The weekly sun. (New York [N.Y.]) 1851-1869, 1861-11-02

1 every hand up On the 10 ksie ~ onco, with ever
sharp and then bear al hand her. 70 bsv. 'V IN.
canonadee fose and an run IN. and stuffed full Of
20 me old iron OF other, a. We can't have grapsl"
Hurried a. u was, sew the whole thine-a
regular deeP-laid plot IL seemed, too-and the
iirst time ! had seen lightsa 70 what the strange
Here had she lodged us, no doubt for weeks;
got hold Of our friends by accident, which would
give her clue how TO lind ne any where during
toe rest OF our voyage, as We were too strong
hsnded for her then. Twas very likely they
thought we should suspect something, and fol-
low wherever they could manage 10 lure the To-
diaman-or else possibly they had run into the
river the very same DAY We did, and perhaps
seen US out OF the haze which hid the land from
US that prming, and nosj If they had studied
II Tor years, they couldD have contrived q clev-
ersf trap tnan this that Finch and the passen
gers l. I'd run their bsais into. with more than a
dozen mutinoua <ogA. at least, In their conn INV
A pr,ze like "a East II diaman was worth III
in9 some /oOole about, Of course; VI Lns.r
vahne1 "'I s ana MS me sssf ed unto tres.
%es with hlm, and q was plain TO me they had
1 something like an understanding with tho stran-
| gers crew.
CAV, ay, sif I" said Jacobs in answer 10 me
| 'hUwseyer, the FRS, mate If word with Mr..
| Macleod ned send up rocket and blue light
in case II god success, or elso come back with
thu boats "
"Heaven help thern, Jscob,l" said T. taking
| hasty turn or two "for zoe can't. Bdt there IS
something more houii in The matter than fan
| cied-only all We can do Is 20 lOok 20 ourselves
| and the ship Harkye, though hob, " added T.
| r llowiLs him. "bfing up the beei-kid, will YEP
feel terribly sharp .sr', Itwitl ,tandins."
Ic-me back and looked from the quar.erdock
dsrn the sk,lI,,ht, wlioie the 5scoud maze snll
sat with his elbows on the table, apparently lis
tening TO the missionary; whom tbs good man
| tuddenly took oil hs specGaclss and peered IN
| der MacleOds broad ns 5, ~ 40 unde niabie snOfe
broke out between them; then he glancei tow
ard the captain, who seemed DOING in his cot
| raised his mild eyes for q moment through tho
opening up 10 Tho blue starry sky swimming
Oh, above, pu, on his 'poctaclos again, and, TAX
ing up the Bible, he lea1t back In his char TO
Rad, IA II there sero neither pirates, savages,
nor aught man need dro.d, Ia the world
'Sraneel" I thought. yet, alter all, isn't
| there a soul below there, ere few hours, will
70 higher aot. thia the sm1les. star ha; twin
kles over the man'ruck yondeR Ana VINO
knows how many Of Us may
However, 1 saw jacobs hurrying aft again,
and the rest coming up out OF tine tore PEAK 30
hard ~ work We sol Tor tho hes. part Of an hour
which ~ took us to got ths guns on deck m ide
scrviceable, and to ma powder enough. Not a
cu,lass or pistol was lett on bond, 20 we hh
only two or threa axes aud pix ~, ~ith rusty
muiket or two, and handspiks', certainly, 70
spare.
, As soon as We had taken breath, "NoE, ia
| cobs nv man, said l. "send out the boys Ia
, lo,ss he lbs and for,-top ,sl-let's hoist the
yard, too with the sails Glued up--all ready f9l
. | slipping her cable at five minutes warniug. IL
can't do any harm and I've no more dOuO',
a said J, than IL saw 1t, We shall have tna'
o schooner coming down with the eb5 upon US
Tide II turn in little better nor AN hour, SIR,
a said Jacobs, when We had got thus quietly done
= "And by that time the breeze will 10 DO Finl
n with il, y said |, "briuging do wn tho fog, TOO
. hoWever--Lut keep bright lookout aloit iOr TN
| signal Jacobsl II you sCe u, or the bIats, goo.
