Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1846-12-10
Gil PIER Xxx,

CHAPTER Xxx.
A sail, n snil! promised prize 10 hope
Her nation, faghow speaks the telescope. -corsair.
The vessel, in winch William Abbot, nominal
ly rs supercargo, had sailed for the benefit Of his
healrh-which long confinement, to close study
had imparedIell the port the day on which his
sister returned with the sad intelligence Of the nh.
duclun of the orphan Fanny. lie knew moi Of it,
nor suspected; for IL fad assured him of the
health and happiness Of his cousin, as she iondly
called her.
William remembered with affection the sweet
sister Of his cxi!cd friend, for he had heard her
Iight laugh in his summer holidays spent with his
aunt, and hei bright smile had often rewarded his
vrnureSume ascent Of the tall chesInut.lrees, 10
shake :he ripe fruit into her out .spread hands,.
Sad and heavy would his heart have been had he
known Of the orphans misfortune.
The good ship Garland lay tossed in the Gulf
stream, and ten days the weary mariners behed
The swift sails passing and requesting before The Ia'
vorng gales, while their own was forced TO lay
hecamed, or driven AT the mercy Of the current in
perpetual circle. But at last Il breeze sprung
up aud before it the ship stood gallanly on heI
course. William had passed the moroonou.
hours in thoughts of his distant friends aud hailed
with joy The lime when the wind bore the ship or
her humeward passage.
"A sail, Il sal!'
Nv here away
'On the wlndward.'
1t was a Baltimore built vessel and she bore
down on them with The speed Of rnce horse
while her fore-Irot dipped in The high waves, like
dolphin in his gambongs.
"A pirate, by heaven c.ed the captain, rs q
heavy lec.gun sent its iron messenger across his
Ia, al hl,cL oI,,,rly IIn At,
The strangers slender foremost.
I'VE must fight confined he, as he turned
aud heheld at his side the youthful supercargo.
I'VE must, said William.
Another gun sent lis summons from the pirate,
quarter. Captain Dalton sprang upon the alral
and hailed the stranger through his trumpet
what ship Is thal'
Lay TO. or we sink you, was the laundering
response, and shot struck the bow Of The Gar
land
Boys! do you hear ,hap' cried Captain Dalton
shall u Yankee ship be taken by bloody pir
ule?'
Three cheers rose from the hardy crew, and ii
the twnlllng of an eve the signul,guns were hols
ted from the hold, aud their muZzles run through
the ships portfolios AT the same time the arms
were distributed and dozen men stood on III,
ships lows, to repeI the boarding attack whcI
they knew the approximation of The two vessel
would bring on.
The Garland had not slackcned her conrsc, hu
the light craft of the pirate was already abreast
and in the winds eye, was bringing her bloudsid'
to bear.
AT once the heavens grew dark with clouds anr
n long, loud, distant peal Of thunder shook thu
sky. There was a heavy Tapping of the ship
sails, ms the breeze which had borne her alOn;
died suddenly away, and she lay mollonless upnI
! The water. The hullstOIm WAS al hand, and /
mantle of thick fog fell abound them. Al The
same instant the pirate bark hove hr0aGslde To
beside the Garland, and peal of muske,ry from
a score Of her fierce crew, ratified through lht
ships rigging.
| 1t was returned - aud the cheering shout Of thu
brave Captain Dalton, inspired his willing men
! The pirates were two 10 one, and their captain
waving II culass over his head, led them to tht
attack. Three times the graphing irons rang a
aainst the Garanh's sde--three times the cry u
the pirate chief, - 'Bonrders awnv!'- impellcd hi
| followers TO the bulwnrks- and thee times while
the thunder rolled above their heads, and the lhrl
darkness was only lii by The vivid flashes of light
ming that burst from the low clouds around then
did the brave Americans beat back their ruth
| less foes.
The pirate captain CRASHED his teeth, as for TIN
las, time he fell back upon his quarter deck
'Once more" shouted he; there's not dozel
left, 10 drive beneath the matches. Ilalcions
away and the shri boarding whistle was ogni
applied TO his lips.
On they bore, and like torrent poured owe
the Gnrlnnds side. Dalton and William tough
side by sdc-lhe pirate chief sprang first upon III
qunrled.dcck, aud his cuass crossed with til
sword Of the Yankee captain. Dalton, stron
and powerful man, bore down npon his antagonist
his blows fell like rain upon the pirate blade; an
the latter retreated step by step towards the mid
ship melee. AT once bright Cash, and . quic