line with olir ‘Iih-hoom, irlwii slid-
lllinly (Taptain Ililtoii sang out tor the starhoalll guns to give her (I.
lii‘ottil.<llll-.
“Aiiit low! I hall ratlior the halls sltliulll go lIIltlt‘I‘ than nver her,"
unit, with a motion of his llitlltl tllI‘0.‘C‘lt’.(i tho lI(’lltI to he put llowii
As lllt'HCllOUIli‘I‘(‘:1IIIt‘11]) in thli wiiill the whole liroatlsillo was let
tly with ait lixtilosioit like a llli7.en tlitinllerholts falling on tlt‘Clx'. Iii
I't‘lIII‘l) we also rl-cliiwlt a hroallsillli. the tlash ot “lllt‘lI t‘IIl1St’<l the
hrii,;aiitiiili. to staiill ottt title a stilictiii' in Illt)Slll‘l‘()IItttlllIL;’<1I‘lilI(‘:‘5.
liut the halls all fell short save one that l(ll'(‘1llIUlt‘ilI()lH‘jlh.
"(live hut‘ anotlilir front the Lotti; 'l‘liin as wli go ahltlit! Starltoztrd
gttiis loall with L‘.1llIl.-‘lt‘I‘. grape, t‘hatit, aiill star shot for tho mix;
Iwoallsillli. anll aim for her rt-,:uiit:." salll lliltoii, iinll the how L'.lltl an-
.<W1‘I't‘tl itrliiiiiitli’ as wli liainli ahout, so as to i.;ive her aiiotlier lirliatl-
siilli from the lilrllllillil gziiiis.
’l'lio wiiill iviis ll‘t‘."lit‘IlIIl;j :ill the time mill the I<‘irlilliiiill hall all the
caltrzts up that >llt‘ liolilll will carry. lnlllilill she lay oi'lir iiittil the
wallir wa< alinlist livliii with iIt‘l‘ hie gun itorts, anll the foam tllislilill
like siiioltli ovlir her tltrliciistlli.
’l‘iiii l;ti'hliarll lii'o:ilisillli llill 1‘ll('('llVt‘ werlc, its wli (’(HIltl slili with
our tlill-<l'l:ttlis, iior must it ho llllll t that the l':II%llSltIIl2lIl was ililv,
:tllllHll;.(ll it was littltli I‘Yltll‘Ill that his iiilital ii-as inliczi ll.‘.:llll‘I' than
oilr . Ills shot llill llIlt‘lx1‘.Iltll.l.“l1l!'!lllllil us. ll<lllILf ltlll little harm,
lot‘ I soon saw that oi,li oi lliltoit'.< >'It‘Ull‘.[ ]t<Illll> was the iiiaiilitii‘ei'-
in; 01 lII.< i'l-sstilsltlts li)t‘tiIllllr1‘llIl‘ rtiiigli of the -,;liittilii’s.
’l'ho s ai'lili.li'll giiiis. iiitli llI4'Il' ilrlialtful l'li;irgli.= lit ii-rli.;til;ir slim,
iil.ij.lill thli Illl‘l'itII‘l “tilt the s.it‘< aitll FlJlllil‘llL', l'l1;:lll',‘,’ oi‘ lllt‘ ltI'l;(llIl-
tilt.-Y jllltl tihilii lixl-riiiiii; lliltoii's orlllirs, I hall a l-Iitiiice to FIN‘ tthat
sort of it trait h-- was Ill acltliit.
I hall, oi l-liiirw. lixtwl-tlill llIlIt‘ll -it it itt'tit of his l't‘]IIlI.’llli)II, l>lIl I
was not iit'li1iai'litl to slili sitrlt it l'liati;,;l- itt him, llli ioolii-ll ltllti llulltj
[Ville rang; clear and shrill
slatittliitz his lillllx thi;
:l<