The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1860-11-28

tumollDg up against The rocks, as u iney
would hide their dangers from The bold
mariners view.
Suddenly the sound of cannon was !
henrd, and she looked npon the Sound she ,
saw that ship of war had hove TO above !
The narrow gorge al the Gaie. A signal for !
piIc, was ying at the :ore,op, and the |
hated cross of ST. George flew from the |
sPanger gaff
With one wild cry cf fierce delight, the |
fair girl bounded from the room.
Ill lie for life Nathan Hall shall be !,
avenged r'
What was her idea Within another |
room in The house was the cioihing OF I
brother, who had long since been laid un-
der the sod and 10 this room she fed, and
was soon arrayed in a suit OF such clothing |
as The young men generally wear when
they go on boating exPidiliou Without
the least hesitation she cut the long glossy |
iresses of her hair, and in brief period
she bore the appearance OF any young man
OF eighteen, moi more than her age. Hav'
ing made these arrangements, with ra
pidity that only desperate resolve could
cause, she instantly leit the house, passing
down IN. avenue before her fathers face,
he little thinking that the apparently spruce
Young waterman, who chose tc breast such
a storm, was the person OF his accomplish
ed daughter.
Hurrying down 10 the bcat-house which
fronted the avenue, she loosened one oi ;
those suall, light skiffs, which still are the
models ol the pilot at Hur Gaze, hoisted a
kuaaIl sail, and in lew moments was out
upon the last OF :he food tides as frreay and
boldly as if she were in slout ship lnstcad
OF 80 small aud frail boat. II was noth-
ing for her 10 be upon the water, being rear
ed close 10 il, and huCdreds of times had
she beea dancing over the waves, but nev-
er i'm such Il gale as that. Yet coolly she
n. -h-i---o.-
Gus whirlpools aud rocks, and heading 10.
wacd the irsalc, which, impatient for a
pal OF taaa already fired another gun.
Within les than twenty minutes from
the time she started she had Iuffed along
side the man of war. Having caught the
line thrown oni TO her and fastened The boat
she mounted the vessels side and stood
upon the quarier deck in the presence o:
Tie coumSndsr.
Are you u pilo; , said the latter, i'm
patiently.
81 sm, sir," was the reply
-Young ior such business. Could you
take rs Through Hurl Gate ~
'.as well as my iaiher, who has been
piEei here these thirty years." was the re-
! ply.
.sWhy did he no, come oul instead OF
sending boy ike you in blow as fresh as
this -
''Because he is laid up with the rheama-
tl.m, sur ; and then hs knows / can pilot
/ you through as well AS he can. Sir Henry
Clinton knows me, sir"
''Ah, does !-well. that's all right. Can
we bear away yet"
'.No-nor within an hour-till the tide
ebbs !n
"1hats bad (; this gale keeps rising. Is
there 10 ancorage hereabonts g
'.No sir, not within twenty miles, where
! your ancorage would hold {"
"Then we must go through"
/ Eyes. sir, as soon as the old tide comes.
| would not risk il I'll then, for if the cur
rent should catch you OH either side OF the
bow, you wonld go on the rocks sure"
"That's irue enough young man. Let
me know the very earliest moment we can
get through"
/ -
/ Aud while the English commander turn
eG off 10 speak 10 one of his officers the pa
triot camly went 10 the gang-way and look
ed over the sides, as if wstching for the
change tide.
But what was passing in her heart at
that moment.
| There were between three and four hun
dred soals in that Inflated vessel. She had
lost the only loved one besides her father
on the earlh, when Nathan Hall was hung
as spy that morniag. She was not think-
| ing how many hearts would be broken by
her intended act,-she was not thinking of
the mother in England who would soon
mourn for Der dead. She was only think
ing that she would join him in spirit land,
and that dearly would his loss be avenged.
! For her own life she cared not-not even
did she think of that worshipping father,
who sadly paced his room, believing she
was praying for patience 10 bear her loss.
Meantime, there were three or four hun
dred hearts beating with gIadness that they
had got over long and sickening voyage,
aad soon would be anchored in front of the
sheet oi green, even though the storm how
erihg over them.
! Al last, afier looking towards the home
in which she was born-she knew ii would