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

hear then y" aad she, no1t ua0menl. "Whof
WHOM :" ssksd hastily. On " said .hsi
gone, Mr.. Wsstwood I Tel me, M. west
putting her hand lightly on my arm, and
CHANGING into my face -" teal me, did
You NOT know that that vessel wss In the river7"
'vesssl, Mis- Hyde ." said, looking at her
steadily 10 turn ~, all one r,ddi Ito 10 ne
what vessel do you mean, madam" "The-ths
pirate T. exclaimed she preaihlessly, and turn-
Ing towards the hatchway again, While stood
eyeing her stnpidly, all abrOsd, 10 20 speak.
"For heavens sake, tell mo what you moan,
Miss Hyde |" said I, putting my hand TO my
head. "Ah, but you look 50 white-you are
not we'll yet, sir !" said she, softly. TO think
papa too, wbsn they heard this morniny q
Your being arrested a. a-a-but nobody
could know you were 10 hurt, Mr.. Wesswoo1
Theo when some Of tho sailors came back, aad
said they had seen the French ship in dis
guise--' 'By Jupitsri The brig ttey msaui1"
I broke out. Then, good hes vens they must
have painted her lezd-color, and turned hsr ok
into schooner That was shs for thousandl"
And you know yesterday morning, air" con-
tinued the young lady, you told me you king.
our friends were there, instead Of being b3hara
we thought" Yes, yesl" said ."Snt
must bs some bad scheme at the, far car'
BY morning wen b,vs slssp Why" said M IS
Hyde turning IY ap rs ,iou J1Ie air.iiy whsnsver
the truth wal snoncs, The gentlemen and
a eonfusioqas thew could no. tbiak of sny.
.h1 and, rs soon a. the sun had set, they
sIi ENDED into the boats, and won't away q.
A.ner, TO surprise tho pta,es in the dark"
40 ood God /" exclaimed I, In al oar arm ,zemant,
ard making toward the hstchw,y. "Miss
Hyde do you say 10 !-How many were there,
then, ma amp" / asked. "Oh,' said she
quickly, 81 an 80 glad there was such mum
ber-fve boat quite full, | believe. Not a
single gentleman would stay, except little
Tolnmy's ia her who is up stairs, papi
vns one Of tho hrst 20 get down into q bla',
with Bis rife. But do you not think" ad1sd
she, with somewhat Of a trem5le In her voice =
''do you not think tho p'opls in the Ffen h
ship will yield. or a. lest give our friends upr'
81 hope h goOinsss they may said !, turn-
ing away from the "a Serness those soft eyes a
hers gii,tered with, as sae leant GU, before tho
faint eiimmer through the cudd y door, tho light
&C the lamp in her hand shining bright over her
hair and her shoulders; while the gloomy sui y.
ness Of tho whole ship, below, made ma think
OF the voice that had hailed Us through tho Ia
COON, and tho same mans tace--As had no
doubt now il was-when | saw 1t aboard tho brig
| at sea, before the thunder squall came on.
almost tancisd saw Finch and him mestlnS
at the present moment, wits the mates awkward
look as the Frenchm ms sword flashed across
him-my hugers gripped together for tho han
die Vi q cuilass, TO 40 tumbiins up amongst tue
men over the schooner's bulwarks In the creek
wnen all at once another Eotion dir ed into my
head, 10 remind mo where We were in tho ms IN
time; l ran 10 the cOmpsni n and sprang up the
stair on to the quarter.deck.
| IL was no still night; but the change from
| the clvseness below TO the deck seemed 70 make
quite A new man oT one in an instant. Ijunpe
on the nearest carrut 10 slide, and looked ToiuC
| 10 ace how the land law which at fest was din
eult enough 10 do. Tbey had cot tho Indam Al
fair aaoat again, found, a little more OIL tn
| shore ami f,rth,r doWn-tbe st,rboard gun
| stood nnon Loino as ptes ed by the shape O
tho trees abou "pposits tho mud fort, whicl
finch had nr,b.biy been ueppering at a. h
,hro,,snat nro Tho nn,t ~ ~ oman and two q
three sho, Wing in Tho scuppors beside it.
It's sotns,s here ni,h hand eight O'Clock
The evening. think. and quito black on tn
, nearest hsnf-vuu couIdn't eyen make out IN
t nVo, I'm" woojs ag,iast the sky but anothC
caLla lenytb wonli have served 10 opon Ia
icSscr raich or IN. river. where IL came brin
ming nm I'M round the poil.t with the nigu
d. aarndin,, a a,,a,inv .ort of "A DINNER a on
Nv LIN tbe dnsl aver ag1,tst us. One could eve
Mitch unon a lioe where il ran sids by side wit
, ,hc heavy shadow thai took ia the snip, goin
60. a. tho ,,V,muv loos inc shore of oar lAl
hoard side and blncken,pp away up stroan
while the dim bubbl,s apd eidles swept out
a The one IN o tho o.her. ,.,,, 49,. ~,
Q the tide having come aim 10 a ,tand sill .,
heard the ripple against bo low cot =, mia, =,
A ecutler with a weak ri ssh here ami thor. in n
i dark amongst no grass and sedpe along. shor
o which seemed 10 wake IN chirpinr mntter
o the bushes--Gnd nj times you'd have tbou,
a something came wadnQ out from the edye. 4
Q in few minutes both river and forest had sun
! a. i were, into a sleep.
easy began to 70. AZ The state saw things h
upon deck; absolutely not a soul ~ DO seen fror
wheel TO bowsprit, except one man waikiki
hack and forward by himself on he force lstle
ard giving look now and then carofull,
enough over az tho cable; Mr.. Brown being OF
the poop with his family and the knot &C Ia lies
talking under their brea h; while the old Sco'cl
mate cou be seen through the cabin skylipht
leaning his bald crown over his two hands. un
der the lamp near the captains cot TO listen I,
the missionary, as no sat gravey whisp rim.
ard looking at him through his spec'aclas.
For my part, hadn't doubt but the shin baf
been wstched from shore al alont; ard In.r
was no saying at present rho might 10 kssplno
an eye upon her even If this affair m tho Frsnc6
brig weren to cater us In some deen trick n, oh
err. If II were really she. and lyine whsro ,Ss
caught glimpse Cf her the davy before two,IJ
take three or four hour, At nigbt svan On n,,Ii
there and back ne ain, bnt a. n, bsr L,;ooP w.
ordinary pirate, had A strong notion sba 90 ~
I o such thing. and tbe strnngsr ,hn,,1h, Us
whole matter throughon, us"' 'uo
AS | psered over Tho Lulv,rLs ;,.o ,Lo ,,i.L
od the tall Jungle the showers ~ DO DIS 49,
here and there flicksrng ont from mn a., Tho h
leaves, lelinq nm the srecn Of ,bar, G.. uis
ment, and dancing across blsrk month in tha