The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1851-06-21

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an,5sse PEI all right, he We.
5rg e6ntlse6 g. his cartridge box,
woitaesiI{ insetf timportant thing
] had, aifnaa 0s md also, muttering some
EtAiig About hei6H lEat the officer made
sthens essSea H gkHesp start their trurnps.
aa wind blowing briskly from the
ndftlssatd and Tie shallop had It fair, and
with faMsng sheets she started down tile
7harbor. AS she neared tho admiral's shin,
which lay just off Noddle's Island, the mid
shipman had the sheets hauled in, and shov-
ing the helm down, the small vessel very
gracefully cnme up under the ships stern.
's3oat ahoy r. SHOUTED the officer of the
deck from the poop of the ship. '+
'The generals yacht" answered the mid
dy. "Is Admiral Graves on board9"
"No-he's at the Generals quarters" an
swered the officer from the ship.
mo. lie left there over an hour ago" re-
turned the MILDLY, "nnd forgot his orders, so
Eve had 70 bring them off. Can you catch
them 81
eyes" ::
"Look out then" and SO saying the mid
slipman threw sealed packet up, Which
the midshipman easily caught. s
snow" continued the young commander.
of the shallop, twill you have the goodness
to point out to me where the Viper lays an
The lieutenant run@his eyes over the low,
er end of the harhor for moment, aud then
pointing down towards Spectacle Island, he
answered:
sllo you see that low light Just to the
IL
8 Yes" returned the MILDLY, as he went to
the bows Of the shallop and l0oked the
direction pointed out. sI5 s,s' &
"1,l,ats the Viper. What's in the wind
now ~
II don't know replied the midshipman.
Call / can tell about it is, that Gen. Howe
and the Admiral have concocted some plan
for an. expedition for some Of these small
fry, and lave orders for the Viper and Spit
fire to join in il. Good night
"Good night" returned the officer of the
ship, and in a few moments the shallop was
off before the wind. s .s
The little vessel, however, didn't 90 any
where near Spectacle Island, but as soon as
she was out of reach of the ship, she hauled
her wind, and standing on to the northward
OF Governors Island, she passed out through
Broad Sound, and ere long she stuck her
nose into the free waters of Massachusetts,
Bay. s.
"Ha, ha, ba," laughed out Hugh, Maxwell
as he threw the gold-banded cap Of tho Eng
lisll MILDLY down by his side and replaced It
by his old old SOU wester, 'sthats a good
one. guess the Admiral will be as much
pleased with tie contents of his nacket "a
the poor sentry will that pass of mine. The
poor soger was too late for the countersign,
ma, ba. ha. He swallowed the pistol game
beautifully. Come, Jack, dowse those ma
rine togs and 49, Halo, there goes rock
et-there's another. There's gun from the
old North Battery. Our trick is discovered
but fire away, my -harties, you'll have to
work smartly to catch old Maxwell's sl,alIop.n
The trick had been discovered, but it was
too late for the British to mend the matter.
for the shnllop wasifar out at sea before any,
thing could be sent in pursuit. and under the
circumstances they did the only thing left for
them-they made the best of it. Some ex-
pianation was demanded Of old Maxwell.
but he knew nothing whatever about the
matter, only that his shallop was gone, but
RS he had little or no chance to use it, he
dld not feel the loss very severely, especially
when he learned that it was under the charge
of his son. >.
Hugh Maxwell ran across the Tee the
next day, and safely delivered his charge to
Captain Manley. after which lie ran into Ply
mouth. In one week after that time the
colonists were in possession Of the richly Ia.
den ship from Glasgow. and for this sssfreal