The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-10-23
THE
SAILORS W00ING
A SEA 8 T o RY;

the lady passengers Coulu " neIu Akmk
about the poop but when Violet Hyde turnss
round. and our eyes met again, caught an
anxious expression IN them that puzzled mo.
do you think Il will be long before We shall
hear them 2" said che, next moment. "Who
whom z" asked hastily. "0a !" said she,
starting. " YOU could not have Known they had
.'ooe, Mr.. WsstwoOd Tell me, Mr.. West
'eocd," ssid she, coming nearer 10 me,
quitting her hand lightly on my arm, and
glancing into my face teal me, did
You not know that tAdt vessel was in the river"
'tVsssel. Miss Hyde 2 said, looking at hor
steadily in turn tits all one riddle TO me-
what vessel do you moan, madam "The-tbe
pirate I" exclaimed she Urea h essly, aud turn
ing towards the hatch way again, while STOOD
cyeing her stupidity, all abroad, 40 10 speak
"For heavens sake, 'ell mo what you mean,
Mis- Hyde !" sad l. puting my hand TO my
head. "Ah, but you look 81 white you arc
no, we'll vet, SIR p said she, softly. To think
how all the passenge-s wero amused, and oven
papa too, when they heard this morning Of
voar boing arrested a a-a-out mob dy
could know you were 50 hurt, Mr. Westwood !
Then when some Of toe sailors came back, and
said they had seen the French ship in die
guise-" by Jupitsrl the brig ley, memlf
fbroks out. Then, good hes vensl they must
have painted her lead-color, and turned her b,ck
into q schooner That was she, for thousand
',And you know yesterday morning, sir, con-
tinued the young lady, you told me you know
our friends were tb-re, insteai Of being lost as
we thought" Yes, yes SAID |, there
must I've some had scheme at the bJttOm-Jut
by morning we'll have a slsp at thom, for Ger.
tain. For my part feel why, said Mss
HYDE turning an tir ly to me, 'almolt every
body in the ship has gone ARE piy. Whenever
the truth was discovered, there was such
q confusion amtngst the gentlemen and
the otiicers that they could not thiuk Of any
thing else; and, as soon o. the sun had set, they
all crowded into the beats and went away u.
eether, to surprise the p rates in the da'k.'
Good God IL claimed |, in u eer Am,zsm mt,
and making toward the hatchway. M 50
Hyde do you say 20 How many were there,
then, ma ann" l asked. "Uh," said she
quickly, ~ am so glad there was such a num-
bcr-fve boats quite foil, I believe Not a
single gentleman would stay, except little
Tommy father, who is up stars,-ard papa
was one Of the first 10 get down into a boa,
with his rife But d. You not think" added
she, with somewhat q tremblo in her voice
do you not thnk the people in the Ffen,h
ship will yield, or a l'sst give our friends upy'
81 hope TO goodness they may, said |, turn
ing away from the eagefness those soft eyes II
hen glittered with, as she lclnt out before the
faint glimmer through the cuddy door, the light
Of the lamp in her hand shining bright over hci
hair and her shoulders; while the gloomy still.
nets oil tie whole ship, below, made me think
OF the voice that had hailed us through the la
goon, and the same mans iace-as | had no
doubt now il was-when saw II aboard the brig
At sea, before tho thunder squall came on.
almost fancied l saw Finch and him meeting
AT the present moment, vita the mates awkward
i i No tno eIoneusn smoIu utsn"i aSrosS
n mCy nneers g'lPpcu iogothor LOT lho nan
ue " Cu,h'sA, W 20 tuu,Vllhb UP aulohsSt tno
wren all at once another notion dir ed into . y
head, TO remind me where we were in the me Al,
time: l ran ~ the comp nj n AMI sp.dng p the
Rait ON W ,no quu'eI'uecN;
IL was no. sun hign'i bu' the 'n1ng' IRON
the clrenesS ueow 10 tne detE aeonol 10 make
qui's new m'n VI onc IN an lnstin,' jumped
on lhe hea'e CARO- a te tlli'i N i'OktuiOul u
" zee 20" 'i.H anu lty, "htn al h'st was dilii-
CO.. enough 70 d, lnry hal got the INDIAN an
lah su'N agar, lounl, little more OIL tins
s.Ote, ana lur'hcf d'wn-'le s'uhoMi gun !
noo ppm ICING, rs guessed by Tho shape o.
the uecs, sbou' cpposti tho mud fort, which
thcn hal propably been IeppernS at ~ he
tmeA'eIeul since Tue p)it was open ana Two OF
'htSe snot lylnS IN 'he selppers beside II;
a. Twas sonleWnere hish hand elSht O'CLOCK o
.ne evening, ulhk' anu luhe biack on IN
'oeivs. oslN-you cou'un even make Out th
w W no moous against INC SKY but ahothe
i ao" ionssn wouIl nave served to open IN
Ioner Ieacn o. the rlver, where II came brin'
hllnS up IN round the point with the nigh
now sending ahoatlng sort Of glimmet atom
III tne uuhk over against us. One could eve
Pnon upon l'ne where II ran side by side wit
uIo neaNy snauo" thA, "pk IN inc snip x IN
sfnSs 70 the swamPy looking shore OF or lar
O3itl tiue, ana Dlackenlng away up stream
nnie me am onooies and cdd'ts SWEEP Oh. Z
'nS one ~ lhe other'
coulu Just satch the low deep roar oil tbs Sc
hoe thah niue on mu,u"d oy tho treo' an
hAhgtONes on DO sluts between II ahu u,; an
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seh4ei WIN " "oAA ~ 'sn NV un thlIo W W
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M p.oP WIN h's ianiiy anu tne hn'' o. "a lie
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ini's eou Ve zen prouBn tna .4oh SkLuBh
iue hs o'iu e' ., oE.I ~. tWo hLnus' VI
uo' tne lanp n'si tiu eaP'S'' ~ 70 I,stcu
o u n'sI', o. v" 20 .a' 7, Wy III
NI ioohnB Az n',' tnIouhn me- sPS.aci's
rr my par M IN u u,'u't pu' tue snip III
icon "'Uneu from sho'e oil alont ana lhe
was no saying al preSol' lffo might he keeph
an eye upon her, even II TINS aillr OF tE9 Frenl
brig werentto cate us In some deep trick oI otl
or. III II w're really she, and lying where v
caught glimpse 81 her the day before 'twou
tSke three or four hours at night even TO pa
there and back az ain; but rs tor hor being 8