The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-11-08
THE
SAILORS wOOING
A SRA STORY.

;Luck and the anchors slowed" thought L.
Hand hang all forethoughis " ,,.,,ob
walked the weather quartte,niech . u, amG ,Ssn
A uleasanhy A. might be, with now ana u'en
glance forward at Smelling, as he ylrned AZ the
See-r.il beside a progyy old mate, and AZ times
!. s,immor of The schooners hull on our lee
bssm. rising wet out OF the dusk, under charge
GS w"about w.,k 0.ty. ris an we began
10 have rouI ii touches | & weather pitching
awry m ctoss-sCas au1 Dew. NJ or gallant
sails ofcncr Of ni.:h', ht i'td Frederick said
10 me one evening, hi 'us down to his
cilin,
"Mr Collins, I really @ 10. shall not find
your Iniiaman at Cap. T., o.. nf = all,
"Indccd Lord Frcl"t,.k. I respectfully
enough: but it was IN .y.y hing hoped my
aYes. sir" continue ~ received stric
iniunctions by Admiral ~ mp.n T. arrest Lieu
tenant wes,wood five i'll 10 with her there,
and otherwise, to send tn, schooner In her track,
even " II were 10 Bombay.
''The deuce" thought, 'arc we never TO DO
done with this Internal affair
"Tis excessively dialrccnhlc, oontinuel
the Captain. swingius biz gold cyc-gllss rounl
his finger by the chain, a. was his custom when
bothered, and looking with one eye all the while
at the schooner. . -,
"a beautiful Graf, 10y 'h. way Mr.. Collins
said he. 'ovcn within -i;I pl he Hole.
iiShc Is So my lord siil |, ''if she had only
had sensible Gcatswrin. wen, to put the sticks
aloft In her.
II say, Mr.. Collin. E.., on his lorlship,
rnusingly, II think ! D.. 10 'hough-thc way
20 get ria Of this scra
WAITED ami waital h..,.,-. Toy l. ri Frci-
aick to mention this tl' 10 no purpose, appar-
emily, a. he went below without saying word
more about II.
"Wcll, maam, 1t vts .'.wocn fortnight
aud three weeks after lus.a., sipht Of s.. llelc-
ma, that, being las, iaifly ~ he latitude of
Nha tho iritFaf. uu turkp1 in
company, and stood clos, .ilri on a wind to
the eastward. Mex 4 v $50 were both Of us
quietly at anchor outs SO ho shipping In Ia.
bic Bay"
and n whole fleet Of cr.i .y u'twiNt Us and the
land-half Of them ~ . 100 3d. amongst which,
you may he sure, | X T.. pretty harp lookout
with the glass, 10 see it., ) rnshpnrm were
there still.
was soon saved fu,ltr ,a'ns on this head,
however, when shortly 81 atrls the iriga,c
was bcset 10y whole ',t uu ol bumhoits.
and a uumbOa' being ~ ct directory on the
point, Of course, soon iuui the lndiaman hal
sho sailed about Wc H for" our arrival.
Government bott clm aboard in tho after
noon and a. soon as it lei us, Lord Frederick
took his gig and stecrc for a frigatc lyin; ON
distance Oh, which hih the htrbor flag hois,cd
a, her main, being the only man-o-war besides
ourselves, and commanded 10y a senior captain.
Next day The schooner hti landed not only
her passengers from St. Helena, but the prison.
ers also, as VIC still undrrslupl the French an
their kroOmcn 10 be- Nj long after that, Lord
Frederick came hack iom & pc Town, looking
grave, and said:
go YOU know, Mr. Collins, this schooner Of
ours is likely to be hil up 'lIccry, hc Ivcn
know how long. TIL \ ID al court asher
are dOultiui e cuudvin. .. r, pppu,u ly, an
she must e thrr he scut hH.l or to iptt' Nhco,
~ somewhere, whore tlt. ter oi In clnims t.
bJloug."
Indeed, my lordl" saii so,,ins down M.
laee, "thu. 1, curiuus.
"Curious indeed, sir!" .c,i.l hr, lifting hi
lips enough, Hf,cr all, " NY can SC ,rcc "a
what she is TO- hc con .u.,' tr.--,nly in III
meantime, sail to-mo ,H Z lndl."
