The Union and journal. [volume] (Biddeford, Me.) 1858-1882, 1865-09-15

B1DDEFoRD, ME-, FRIDAY MORNING,

ous wassail; OF the men, equally lawless,
that surrounded him; Of the rich wines they
drank, and the tall glasses they drink from
Ill these were subjects alike of wonder
and fearful curiosity. But the Bedouin oI
the sea found no happiness IN tho possession
OF wealth, nor conteutment In unmolesied
retirement; he was not mtsssr Of himself.
sThe secrets he possessed soon came 10 pos.
sess him" he could not command his owu
company; when the night was far advanced
unbidden guests came into his apartment
they needed not the heavy. .bolicd door, the
s,aiwart Benguelan tha, slept at the ihresh.
old nor the drawn weapons that lay an his
table. He saw those that he would have
himself forgotten in a Lethe of vine, II Il
were possible TO find l.e,he out Of the In.
icrna's.
At times there entered young man, very
proud Of bearing, wounded and hnggard;
who posed a polished rapier before him
with wondrously mobile hand, IA u in an
in.ian, he would thrust him out from the
light Of day forever. Thenh Spanish maid.
en-, with lusirous, besePching eyes, like the
".liairr do,orosa" Of the great artist, who
wrunu her hands in specchess agony. All!
how would he have needed her distress, but
he could not. Then came forward a priest
of venerable aspect, who, raising his hand
upward, said with chilling calmness. ~ also
will laugh at your calamity, ] will mock
when your fear comeih." So he awoke be.
fore the dawn only to hear that sad 70 luse,
the whip. poor will. in tho solitude Of the
pines, crying alone in the darkness. y.
When the sun arose and dissipated the
gloom Of night, he sirolled to the Sound
beach and gaznd upon the blue waste Of wa.
ters, ruff d by the fresh breeze and spark.
ling in the sun, and the strong mesmeric In
huence Of the sea again fascinated him.
lie wondered through the glades Of druid
pines bearded with gray. dropping moss,
and the luling monotone Of breakers soOtb.
cd his fevered lima apination, go he aroused
himself to reason. like The dsparing trunk-
ard, 81 will take It yet again" "Suspi.
cinn," says the dramatisi, "shall be all
stuck full of eyes"; so he awaited a night
of storm and darkness, aud then collecting
h,s attendants and wrapping himself In his
heavy sea-cloak, departed.
Soon it was rumorcd in the town that
Black Beard had disappeared; no ono saw
him or his companions; his house was
clnsed and SILENT,
"No chimney .moked-there WAS no sign Of home
From raraprt TO ba'ement." ... ...-..
Coarse wild grass grew up in the walks,
the arrogant spider spun her web across tho
door, the rattle.snake crawled under The
porch and fourd n safe retreat, yellow and
white jssnine. York and Lancaster roses
blossomcd and dropped their leaves in the
garden; the figs and berries ripened and
ro,ied unhecded the pendqous cluster OF
9a ais on the China.trees faded to a delicate
siraw.color. and all things save the broad
live-tsk, with iis solemn foliage OF small,
dark leaves, that cast gloomy shadow
across the doorway, betokened silence and
dcsolsiion. .f.. .t..-. :,
One morning vessel Of war appeared on
the bay; the morning breeze blew fresh
and the dark water arose and fell IN spark.
ling undulaiions she c,me galan'ly under
crowd of sail, showing a broad ensign DIS.
playing the crosses Of ST. George and 81.
Andrew. The villagers Aocked to the va
ter, expecting news from the mother coun-
try, the morc cultivated perhaps anticipating
with great pleasure the perusal ot odd num-
bers Of the Spectator, containing genial cs.
says by Sterile, and captivating chapters o'
the rural life Of dear Sir Roger de Coverlcy
by the most polished Of essayists, Addison; /;
hence there was much pleasing cxcllc'nen!
among the observers. As tho vessel ncarcd
her moonngs, il was observed that every
thing was not trim aud snug about her;
here and there spar was spiintcred, both
hull aud canvas showed the marks OF shot +;
she had evidently suffered from rrcent en-
gngement. A dark. looking object swung
from the end Of q yard.arm; I; It c"u ID not %
made out the vessel was hr'ed and the
question asked; momen'sry silence fol.
lowed. when the officer Of the deck, step
ping forward, replied with startling clear.
ness; 'Erl 1.hl.ti"' f. ..
"The head of Black-Besrd!' - r. r'.m7
Thus I have given the Inst scene in the
life Of a celebrated sea robber; ] wisl Il
were half as fascinating rs that Of Blue.
beard, which the name will certainly sug-
gesi. The "bsrs Of gold and treasure un-
told" which were buried, 'tis said,, near
some of the lagoons that open into tho bay,
have not been found, but would be no
doubt, like the Philosophers stone, II one
only knew where 10 look. 10 addition to
these particulars, q sable friend, "a jewel in
an ebony cssket," has assured me that
Black. Beard swan three times round his
ship with bis head in his hand after that,
and his body had been separated 10 the last
fight; q. fact 80 important, shnuld not be dis.
cardsd oy the conscientious historian. He
has also told ine ,ha, The light Of his boat is
often seen of Plum Point ON dark nights.
| myselt have seen light there, which 10
the ono referred To, though fool.
ish acquaintance Of mine insisted that Il was
the pine torch Of soms one spearinR tish IN
the shallowt. ], Of course, could not uc-
cep, such q theory-urc there mol "moro
things in Heaven and Garth than arc drean't
Of in our III iosopbyS = .Ggai-.- ''.a7'
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PorAro Top.-As have worked In tho
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