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Full Title	The New York Ledger, v. XIII, no. 26, September 5, 1857.
Contributor	Cobb, Sylvanus, Jr.
Date Added	4 March 2020
Format	Newspaper
Language	English
Publish Date	1857-09-05
Publisher	New York : R. Bonner, No. 44 Ann-Street
Source	Dime Novel and Popular Literature
Alternate Title	The New-York Ledger Bion, the Wanderer; or, The Faithless Guardian. A Story of Home, the Ocean, and Other Climes / by Sylvanus Cobb, Jr. Faithless Guardian.
Topic	Dime novels > Specimens. Popular literature > Specimens. Story papers > Specimens. New York County (N.Y.) > Newspapers. New York (N.Y.) > Newspapers.
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OCR Jf & Lyte ER, }Ro ase etusen NEW YORK, SEPTEMBER 5, 1857. TERMS, {iy AbvaNce” NO. 26. DSR < ODS “THE BEING OF THE HEART,” had been captured. in met= oe shandist, mouey, plate, jewels, and ingots, proper- | BY SALLIE M. BRYAN, yo te fumoutt of over a million dollars ‘The "Most splondid are tho myriaA stars that light ‘Tea Cark bie, soloman silence ofthe night ‘Yet wore they all mive own, and mine the power + ‘Torest in each bright bosom apy hour, rd free Hy glorious empire wiltngty,) = Ob, Form may Dreain-tund t to win thee. © Thy Cantos features are 90 parely fair, 1 And the gold glowing of thy wavy bair, wunshie for my spirit; and L view ‘A lovolighs wooing in tho droamy bive OF thy aochanging e ht Uaars not flow ‘Through their dark, sa lasbes drooping lowt”? Se like a mortal, save of tier mold, Canst Vogl om nant tlt Could not thy swoet lips! parted to; ‘And I've be power such madness ta Fos in often toe Enlered according to Act of Kota Bovsiryt the Clert's Uae ‘Gout for the Southern Disthet ot New 1 1857, Re Dice BION, THE WANDERER ; oR, THE FAITHLESS GUARDIAN. A STORY OF HOME, THE OCEAN, AND OTHER ‘CLIMES. BY SYLVANUS COBB, JR, ACTUOR oF omoN, THE GoUD-pEATER ;” «aN GoNLAKER aoscon 7 xanon, mut sCoUT,” HT ETO CHAPTER XXYUL LAST OF THR PIRATE. + nion-way of the cabin of the b by two doors, cacl of which was a foot and a th wide When this compasionsmay was open for asage, the top of the trunk waa aid back j but this top was now upon tho outside, 20 that the br loor only gave the pirates wae inches wide, by three feet bigh, t the other door, but the bolted firmly ox on, and secared | down firm, and once he caught the stout rope, it around the trunk, and gave it a turn about the rail on the 0} te side, O'Neil and Dolan caught a-hold and v the sheet taught, and then it car an other turn, from whence it started. ind then hauled tight and belayed ; hue giving three turns the stout rope about the two doors At the firet turn, the bt had rushed up, but of thebraces and. Pept mala topsail abacl ing the brig to. I three minutes none 2 the mane MARGERY GRUTT COMES TO A DETERMINATION. “Tiallo! below there!” cried fhe captain of the oy | tip, sanding over the compan rye waat?” returued, Warton, in a sav age “ “wi you eurrender as beld, an that the pirates should be attacked from the berth- Jeck. rdingly, mm m the ebip, and with these, the man-of-waranen armed yemselves. ‘The fore and main hatches were wer of the hat which 2 ballet might do iccesion of groans 2a- Yeu, my brave fellow, know very well” re- turned Capt. Trelaine. When I saw the brig weat and stand towards us, [was surprised. I could ‘only account for it upon the supposition that she toad rge crew, and meant to run us by the board | shall have plenty perbaps—aa re pl teat tho truth “Hore ies i allright now, and anions ar not the any ones q ol teglad. tbe p of all our merck rime a we have reason both han to "believe : many valuable ships which have have fatien victims to thavilan. ve Sout dovt knoe what a noble to | service you bare rdered the a5 “ Welk ” rely returned Jack, “all I can say is, T'm glad nine men and one boy, who bad Geliveed up the brig, received four thousand dol- each ; and Jack and Bion were awarded