~ tell YOU Whit, Ecn'l'men" cxclim,d II
loriship, suddenly, Il must have that schoon
AT any cost ! What is to he done, Mr. llif'
"Shed he of great service in tho China sol
nv lord, certainly" said the first lioutcnlnt.
"a perfect treasure for light service espccia
~ ifncw spared and"
noticed Lord Frederick ;lmcins sideways
me, rs ! thought, with % 81. ht ldeln in his ey
and accordingly susgn. . hit he might 6u
hor from the Frrnchual hin III, very pp
idea, no doubt, rs both a. .ptin an the hr
iuh seemed to think nua Hy Il three kops cyC
ing her doubtiully thrOu u Ga pori, without
word
At this time tn schooner counter hid bcor
slowly shco.ins towards ]. jii ,ItcI beam, Ow
in,s 10 the c'b-t.ln, aul p q .ul ling only hy
single cable, ill her Hn " 40 10 show RICH
opposite thc cabin, .h,rM say not twenty f.,
OIL Lori Frederick pa. 10 '.-s 20 hs ye an,
was pccring through H. n.a 70 r.ml'lcd tina
they had brought up rash o. 100 nel' lea, IN,
scarce room for The sclu.. o wing ~ ali, did
earlier than We, 80 thu .nc .uull be- in dang
Ofgcttng lorl of Ia, fri ut,s lo'.
"The wor,' Of it is b. Il Fruduick' said |
THAI in cas- Of l,aln Com ,raWnrl he q, sl
might hlvo to Zip and run UPON very shor
warning ,wh,r,as the n .bc has II MY of rr.uni
tackle to let her ride j, uIt. Con .du ring it wa
Table Bay, a. this E.asou, he ought toh.yc kop
her cl,arcr berth for herself or else have & ln.
well outside
"Ah :" said Lord Fr.dcr L, quickly, mcetIn
my eye for hall m'nuc, til .h" ,;laam cam
into bis again; and somehow or other, niue
must have caught II, thou h mast say the mo-
tion that struck me ,hon al a. onCu wasn't in
my head before.
iDo you know that'swn ,l1ugh, orCollins;"
said his lordship You've w..thercd the Cape
before, by the hyci'
"A dozen times. Lord Fri rick" saidI
"Mr. Collins said his llrlship, quietly to
me, as soon as he co.ld keep his conntcnanc,,
and looking the stcrner Tor tho trouble he wa.
put to in doing IT, 'yOu will get your thing,
and 20 aboard the schooner d.rccly-tlko Lsl
IN charge, sir, and send Mr. Hammond here.
Every well, my lord said |, waiting in tn,
doorway for something more, which from som,
thing in Lord Frederick look, | had reason Il
II can only spare you a dozen Of the men ~,
has, aided he, "lut if you choose You ca
send ashore at once TO pick up II few makcahtl,
OF anything you find"
'Ay, ny, my lord, said I; ",hc lcst han,
Tor that would be Mr.. Sn,llins At | may talk
him, lord Frederick"
"Oh, certainly was the answer; "anl hurh
yc, Collin, you had better Ehit. your ber,h
Few cable lcngthl farther of, or more, ii yo
please.
lone thing, my lord" sail STOPPING dow
90 see through the port, IL don, much like IL
heavy ground swell that begins a. meet the cbl
Lord Frederick; and fancy it won't be- long c
Table Mountain spread its suppor-Cloth in whi'
case I'd consider il necessary TO slip cable al
run out at once, though niighu't get in aga
no easily. Am 70 fnl tho friglta here agai
Lord frederick
"Deuce take it, man--no' said his lOrl-hi
He turned his back to hide ,hu evident twink
al his eye SHOULD we part company, Of couu
you make for the Bay Of Bngl. YoI can't
sure Of the Hehe, shor, Of tho Sndh'll5--ar
IL not there, then opposite Fort William, at c.
Every coed, my lord" said I, ana hlA ma
my bow TO 20 On deck, when Lori lroicri
called me back.
"By the byc," said he, hastily, "ahout IN
lndiamAn Of yours, CollIna-ehc is her,
doubt"
mo, Lord Frederick" answered l. "Ibelie
she sailed week ago"
4 'Dear me- the deuce!' cxclaimcdh he, "wh