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one even who cab pity q,
/ Up with hint shouted the captain.
Robert Bnsied his face in his hands. and
the next nonaent his father was swinging at
the yard arm Hs heard the passing rope
and the cracking block, and he knew that be
i was fatherless
1 Half an hour stterwards1the boy knelt By
the side Of ghossly corpse, simple prayer
escaped bis lips Then another low. mourn
ing sound cams up from his bosom but
none Of those WHO stood around knew its i'm
port II was . pledge Of deep revenge.
Just as the old mans body slid from the
gangWay intoith water, q vivid fash Of light
ming streamed through .he heavens, and in
s.. lent fSits ! sSss Is ' is6Ea # fd Ral;
men actually placed their hands to then
ears to shut out is deafenipg power Rob
ert Kintock started at the sound, and whist
/ had caused dread in others bosoms sent a
thrill of satisfaction to his own f
1 g Oh rersnge,I Eerenge n he muttered to
himself as he cash his eyes over the foam.
/ crested wares fitch had already risen be-
I meath the power He the sudden storm
The darkness had come as quickly as did
| the storm, and alE that could be distinguish
ed from the deck of the brig, save the break
ing sea, was the fearful, craggy shore, as
flash after flash oflightning illuminated the
heavens
"Light ho,n shouted man forward, and
| the next moment all eyes were turned to q
bright light which had suddenly flashed up
among the Feeks
! The wind had row reached its height, and
with its giant power it set the illfated brig
I directly apop the surf bound shore Of rocks
and reefs. and every face save one was blan-
ched with fear
In vain Fiid they try to lay the brig to the
wind, but not a Sail would hold for an in
slant, unfit at length the men managed to
| get up fore andfmain storm SAIL and then
the brig stood for a short time bravely up
against the heayiag sea But it wasIevident
that should she succeed in keeping tQ the
wind, she must eventually be driven to the
shore. for the power of the in.settinG waves
was greater than that of the wind
Boy do youEknow what light that is ~
asked the Captain, as he stood holding to
the main rigging to keep his feet
Yes, sir" replied Robert, !" it i Bully
I mores crag y
What is it there for ?~ >
1t marks theentrance to a little harboT,
which lies in the back of it
And can it be entered by vessel of this
size ," asked the Captain, while CLEAN Of
/ hope shot across his face
so, yes sir large ship can enter there
! And do you know the passage 2"
Yes, sir ~ ! have spent my whole life
on this coast, and / know every turn in il"
q Can you take the brig in there in this
I storm p H.
g Yes. sirp answered the boy, while 3
/ strange light shut ffum his eyes.
! " And will yod do it," eagerly asked the
CaptBin
son two conditions"
/" Name them quickly"
X " The first is that you let me 60 III peace
and the next, tliat you trouble none of the
snugglers, should they happen to be there "
II will promise" said the Captain. =
+" And.aow set about your work, But mark
me, is you deceive me by St George will
/ shoot you on tbe#moment''
/ The brig was Soon put before the wind and
! Robert kiptoek stationed himself upon the
starboasd fore Yard arm, from whence his or
ders we're passed along to the helmsman.--
! The botinding vesseisoo came within sight
of the rugged rrhgs, and che heart of every
man lesped Will fearful thrills as they were
swept psst fifdTwEning rockwhich almost gaz-
ed them as theyspassed. On few the brig
| and thicker ana more fcarful became the
1 rocks, which raised their heads on everysIde.
!" Port. II shouted the boy.
I Port it is.p1
/" Stesdy 500
4 Steady it is"
/. Starboard, quicken M
4 8 Ay, ay, starhoard it is" y
Steady it isP
/ At this moment the vessel swept on past
an overshangipg cliff, and just as vivid
/ fash of slightnitg shot through the heavens
/ and revealed all the horrors around a loud
shout was heard from the young pilot and
in moment all eyes were turned towards
him BE stood upon the extreme edge Of
the j ard and held himself BY the left In q
nomentShe crouched down like tiger after
his prey, and tlien with enc leap he reached
the projecting rock.
"Resssgge F,Fcengst was. all that the
/ doomed men Heard, and they were swept
away into the boiling surge beyond.
q Breakers d reef = screamed the mer
forward
iSafboarl quick !"
TI But Twas too late Ere the helm wa:
!Hhalf up, a low tremendous grating Of the
brig's keel was distinctly felt andtthe mex
llinstant came crash which sounded high q
bove the clements, and the heavyInasts wen
ksweepisg awayto the leeward, followed in,
IEfew moaents BIZ large masses of the ill fatet
vessels wreck aud cargo Shrek afte
shrek went upsfrom those doomed men, bu
they were il tile grasp of a power that know
no merey Tile Storm King took him al
for his own !!
| Thenezt naruing a small party of wreck
ers came down from the rocks, and moved a
long tie .shora 1t was strewed with frag
ments Of the wreck, and here and there wer
scattered alofsg the bruised and mutilate,
forms df tie Slips crew Among the part,
was Rebitt Kintock, and eagerly did b
search ami ng the CHASTITY corpses, as thoug
there NerE one he would havefound a
length his ktopped and stopped over one up
on the shenlders of which were two goldef
epauletseA Twas the Captain of the tri
the mSfderer Of his fathers The bo
! placed .hIaIfoes upon the PROSTATE body, an
while 1 stfange light beamed from his eye.
and shaedsf passed over his countenanc,
4 be muttered II
III FatLsf, you are fearfully revengedn
4 Ths.Eo5 spoke truly Fearful in its cor
\ ceptio3, and fearful in its consunmation ha
been thats'. Iflot's Reuenge"
III nA preacher once took for his tex
these words Y The world, the flesh, and th
devil I. and after some Introductory obsel
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