four thousand more, and Joba Ropes fif- teen hundred. The pirates were tried aud exe. cuted, the chieftan dying witout t being aware hat This tru emptorily decline, which he did grace, that added much to the esteem in which be was already bel ‘All, mve Jack and Bioa, of the brig'smutineers, shipped at Calcutta ive of them on board the pol the other three on board an Eng- two Yankees enjoyed th Tt was the ship “ Oe in wi ck we lace and Bion had She was mandtd by Capt, ‘A ‘nod Bu ae, a i, wiileaged When he in ment for the boy. to apply himeelf to The stady of bavigation during the voyage, and upon the lad's answering ia the astrnative be promised to give him all ance ia his po And now.” eid our youtbful hero, when be and Jack were together alone inthe eabia, «I want you to take bold and leara to Ee fom fret to Ex moatha, that time we can, both of us, do much” “ to lears, Bion T want to learn,” re- plicd the old eailor eball know that yoa ing of me!” thank ye, Bion !” cried the old by the don't mind folks ing knowin! it don't mind who aor italy I sole’ wat "em at me, Don't bi w eh take our ty “thatthe @ narrOW Way was ) of war war was his Bret vole “ack who el by the} “Aba! but tle wont be the laet of it, my good lessons in the tate-room, and m ashy choked up; the men were wedged in like 5 Moat ‘wig is that? cried the captain. companion-way, heat ii y “If we vy fellow. . But my: do you know anything of this dy will hoor anything about it.” ” corner, and the only movement they could | Jack scized a trumpet, and sprang to the rail we've got to die, anyhow; but if we surrender, | Pirate captain t” Acconlingty they vet ect about their studies at pani make, was to preas forward with all their] The pirate brig, had Stag? ned. we may have on ce, at any rate, of ” Only as ve been To wat once ia the wee. Bio former ocoaion of us hase recured the crew helow! Tip! np! ‘This idea was caught up by the rest of the vil- | British Navy—an officer of some kind. He had & | to teach bis companion "to write. wee the casting Peth frst man of them who made bie is appearance | —quick Iaing and eve long they concluded to give them | 10" affair wi Garter of @ nobleman. and got array of thelr ship bad put a murumary stop to it was @ great; stout fellow, named Maxhall, an India} A mat in the main-top at this moment, | selves up ; and.o Warton announced. According- | nto @ ecrape because they ‘wowace him have | Now, however, it went i islishman, and one of the most savaj - | represented to bis commander, that he could sve | ty, a strong forve was stationed at thé companion Te sent a challenge to ber father, then in- it thirsty of the pirate crew. is head arose from | end men on the brig may, ‘the pirates came up, they were | Muted bim, cut up all tmuaer ones d Ginally, companion way, Pinto’s handspike came down cast tis oe over the brig, and as be immediately taken and bound. Wartoncame last, | had his swab cut sor the whole ship's crew. ‘upon it with such Force as fan to jormast the sul or no sigas a of pre paration for resistaace, be gave | with his bands behind him. Pinto noticed the po- | iis piratin’ bas been out o° venge for that.” bated tig ac, the press behind for m bingtog bis ship to, under the pirate’s | sition, and he at once murpected the truth; eo be| “Just benvens! is it posite?” cried Treaing forced it up, and the huge a forvard toe qua crept around and climbed up oa the trunk, where | in @ tone of intease excitement, in its death gap up ~ ‘Warton b card all this, and with all the yer of he could reach over. bis name f? “Don't git in front orihe ay cried ack, 8 voice he could command, he thund ie pire, captain came on,and as he stood} “No, sir, _Mere'a nobody knows ts how. he brought bis aodiko down upon the second | his men to bi the doors. Ie ats 0 tas rep of the ladder, bis eye rested | as a you impten, aa head, Ther ney "ve got pistols” | now, to Uiak of the batches, ‘The axe was