IF and WE'LL But toll YOU what II IL, Jacobs,
n added firmly 'should IL 10 the schooner in
10 stead. that instant W. must cut and run for II
)r shsil carry the ship out 20 sea, II l can, a.
brought her in where may hlvo bette
Of chance with her in the morning, or set clear Oh
10 perhaps $780,
10 There being no more We could do, anil hivn
Or instructed JAG, Ia TO 10 do VII an rouse Mr.. Nj
10 clood himselfif he raw the signal, | kept ste.
n iug back ami forward on one side ol tho quartz
NJ deck, alone.
" The river was still as a MIL pond, exceT
IN where il treubl.d ~ ling streaky CLEANS irol
III the shy, else should at u. CO have slipped cl0
* AID begun to 20 down, lsaving the boa's 70 com
r al, us II they did coiae, they bet could.
n, There wasn't a breath VI air yet either, say
Of | what seemed now and hen TO watt out Ot u
- tL;N- - -. I.~'-' Aont W Ine hioes an
nu trailers on the bank, meeting the warm stea-
gu that crept across from the mAngIoves on the OF
nj posito shora.
no A hundred notions ran through my head, as
~, walked, Of what might happen: whether Il
NJ boats would miss tho schooner altogether al
~, she crop down upon US in the mean inc cit
u by the creek or the river, or whether Foster al
*, his crew Of Wrapping blackguaris would carr
out what I'd no douOt they had at heart. 81
rs at any rate, as for set Of passengers and mel
u chan sailors catching an armed schooner asloer
III with one like that Fronchman in her had hi
7. IpFCA dark faro mueh hafsra h.,
:, thoug bit Of him TO fancy the thing fora moment
That MH man was in command OF the strang,
craiL and had some scherle in hand no woul,
! STIR heaven and earth to carry out, unless yoJ
ground his head to powder, was an det
I, that came shivoTing sharp into me, as | ken
: watching the dark mouth Of the creek, astern
and the glimmeIing reach beyond-lookine
: almost TO sec the schOonerS bowsprit shoot oui
. oil ono OF them, tide or wind though Their,
= was none. Fngate to frigae in a breeze,
in fact, l should have minded my wealth
engage pretty cautiously with him, II a
seaman he was; but If he were beat on having
, the old Seringapatam at present, by heaveGl
| what l feaie1 was worse than either plun-
der or walking the plank-seeing thore was
prize the Judge had lett on board, for which
felt FREQ cruising captain would give all the
treasures that fellows Ike Foster might think
an Indian nabob mad in his portmanteau.
In fact, saw Violet Hyde moving resters,ly,
two or three times, near the break u the poop, &C
she watched the dim opening as, ern while her
lady : maid kept close behind'b.r afraid TO stay
below; and waiting idle as ! was | almost be-
gan for the time to forget everything else that
might be going on, at thought Of her being
only few feet off, with no one by but the SER
want maid. The touch Of her soft hand about
my head an hour ago came back on me, and the
drowsy creeping kind Of hush of the tropical
night seemed 10 bewlder my senses at every
rustic Of her dress,-I shant even deny that tho
notion seized mo for half minAte, were the
schooner TO make prisoners Of the boats crew 5,
how might carry the Indiamsn out TO sea, and
| 20, Lord knows where VITA her. Then
the idea of defending her, aud saving her,
made one wild with excitement--I felt az if [
hai the strength Of twenty in mo, almost long
ing 10 sec the pirates faces, especially the dark
fronchman's, and to wait till they came close on,
when we could let drive into them, expecting
TO lind US helpless. made up my mind that
MI brown there, and the missionary too
should Wor at gun as soon as they were
wanted-when, trip, trip, heard her footstep
coming DOWN the poop-stAir behind me, and
eIds. ' e0'
MIR. Westwood, " said her low sweet voice
and turned round. Eyes, madam" | an.
swered, gulpng down lay breath. "Ilavo YOU
heard--do yod see anything7" They've
scarce had time yet, said /; "of coune the
more cautious they are, the better" "0h,"
continued she, her hands clasping together, and
the shawl falling half OFT her head 10 one shoulder
ooh, If tlOro should really be bio dshed az
| this mOmenl--tho rtysr lnnka 40 caarE,tI,, oIoo