The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1876-11-30

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soon prevail, she must lie by till
day."
The young officer turned from the
captain, and again his eyes were
strained to make out the form of the
ship rapidly disappearing among the
prevailing shadows.
Conyngham did not return to his
glass but watched the face Of his
youthful companion.
II am confident that Miss Temple
is aboard the Englishman. he said
ut last.
"Of course she is !" exclaimed tho
Lieutenant with flush Il know
she was on board the Mischief when
it fell into the Meteors s, hands aud
| am satisfied she is prisoner,
"The fairest prize old Guilderoy
has captured in many long day !!
remarked Conyngham, with laugh
at the Lieutemnt's smile, and the
flash that lighted up tho depths Of
his anxious eyes.
The conversation was interrupted
by an unexpected veering of the
wind that paled tho cheeks Of the
numerous watchers on the deck, and
the officers separated.
Now. having learned something
of the Meteor's pursuer, let us re-
turn to the English vessel.
The calm propheSed by the Amer
icau captain fell upon the ocean
shortly after the descent of darkness
1t worried Guilderoy, and he held
frequent consultations with tue Off
GERS, now on deck, now in bis state
room. He held consultation in the
latter place over n bottle Of choice
wine, and under theliquors influence
he soundly cursed the Yankee priva-
teer.
Becalmed on the waters and be-
meath the stars. the Meteor lay like
a huge slumbering leviatlAn Her
lights were hidden, and the spectral
figures that trod her decks convers-
cd in whispers.
In small apartment, not far re-
mote from the council cabin, stood a
beautiful young girl. There was n
look of sorrow in her dark eyes, aud
her face was quito pale She appear
ed to be listening, for her head was
bent toward Guilderoys from which
direction came faint and confused
murmur of voices.
II know that we are becalmed, y
she said to herself in an audible tone,
and know, too, that the officers are
worried about it. The men ! l
know that many of them hate Gull
deroy. Didn't / lear the helmsman
say last night that they would re
fuse to fight for the man who rules
them with a rod of iron, and when
he had spoken thus, didn't he re-
mark to fellow tar that the prison.
ers did not know thoir strength 7
Yes, he did! The men think of mu'
tiny, and the man at the wheel is
now ready to rise against the captain
of this ship. They want leadcr ;
they gnaw in silence tho chain of
tyranny, with which their captain
has bound them. | will spring the
mine will lead tho Meteors
mutineers, and the Revenge may
have our prize"
Adaliue Temple spoke with stern
determination and clenched her
hands.
The observer would have laughed
to think that she had decided to
head body of mutineers-tbat she
a fragil girl of nineteen, had rosolv-
to rob the English navy of one of its
best vessels or to perish in the at
tempt
She left the room with q resolve
well-formed, and steadfast in her de-
termination. Like q spectre she
glided down the darkened corridors
of the vessel, and, at last, climbing
upward with care, reached the deck.
Captain Guilderoy and his leu
tenants were below discussing the
situation over several bottles of wine.
Adaline saw the stars overhead,
and turned her face to the various
points Of the compass without greet
ing breeze that would have pleased
the Bristish captain.
The man at the wheel having
nothing to do seemed to have fallen
asleep, for he started when Adalines 3
hand fell upon bis shoulder, and his
hand made O rapid movement to-
ward his belt when he saw her figure
II want to talk with you," she
said, in o low tone, making no dis
play OF the knife whose hilt she
clutched-a knife like the helmsman's. 8.
IL want to say few words, and are
you going to listen heard you
use mutinous language last night,
and could have you hung at the
yard by speaking to the tyrant Gull
deroy."
He was her man
"You are harboring schemes OF
mutiny at this very moment" she
continued, after q brief pause. ''and
YOU are not alone in the diabolic
work. l will tell the captain before
an hour, it,"
! Adaline paused q moment, and
heard the beating Of the sailors
heart.
lie stared into her face like man
suddenly frighted by ghost. and
she finished her sentence with lips
almost touching his ear.