Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-06-24
The Captured Ban4 er.
a Yarn Of rhe HIOntevidel. .n War.
BY NED BuNrLINE.

'Cvramba! Que Insolenci4r Thes
words were uttered by a okeIy VIC
F man, whose flushed cheek, flashin,
eye and knitted brow spo ke eve
more than words, of the in qignatio.
which filled her heart!
She was the young wife of Com
modore Coe, the commander Of tis
small navy of Monteyideo. The la
dy was Spanish by birth, as well a
in feeling, and the cause of | Ter ange
was The sight of a ship which haC
! been for two days standing off anC
on before the harbor, using every
signal Of insult and defand de to in|
duce the vessel Of Coe to come ouI
and fight him. This the latter could
not do for two reasons. The frs
was illness, which confined him t{
bis cot; the second, that he had not
one-third of a crew; not ey bn men
enough to work his battery.
At the moment she ute cred the
words which commence the sketch,
Brown, the commander of the Buenos
Ayrean ship had hoisted flag at his
gaff, whereon was embroidered. ili
large legible letters, the ind dcriptiorl
FCoE THE CowARDl' This w4s moro
than this noble, fiery wife coulEl stand3
for well she knew her husband S truth
and valor. After gazing one instant
at the flag, she raised her jeEelled
hand, and taking therefrom a dial
mond of great value, she erie ID to the
officers and men who stood around
her on the deck:
4 will give this diamond to any
man who Will bring me yondfr aag!
For moment there was no re-
Spouse. The men looked oft their
officers, the officers glanced at ca ch
other but volunteers for sen vice so
desperate seemed scarce.
'NVhatl is there not one Of all of
you who dare the trial? Is by hus-
bands ship indeed manned Wi tn cow
ards?' exclaimed the lady, WI hile her
beautiful lip eurled with SEQ IN and
her flashing eye CLEANED with the
fire Of contempt.
A young officer; an Englishman,
who had been late appointed, stepped
forward and modestly said:
4 was only waiting for my seniors
to speak, Sonora. Had any one of
them volunteered, / should have
begged toaccompany him. As tits,
/ pledge myself to bring you yonder
flag before the sun rises agai b, or to
de- But / ask not your jew Tel as
prize for my success; one tFess of
your glossy hair shall be my feward.
You shall have both, brav ; boy!'
replied the lady; and her old look
of scorn changed into a sWee I smile
as she asked his name.
1T is Frank Bennett, Sen9ra,' re-
piled the young man; and he blushed
beneath her earnest gaze.
He was slim, but well formed
looked very young, but in h is dark
blue eye and compressed lip, an OBJ
server could read one whose I'd 1anhood
was not made by years alone.
The sun was setting behind a bank
of slowly setting clouds, which
threatened darknessand storm The
moment that his services W Fre ae-
eepted, young Benne EFT turned to the
crew, and as he glanced among them,
said: 4 want six lRen to man the
whale boat which hangs at tile after
davitsp
Struck by his Igallantry, me- drly one
half of the crew Started forward.
Now that they had a leader, volun-
teers were plenty. Bennett glanced
his eyeoYer them, and in a f fw mo-
ments chose six by name. me b whom
he kgaesp to be daring and FIRM They
we've Americans.
Go sharpen your cutlassef, said
he: 4 shall not have a pistol Or mus
keith the boat. If We fight, tImust
be steel to steel and breast to breast;
for ere succeed or dldp 4
Those men answered only with a
look. They were of that class whose
motto is .Beeds not ujords.' They
hurried bel pw to obey his orders,
while others proceeded by bis dlree-
tions to muAle the oars of th$ boat,
toput sails, water, etc, In it.