The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-10-08

tNnRue ana want OF Sleep When the CteOpftre
hove In sight again, and this lime efcctuay
secured her prize. Captain Lcpage, dclghtetby
the richness Ot the curgO-thOugh he know
nothing OF the jewes--was very polite and civil
and ltttned with apparently real interest 20 lbo
yonnR mems story, assured them positively that
the Generals children and attendant would be
sent 10 England hy cartel Immediately after their
arrival in France, and that ne had every cont
deuce that the g0nd, mHguanimous N tpoleon
would order their lbcraton-a qualified assnr.
an,e which the HCndersOns appear to have held
very cheap.
Captain Lepsre placed an the men he could
possibly spare, twenty five, on board the Charles
-"ielows ~ nearly like r,al scamen as one can
expect FrcnChmCu ~ bc'--aud gave the lien.
tenant u Command pOitivc and repeated iniunc
hons TO run no avodahle risk Whatever, ald 70
bear constantly IN mind that bis only aud sn prsne
uuty Was to take the Charles into q French port.
IL may be that these reiterated orders had a
tendency 10 defeat themselves. by inducing the
Lieutenant 20 observe timid caution, which Is
about the worst conceivable policy for achieving
success at sea, whether II be 30 hght, run a
blockade, or thread a swift ships way through
scattered score vt cruisers. SO, at least thought
The young Hendersons.
Lieutenant Maupas, in his anxiety to success
tulIy carry out bis supyrIOr's commands, closely
much TOO closely, hugged the AmC,can coast
within five miles OF which he could not be attacked
by British cruiser, accOrdug TO the long rcOog-
niztd law of naiuns. IL thus happened that the
ChdTtcS brought mp In Boston Road, United
States, IN fleeing for refuge from the pursuit Of
supposed British cruiser, hut really, tue Hender-
tOns believed, clumsy Nantucket whAler, that
did not know exactly where she was.
AZ all events, the Charles dropped her anchor
within the shadow OF the Stars and Stripes at
Boston and as there were some little repairs to
see to, fresh meat and vegetables 10 take on
board and as there was, moreover, no knowing
whether the cruiser or whalcr was not waiting
for her somewhere in the ilimitable perspective,
Lieutenant Maupas deCided upon carefully study
ng the situation before hazarding dangerous
move.
An idea was suggested, by the Curious state Of
things in which they found themselves placed, to
the Hendersons-hrst / believe firmly grasped
by James Henderson. The elder brother had
however, soon as firm and confident hold Of
the idea as his Junior.
The "curious state Of things" was that loads
of people who spoke English were constantly
coming off, with different "notions" for sale, to
lot Of fellows whose gibberish they could not
understand a word Of.
IL say, Robert ono afternoon observed Hen.
derson junior-"l say, Robert, if the sailors that
swarm in this port amt English, they are surpris-
ingly like them"
"Nine cut Of ten are real English sailors They
get better pay here than at home"
And don't You think blood's thicker than
water 7"
"No doubt; and English guineas far before
French francs / see what you are thinking Of
see II quite plain. But here is the hitch. We
must bo dead sure of the man before we drop the
least hint Of what's fermenting in our brains.
thought only yesterday saw Bristol man whom
l could trust with my life. But do you look out ;
! shall depend upon it."
"Janes" said the elder brother "I was right ;
"I did see Bill Jenkins yesterday"
"Bill Jenkins! What, he who left about the
girl"
"Ob, never mind about that. Girls of her sort
would swear the legs of an iron pot. l saw Bill
Jenkins he passed in q boat right under our
stern. dropped him note which had pre-
pared in readiness for an opportunity of posting
IL. He got it, and nobody the wiser. He'll be
here you'll see, in brace of shakes, with lots of
things 70 swop and sell. He'll do anything, 1
know, for the sons Of the old skipper who had his
pins smashed by the cursed Frenchmen."
James quite agreed in that, and both youths
went on deck. Jenkins was no diatory laggard.
He came on board with lot of Yankee notions
for an excuse, and whilst affecting to be chatter
ing about the prices of the articles all particulars
were defiuitively settled. The transaction was no
doubt much facilitated by Robert Henderson
being able TO hand over at once two hundred
golden guineas-moneys of the owners entrusted
10 him by Captain Russell, which, like the Jewels,
he had effecrually concealed. A more profitable
investment of that money for the said owners
could not well be imagined The affair was to
come off the very next evening, the wind having
set steadily in from the westward. Upon one
point Robert insisted with quite needless vehe-
mence They would fight their own battles
with their own people. No Yankees at any
price !"
al should think not! The genuine article, de-
pend upon that. Steel all through, and war
raIted never to wear out" The confederates
then parted.
Besides carefully attending to the loading and
pTimiDg of their pistols the next day, and care
lCstly leaving a couple OF tOmahawks where they
could be easily picked up when "the fairy" was
on, the brothers yentured upon Only one other
precauton-that Of significantly warning Mary
Joyce 10 put the children TO bed an hour earlier
than usual. The young woman understood; and
possibly tbs heightened color of her comey face,
the sparkling fire Of her bright hazel eyes, be-
tokeLed anxiety for the safety OF others besides
the children. Ii was James Henderson she
replied to, though Robert had spoken to her.
A feVerish day was drawing TO a close at last.
The bluff coast cast wider, stlil widening shadow
on the sea when from out that shadow large
boat, propelled by eight lusty Iowers, and con-
tanning besides the rowefs, some thirty armed
BeamCn, stole swiftly out, steeTed by an othcer
wearing the Unied States naval uniform, aud
with the Stars and Stripes floating from u staff at
the bow. The destination of the boat was quite
evidently the Charles. Lieutenant Aaupss had
no doubt about that, but why he should be hon
ored with an official visit at that hour of the day,
he could not comprehend.
The official boat was alongside. Bill Jenkins,
the impudent rascal, in the full rig of an Amer-
can naval commander, stepped upon the deck,
bis men followed scrimmage ensued, in which
the beWildered Frenchmen had each of them
been Roland or Count Robert of Paris could
not have had half a chance; and in precisely ten
minutes after Commander Jenkins assembled the
side, the recaptured Charles was gliding grace
fully through the water, with the Stars and Stripes
fly ing at the fore, TO the utter paraiyzaon of the
fort gunners, who could not, for the life of them,
comprehend what II all meant. They were wiser
an hour afterwards but by that time the Charles
was far beyond the range of hostile shot. The
affair, as many Of us remember, made a great
nOie at the time.
Lieutenant Maupas was brave, if q slow
officer. The TeCapture Of the brig stung him 10
the quick; aud abOut an hour afterwards he
passed rapidly into the af'er cabin, where, as II
happened, only james Henderson and Bill Jen-
kins were seated. Uttering only the exclamation
"Scele,dt" he placed the muzzle of a loaded pistol
at the young man forehead, ana would, in the
twinkliDg Of an eye, have made an end of Hon
dtrsOn Junior, had not sharp eye been watching
his movements for the last half hour-had not
light step followed him into the cabin and swift
hand stru, k down the mu2zle of the pistol before
it could fatally explode. The bullet merely made
a hole in the cabin floor. The sharp eye the
light step, the swift hand were Mary JOyce's eye,
step, hand. No wonder she became Mrs. James
Henderson within a month after the Charles
brought up in Kings Road, Bristol.
The two uendeTsOns we're munihcently re-
warded by owners and underwriters and ali went
merry as a marriage bell at the cottage mile