hundred violent the black arrow draughts a fire of wreck wood blazed and thick smoke ay now said lawless here is a s joy � a good fire and a good e cup ashore with foul weather without and an sea gale a in the roof here s to the good hope may she ride easy ay said tis good weather to be ashore in that is man tom how say ye to that gossip ye speak well though i can never think upon your name but ye speak very well may the good hope ride easy amen friend resumed lawless addressing his commander ye have certain matters on hand unless i well be about them for here i be with the choice of all good company two tough old and till that ye return i will go warrant these brave fellows will bide here and drink me cup for cup we are not like shore men we old tough it is well meant returned the ye can go boy for i will keep your good friend and my good gossip company till � ay and by st mary till the sun get up again for look ye when a man hath been long enough at sea the salt me into the clay upon his bones and let him drink a draw well he will never be thus encouraged upon all hands dick rose saluted his company and going forth again into the afternoon got him as speedily as he might to the goat and the good hope thence he sent word to my lord that so soon as ever the evening closed they would have a stout boat to keep the sea in and then leading along with him a couple of who had some experience of the sea he returned to the harbour and the little sandy creek the of the good hope lay among many others from which it was easily distinguished by its extreme and indeed when dick and his two men had taken their places and begun to put forth out of the creek into the open harbour the little dipped into the swell and staggered under every gust of wind like a thing upon the point of sinking the good hope as we have said was far out where the swell was heaviest no other vessel lay nearer than several length those that were the nearest were themselves entirely deserted and as the approached a thick of snow and a sudden darkening of the weather further concealed the movements of the from all possible in a they had leaped upon the heaving deck and the was dancing at the stern the good hope was captured she was a good stout boat in the bows and but open in the stem she carried one mast and was between a and a it would seem that r had made an excellent venture for the hold was full of pieces of french wine and in the little cabin besides the virgin mary in the bulk the black head which proved the captain s piety there were many and which showed him to be rich and careful a dog who was the sole of the vessel furiously and bit the heels of the but he was soon kicked into the cabin and the door shut n his just resentment a lamp was lit and fixed in the to mark the vessel clearly from the shore one of the wine pieces in the hold was and a cup of excellent emptied to the adventure of the evening and then while one of the began to get ready his bow and arrows and prepare to hold the ship against all comers the other hauled in the and got overboard where he held on waiting for dick well jack keep me a good watch said the young commander preparing to follow his subordinate ye will do right well why returned jack i shall do excellent well indeed so long as we lie here but once we put the nose of this poor ship outside the harbour see there she nay the poor heard the words and the heart her in her oak tree ribs but look master dick how black the weather the darkness ahead was indeed astonishing great heaved up out of the blackness one after another and one after another the good hope climbed and plunged upon the further side a thin of snow and thin of foam came flying the good hope and powdered the deck and the wind among the in it said dick but what cheer tis but a and presently it will blow over but in spite of his words he was affected by the bleak disorder of the sky and the wailing and of the wind and as he got over the side of the good hope and made once more for the landing creek with the best speed of oars he crossed himself devoutly and recommended to heaven the lives of all who should adventure on the sea at the landing creek there had already gathered about a dozen of the to these the was left and they were without delay a little further up the beach dick found lord hurrying in quest of him his face concealed with a dark hood and his bright covered by a long mantle of a poor appearance young he said are ye for sea then truly my lord replied richard they lie about the house with it may not be reached from the land side without and sir daniel once advertised of our adventure we can no more carry it to a good end than saving your presence we could ride upon the wind now in going round by sea we do run some peril by the elements but what much all we have a chance to make good our purpose and bear os the maid the black arrow well returned lord lead on i will 