Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-05-12
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| CHAPTER l. 6sI
| 49,. 49,, .,os, u.a tho ssr-oy scream of a bird In
the sky came the cry Of .sail or n.,,,,r stood
hs WIG nmere s. *. nail ma. sonxal,ant mast. s
long serpentine body swaying to ana no. away W =
n fSs sSp 1as the George English Merchant
man, Danm' ares or 40 northeast Of the
A Azores s,. or western rf Islands 80,
,,roNg ger S,s a tTnnne aon sn01''N 7E
Two points abait the wea .,s 10 g,sn' "o"N'
miles on mere IN 's eS S ~ class Ia 10 M eve
she is under full sail and bearing aown s up9a and
ne ssd 70 ~ MAE hns sthonsh the mist is 50 thick
INA. can yomr glass p nqur-
cd saeSs manly Voice whens turning the Captain
h WIN H. sister had taken passage for home
in this vessel e,r ,,., p,c,,rd could scarcely be
handsom w. M ts and broad shouldered, with
asep round chest irmiy knit limbs good complexion;
spirited exnressiye OF mingled gentle
and resolution ,no now stood by his side,
we're more difficult task.
In her GSe en o. With the sweet dignity Of early
WomanhoSo o''"'
her her n shnlaas her eyes large and Of soft
asa reminded one aazele seeking
with ms sns deco eponSsni
ws sSea wta the
nihcent form, she rivaled the Ienns os aae' ANU
her brother era as n een noticed that he said
soms, av II answered the latter perceived it
young lady, erc too low for Grace to hear, but, &C
c,stnmad w"man.iike. 10 study the expression Of
faces she at once OWNED that something was wrong
Now her curiosity %a n al as s she drew from him
her brotner no pen.e un baa snsnicous look and
wss s donbtless. French privateer or pirate
AS and Enganq 9r wert h ae' foes Il nes
here We're however plenty of muskets cutasse'
mem. and nchard Merton having had experience IL
the american e; ae saVy as Of the shiS
az On the other hand, the Frenchnian probably had
good guns ap t anu nngs craft sink her with few
anfaIn Rand resolved to keep far enough off, If pos
sbIep 20 avoid such catastrophe which, however h,
a h3 h ~ hard and rel possession OF his cargo
wou,d Wish ay 70 eScaimed the mastheader who had
Ay, ay eAo .nr I'M uho was now on deck baf
sighted the stranger, pm, me- idee of ahtl then
PrencSers as they did us good in the revolu
uoh; ,ooree here Tom Crab :" exclaimed the cap
nov, iponee M; had heard what he said
telh VINO peng Innw hut blast me IL won't ruI
you through II you oaek GOWN "h'n '''' Ns"''''
pesns n,a,n :" answered Crab, drawing up his long
serpenne BODY 70 l h nut wauidn in hand agsins
through nan ana n ,Groug, ch o"
''' The IonS Voices drew Merton to the spot
his ~ VI. svS he won't tight" answered Band
ouivering ,n with rage
eeyes apart like pair OF compasses; .if them chaps
pgms sSe Fn nKf aaa' don't liz hand
Ias. rr NE 10 1na vanr cantain - roared Band.
g leave him 70 mel said Merton. gu re an Ainer'
Dean n .us un, n, are one too aintye?"
Il Lam" r.cu,, ., Gao par,or at vour sar
am Tom ofa On t Oh s Stars and Stripes as he i
Ton t Rsn nasty pua1ihs anu p'Np"'" ''1
I'd shnsi from the stranger. now less than mile Off
NJ passed, with whizzns souho' over '"e 'p'"Ae'
I'll French nag at her gaanoye tHI "a
p,aee ONT , nr m1s'eu 'i' "'N'
All right cried nrao ouGkr' a,wavs ready To- faht
waist, That detarnihes me- III away
Merton we nia p"pder rh' Which, being well aimed
.ne aw1 nhe wPSen d,scharged the Frenchman
4 ha ny land now hoping to escape
Il" STEADY 1t that wheel !" = A., cabin v,,tber she
MeanWe Grace M err pr h ,nJ VAS mpon her
her face bowed On her er y e s
20 erilnc CRASH shdaemy o.y ur bcaI ard stri Inp
4ust as large spin,s,r NV p ~, ,r ne ,mants
~ !niii or ~. s ha str, T. nd inst nocked
The mizzen mast ad og i s,de dra1png tie YES
~ piece '"o i"' '7 '
9sl down. ,, o NV o,-a,y IN c,ear I,
a aptan anu s n he enemy Carried bls head of
'YShen announcer pai rum '"' ''i'' ~ 49, -
4 ;fis shoufdcth. u,xa.,x,,s,.ro, ~ said Tom Crab
An unfortunate circums'ahce saa -, o' nd ,ro
tooily, as picking ~ inc Az w ""e" Nv ""' Wv
Feedea 10 Clear ,e s VAS boomIe along as II intend
me i, ~ yesseI smidshns her boons ard
Ing T., strike lne Nessei ,,s .sooa n ~
shrouds awe WIN herce oohis i.,vm - So ~ Ercnca
| uee.h 81. ~, ~ ,,rsa.t ed - r-#
men, as tsey approac ~ ,o.roa tho rrenoh yesze
Beio the nle'h cs -, With he, canvas rafting
when some sixty boarders sprung aooara: IN, pe,ch
nan roahed unonT their foes shouting no quarter"
| nh Tha = ng sim ans crew thirty I'm number, headed
| S., ma,t.s q "a i,e mate fouo lat IKE lions
"!rhe other nartv we're iea a by Young man OF singu
lar hesnty RnciuIy alfred ard by another, tall tel
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