plied pen Jock Wall te bat hes dead, We only Know at Ware he again with renewed force, and ers] Hat you tisy hound!” he bised, “ take ton ain't hia teal name. ture was made, large enough to rua a man’s h: at “No, no; bis real name is Walter Staofocth ! through. A sharp knife was run through, aud the spoke, he thoaght to raise a cocked pistol, | His father was once a member of Parliament from | tai shect cut, before it could be prevented. Only one won the held. in bie ight band ; but th cong | Hertford, 1 ues Waller well. He entered length was cut; but as the turns had not been be- | ri ato wae ait upon hin arm, gail the the service before I di it he was a reckl Jnyed, the doors were pushed partly open. And instantly snatched from his ng fellow! If be were tema villi T shoal hesitate yet nothing was gained towards ge; but fa | bitter curse fell from his lips, and on on the Pgh about giving him up, But be has epilt too much | much pai joment more a sharp cutlass severed the two nt, be ing boun ae the ows English blood 2” maining turns, the doors ere upon hie he spoke not word. He bi After this. a peice crew was elected for the brig. But the pirates had been too long at the work. | bis head, at med anxious toavoid the ane of Jack Wallace was the command. bat he re- he could pa tthe ship shout witha ive Two of them rushed up, and met the crazbing blows | bis captor. spectfully declined. So one of the licutenants, aut the orders for weari ig in sail, Tous | of the handspikes of Piato and O'Neil, just as ihe ‘The prisoners were put on board the ship. you named Marshall, eas put on a 0 00 ; besides cnet coke ‘and qua- ition tes then have rushed | captain of the ship, with his ene all all armed to then the captain, ame was Trelaine, realled r; and, in addition to the ten who had ty of the rigging throu; up faster than they could have been knocked back ; | teeth, leaped on towards ‘i, upon for an explanation of the whole affair. | dclivered the rig into the captor’s bands, fou jack bad not been vehi hand in his do- but as it werestill crowded and impeded | and in burried pysiods he nied The old sailor seated himself, and then commenced | more were a board from the ebip, making a partment le to write very well, and in their pr 1 aperture was only “We ten, sir, were trapped. aboard thie brig by | his with the casting away of the Aldebaran, | crew of twenty four, besides the command ould read In the Bible without stopping to epell foot square, and they bad to come out upon treachery. go we formed a plan for givin’ | He related the principal incidents of bis cruise in| Capt. Trelaine overba e property of the | out anything, save now and then th their hands and knees ; or, at best, upon their hands | her uj sinle boar fst chance. ine rae the long-boat ; of his adventure at Tamatare with | pirates, and found much valuable stuff, beeides a| per names which often puzzle better scholars. But 1d feet ; and only twoeould comeat ine, ‘The oe We got’em down there by atrick. ‘There's | the Jew ; the plot of Bion for his is| vast amount of money and plate, which was| be did not stop here. There were plenty of books joment the larboard door gave wa} them thiety -two on "em valive, Were Kile seven pr | sail to Port Natal; his meeting with Warton, and | stowed away in the run beneath the cabin floor. | in the eabin, and he kept on practising. He ao- crowded half up, ot there they sacks wnt they nly 1 interposed Pinto, | his eubseqnent enlistment with him. - Thea he told | But he concluded not to stop now to take any | knowledged to Bion that the proudest moment of were killed by those *O Neil and me just setUled two on ’em!? he etory oF f bine companions jong, who had been taken | erick account. He merel nanmbered the packages, bis life was when he first went to Captain Puffer “ Back with “em!” osied ‘Warton, who was at t this juocture the pit je a movement | by the pirat points, and concluded by | and pli them under the joint care of his lieu- book. the foot of the ladder. “Pull ‘em back, or push | for the cabin windows ; but they were foiled bere. | giving a Triauee detail of is plot for overcoming | tenant and Jack Wallace, it baring been arranged e: or said he, in explanation, “it seemed at em up. and then fire! Use your pistols!” for Bi bad been over and secured | the pirates, that ould act as second office though be must laugh at me for acking for sane living pirates attempted to pull the three them at “We know'd,” he said,“ that there wasa man-o" fer Teelaine Teturaed to his ain ic i Wallace want a book? What ses back that now choked up the way, but they captain of the sip asked Jack’ if he had war erin’ arter us j.and we thought very likely | some making Dimeeit fort—But when he handed it to me, and told me found that inp le, from the crowded state of comma of the de i in sight of her. 0 now to tothe pita irate captain, and. finally cone led ike it, just as bh Nd ’a? told. things pebind * ney tried to tumble them over | “I by er of gettin’ the crew below, and fastenin’ 'em| not to do it. It would be unpl ot ot beet 0” seemed Twas ‘upon the dec! is last work they Bnally accom- plished, bat ot expense of two more men, Who were knocked in the head by Pinto and Wallace, At this moment, haif a dozen piel dis charged, but without doing any damage. The pi- rates were not in a position, even, to fire a pistol with ang precision, At this juncture, the oles of Warton was heard calling bisa men back, He saw the trouble, and he hoped to remedy it. Te called every man down aad in a moment more be was beard io give onders -—here!—Move epry! Form twoand two! Back here, int Trot! Form in two files, and then by crowding up as you have done Aye aye, Pinto touching hi a tush nip to death! You oaly keep ench other back, v a fed tin, avaitiog the ondcrvof thir commande. “Jack Wallace aed up the whole nha sf, oad wo "twould newer, ‘we went at it, You ‘now how "1 has worked.” Could be bave pets tanforth loom, he é up a book, it seems at fa writing, a detailed account of how oe pirate ould has been our head man from the firet.” it the whole crew below while a British man-o’-| the call of Pduty—ot soleran, eter duty—was though I was only goiu® to show off bit It “Good,” resumed the Englishman; and th ia sight. A fight woulda't do it; nor an imperative. ie dared bot let the seems a kind of dream like that I can turning to Jack, be ad: “Will you give uD ‘would any common affair. By by E thought of| bloody monster loose again upon the aa. So be | write.” your command gettin’ uy Up a false murder ; bat that didn’t seem to canelided not fo let him Kom that he was recog: Still the old sailor reat 0a improving. 20 «Wont 1” ered the old sailor, Joyful, « a Seek, ‘upoa was | niz: the time the 8 ip reached New York, ey a You are my eapt'a, now, and we Know'd the pirates were superstitious ons wands the middle of the afternoon, when | was fe bed anything, to obey onlers” 7 Hike, all on Yom ; and ‘at we could work ‘em | the ship fied away ; and immediately mis {and doit tdci too Te had spent commander rmiled, and Ghanked the noble |, could git ‘em all worked up about a| the brig gare re bet ma il to the breeze, and | over five mon tose eration and sailor, wd then turned to the companion-way. ghost, we could git ‘em below easy enough by jest | followed. They run direct for Caleatta. | bonow had bis reward. jeve the eperrit was down thi ‘On the morning of the twentieth aay, the ship | more elevated in thought wat tng “md bis op: worked jest ited it ti and ber prize entered the river Hoogly. .In due | portunities for enjoyment were increased tenfold, ‘We found wt the brig was a runnin away from tine, the brig was given up to the Ie anthor- fe ties, and Captain Trelaine prownted to the court, Bion arose and went fo Jack's side, and with 1 '

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