The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-11-06
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A SEA STORY.


nm IN, island. vet anv sign she could profit /
must be both sufficient 20 reach sixty miles
no and hidden enough not TO alarm the tci'
praphs or the cruisers Here vas a worse pu'
rle than all, and ! only guessed At IL for my ow
n.tisfaction-as fellow can't help doing Whe
he hears question he can't answer-iiii my on
lighted on Dianas Peak near thrcc THOUSAND
fee, above the sea. -,
There Il was, by Jovc Twas quite clear a.
s,e TINA, hut by nightf1l there was Away
more or less cloud near the top ahl u on &c
n fire upon the very peak, twVuiu orIy pe sen
leagues on: notion that brought 'o MN sun
~ ,hing which told YOU saved the In liainai
e., !. lee-sborc ono night on the African Goa
IND again, hy George! ] saw hdt must hiv,
,..n meant at first by the Negroes as smok,
40 help the French brig easier in Putting tha
and that together, why II struck me at once
what the fourth Blacks GRAND might be,
namely, to watch for the schooner, ana kindI,
his signal A. soon as nc cOuIuh SOo 'no N'a'''
vas sure Of II and as for a dark night com
a., an Al AGA. the frcshcning OF the breeze there
,,res,niscd nothing more likely; bright white
bs,a vas Aoftoning out the horizon already anu
here and there the egg OF cloud could Dc seen
10 break of the sky to winiward, all OF "hich
would be better known atuat than mere
The truth was, was on the point OF tripping
NV anchor to hurry down and get aboard again,
hut suddenly the head Of peak fell b'lo" S'll
had noticed in the distance, aud, seeing she
loomed large on the stretch Of water, PROXY
SOON found She must he ship 81 tue Inc 80
She was evidently a seyenty-ionr' a white
rear-admirals flag was at the nizzchrnyai-ma't-
ho.d leaving no doubt she was the COnqueror
AT last, with Admiral PLlnpln, and, ~ day or
two At farthest, the Ilcbe would he bound LOT
India. -,
Ionr-sood, letting the tunqucror siuk back
aeain into a thing no bigger than nDH az
nantclpiece, when all ti once. saw an ulhccr
in A French uniform, standing near the brow Oi
,hc cliT mentioned. apparently watching the
cod with lon, ,las. a. his eve. like myself.
There werc seven or eight figures more, appear
t,y half over the slope bchind The Admiral
AMI Lord Frederick were standing by their
horses, a good way back; the Governor ~ ]
supposed, sitting on his and two or three others
along the rise.
suddenly a figure came slowly down from be-
fore the resi-, with his hands behind his hack,
and his head q little droopod. The officer at
once lowered the telescope and held il to him
stepping upward A. ii to leave him alone what
dress he hal on scarce noticed; but there h,
WAS SANDING single in the round bright field OF
The plass had hold Of like vicc--his head rai,-
OIL his hands hiding hi lac', ~ he kept the tel
e~cOpe fixed fair IN frOgt Of mr--nnly Jaw the
puooth broad round of his chin. I knew, a. il
Il II n
him by sight since va, a DO, l kp,w il wis
Napoleon.
Twas q strange scene to witness, let me tell
YOU; never can forget the sightlrss, shrinking
sort Of gaze from that head of his after the tel
escope sank from his eye when the COnqurrOr
must have shot back with all her stately ham
per into the floor Of the Atlantic again. Once
more brought my spyglas- to bear ON the place
where he bad been, and was almost on the point
II llsss, N.,N a..
cliff forgetting the distance was away Ma
poleon hal stepped, with one foot before him. on
Che very brink, his two hands hanging loose by
bis side with the glass in one of them, ill the
shadow oi his small black cooked hat covered the
holluws Of hi, eyes, and he stood ~ IL were
looking down past the face Of the precipic,.
What he Thought Of no mortal tongue can
cav, Whc,h he Was master at the time over a
wider battle Than any he'd ever iought-hut
just then, what wa, the surplus, it gave ms to
Sc the heal of q man, with = rcd-iI,srll 1t cap
on H., raised through amoug.t the ivy from hc-
low. while he seemed to have his feet on the
cracks aud juis Of the ro,'k hnsting him .rlf bv
one hand round the tangled roots, till no doubt
he must have looked right aloit into the French
Emperor face; and perhal, he whispered SOM S.
thinR, though, Tor my part, II was all dumb
show to the, where | knclt pccrng into th,
glass.
saw even him start ri III, suidcnnc,> OF the
thing-he raised his head upright, still glAnrn,
down over the front ot the crlg with ia, spread
nAiiI iiVs"' anu 'ue sln' "l ms lee M 'ulh'l
LoTan Vn' parry WIN" 'A-hot benin !, Nd'rc
nc 'o'eIuos a''l 'u' '''' Apl"'u'IN, N'p. u
w. ou' VI I,'P''' no ''1". "A',hInS hill
L,' az i'i' '' '"'p vi W" L' ''N 'Nd
' NJ, I'M -"' o' l"' 'I"' '''"SH' 'us every
my view, that / could mark hi, lpuk ,st,l,a-tin
o. we "'n'i ""l9N' ~ hihl n.y. itrLIs AMI hI.
uHrl V'' Ooi'i' u'" g. q I'"' seeing 'wut
ne An,Ni NhIe '4l'" Oh lr1's' ou DO. cal OIL.
HN'"i Si'u' '''H'nS 't UpW 'h' -tin Ger f.
Pr" PA, :" ~, Nli'l '' very Hni IFS;
iuo I'Is. '' I'll. '"'' "' l' ~ To Iu.n 'l f'iH
~" y" N',' 'vn' w. .''h,h ' M I""u X
mus mus my ne'h, t9.n de- '"%N' h"k pointing
,..a '"'', '' '' rue nDri"n -'h'r' wa
o''o Ii''','" '"''" .",m without hutpn
se'illniiy nc cap. 49," Emperor 'rh'n W. SUM
oh nus preaS'' lnoNSn You nave 'ud '' eve.
siAn','' up o"' "' lnr shallow 800 d.' ."r u'rI
an we stranger rcd utr hung ll.yf . I. uI lNH
"lEht 'nlor'u rll, under Dos 'yu GluNr uuiUl.
amlniNt the leaves
Ihrh CIV Napoleon lii his l,ud iml, loco
gave sign win ,i--'t might have p.tu rall,-
mg, II might have h"eu agreeing pr 3D. msht
d. Farewell never expect ro know hut hc
tid"d ms arms rr"', ms nr'a.t.Ni.h Inc hunch
o. leaves n hls .'ug.r,, iut s'rpprd luwly hack
nom me hr'nh towards 'hr "iO"'r- l wi
NH''hshS We STRANGER below A. M -wnn
til'l' Tor S"c"hl "r 'N". IN N'' IKE l" lc
MIN 20 lash To ia" bottom; hir lace lung Wilt
= ,a"nrd AGAIN,
snort though lh' glance had ol am VA
MS features SCI hhrl IA some hitter lcrliuy %
other his dress different, too. hesides The mou,
nur,,o..Iv j,r,,,nd T., .cr,,"I . .,r',,... l.,,