Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1851-11-17

dening; yet | 1rembled 10 speak out
was in an agony Of doubt -, Beatrice, too
seemed lately rather 10 shun my presence;
her eyes were ever longest in detecting
and her voice last in welcoming me. There
were other things in her conduct that puz.
zed noe; but it was all because could
not understand her exquisite delicacy.-
Fhe fear that a premature declaration
might ruin all, withheld me, while dread
ed that absence should be even more iniu-
rlous to my hopes. In these circum>
stances, tortured by doubts, uncertain how
to act, with q mind little short of phren-
zlrd, determined to leave everything to
chance, waited with beating heart some ia.
vorablei Opportunity, and at last Beatrice
depa rted without daring to breathe my love.
As she waved her hnndk erchief for an
adieu, hadal been ableslo speak to her al
that moment, wouid have ventured all in
one burning avowal Of my love-. But she
was gone. We might never meet again.
Overcome by my feelings, | leaned my
head upon my, hand and wept like a child
What boys does not love make of us!
"lp q few days afterwards we put; out 10
| sea TO resume onr station. But was q
changed being / strove to be gay;-i,
was lmposs Ible. My companions rallied
me, bat none knew my secret. The old
commodore, however, q father TO US all,
had met me daily at this house, and sus.
pected,l once or twice thought, my feel
lngs. Ii SO, he maintained an nviolable
secrecy. . e.os s.na. s s,.s ~1s7s y
"We had been out but a few days, when
one morning amid the dim huge on the
eastern horizon which The rising sun had
not yet disspaled, the delicate tracery OF
ship was seen with its thousand cobweb
robes, family marked upon the last, redden.
ing back ground. She. seemed to be either
an American OF. English vessel, of, an ex-
qulsite rig, and running free before the
wind. As we drew near she presented a
beautiful spectacle. The delicacy Of her
hamper; the fine undulating lines Of her
hull; the gracetulness with which OCCASION
ally she bowed towards Us; and above all ;,
the deep glowing lints Of the morning sky,
as the sun rolled majesticaily upward from
The horizon, bursting from The clouds thai
environed him, and shooting his golden
light flckering along the pillows, formed n
scene such as had rarely witnessed For.
an instant gazed on it in silent deIight;bui
at Ibis moment we game suddenly by the
wind, and noticed with surprise that the
stranger was not unaccompanied, but that
u long leucca looking vessel, was sticking
close under her quarter, in such q position
as to have been hitherto etfectually con-
cealed from US The low rakish appear.
ance Of her companion, and the Instant
change oflhe course OF the stranger, W hich
followed, our own, awoke my. suspicious
at once. turned 10 the first lieutenant al
The very moment the lookout called;
''A sal! on quarter OF the stranger!''
"Was she in company?' shouted the
officer; for this time, the manRver of the
stranger had hidden the felucca on her op.
posIte quarter. -='+' '.-'' 81 81 ''
. ''She seemed like a tender, sir.' 49,
''Did you see her, Mr.. Drew" he said,
percelving my anxiety to speak
+ "Yes, slr-and think her a corsair."
"lndeed-and you are righr,' suId he
adopting my suspicion, and then lifting his
voice he shouted energelcaIly, '.boats~aiu
pipe all hands 10 crowd sail after the slralI-
ger" ."s$a=li' s% FL tEtvr,et7 = .7-s.s -tt
"In few minutes every rag of canvass
was beIlying in the wind, and we we're ap.
prouching the suspicious stranger with q
velocity that made US hope we would soon
overtakee her No sooner did she per.
celye. our intentions, than throwing off alI
disguise, she went away dead 5eture US,
crowding on every rag of canvass 10 the
trucks; while. the fencca on her thither
quarter, hauled up between US and her con
sort daringiy fired a gun as, we set our
ensign, and run up in defiance the Barba
ry flag. The Consciousness, moreover,
that the stranger was her prize; that in all
likelihood she was aa American, and that
her whole crew would be condemned to
the worst saveries, inlamed US with the
most enthusiastic desire to avenge their
wrongs, and cbastise the arrogant Alge-
rine. The men gathered forward in
groups scrulinizing the foe, or conversing
with eager gestures; while many a com.
pressed lip, mul,ered execration, told Of the
Indignant burning in their bosoms.
sour noble ship seemed to partoke OF
their honest warmth, flashing along as gal.
ian.ly as courser to the death, n less
than half an hour we had gained so much
upon the felucea, that shot from our bow
gun brought her huge lnteen sail 10 the
deck; and availing ourselves of our good
fortune, we came up TO hand, poured in a
broad side amid dealening huzzas, and
rounding across her bows, swept her decks
with storm Of grape. that Left scarcely
man al his station: Still, however, she
kept her ensign doggedly flying 1t was
only when we had riddled her sides with
another discharge, and she was obviously
sinking, that her commander consented To
haul down his flag. How wasI aslonIshed
when | mounted her deck US boarding Off
Ger, 10 see in advance Of the pirates, hasti-
iy released, 10 oficiate as interpreter. the
gentlemanly captain of the ship in which
Beatrice had smiled. ss 81 . .-=..5
The truth flashed like lightning upon
me: pOod (Indt and wos che in The hn nhS