Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1876-05-12

now rushed into the, rigging, and soon salt
he thought it must be the Revenge, tn
terror of those waters. The stranger wa
speedily bearing Town, and, as there wa
no escape, the ladies were overcome will
fear, and fled to the cabin. A shot wal
soon thrown across the bows, and the pas
senger ship lay to. In few moments {
boat from the pnrsuer brought two officers
and a force of men, who leaped upon the
ships deck. One of these officers lmme
diately called for the captain, and asked
! many questions about the ships cargo
owners and destination. He was slight
built young man, apparently twenty-five
with fine, manly countenance, and the all
of a gentleman. When the captain tol6
| him there were ladies in the cabin, he
blushed to the hair, and asked his lieuten-
ant to go and inform them that the pas
sengers were not prisoners, but guests
The lieutenant hung back, saying, Il have
| not confidence enough to speak to them.
Here was predicament-rather strange
one for two sferocious pirates ~ The SUI
perior had at last to go himself, and the
ladies were eased of every fear. The young
est lady, indeed, a bright, beautiful girl
looked admiringly into the handsome
strangers face, and at length asked, with
the most charming 1aivete:
s'Are you really pirate?"
The young officer blushed.
II am captain of an American priva-
teer," said he, land he, trust, cannot be
a pirate.''
She thought so herself as she looked into
the frank eyes.
''Are you captain of the Reyenge?" she
continued.
81 am''
els it possible you are the man repre-
sented to be a bloody and ferocious pirate,
whose chief delight is in scenes of car
nage?"
II am that person of whom these nur-
sery tales are told, whose picture is hung
up to brighten children. I have suffered
much from British prisons and from Brit
ish calumny; but my sufferings will never
make me forget the courtesy due to Ia
dies"
For few days the two vessels kept to-
gether, till the Revenge brought her prize
into port. But these few days were enough
to WIN the young girls heart toward the
captain of the privateer. The good ship
proved to be the richest prize Captain
Conynham ever took, for he had captured
a noble wife.
If Glove laughs at locksmiths," it like
wise ignores politics, and leaps every bar
rier of social and political creeds. The
British in America had souls as suscepti-
bic to woman's love as those of the pa
tr1ots, and many an English soldier with
held his hand from plumber because Of the
spot in his heart kept tender by the mem
DRY of wife OF sweetheart over the sea.
They often, also, succeeded in doing by
love what they could not do by arms and
proclamations. and made many followers
of their fortunes, if not adherents to their
principles.
The failure Of Greene's siege Of Fort
Ninety Six in May, 1851, was owing to the
devotion of planters daughter, whose
lover was in the besieged garrison. She
learned of Rawdon's approach, and found
means of communicating it to her lover in
time to keep the fort from surrendering.
When the British held Long Island, a
fne-looking Highlander succeeded in win
ming the devoted love Of Lena Hewlett
Her parents violently opposed her choice,
but, with that noble unselfshness which is
almost the prerogative of woman, the
young girl determined to leave all and fol-
low him. One day the Highland regiment
received sudden marching orders. AT
night the maiden did not return. Sus-
pecting the cause at once, her father pur-
sued the troops, and, overtaking them,
told his story to the commanding officer.
There was no such woman with the regi-
menJ. AT the fathers request, however,
the troops were drawn up in line; he then
searched every face, and at last discovered
the truant daughter, bearded and clad Tin
tartan array" The whiteness of her skin
betrayed her.
Even the girls of Boston were not proof
against the love of s'the minions of tyr
amy" William Sheaffe was wealthy
and prominent citizen Of this shot bed of
sedition'' at the very time when the vol
cano was gathering its forces for the out
burst. His daughters were remarkable
for their beauty, and the grace and ele-
gance of their manners. With one of the
detachments of British troops sent to
Boston in these troublesome days came an
officer who was the nephew of Lord Pom
sonby. AS the troops disembarked they
were formed directly in front of Mr.. She
affe's residence. The sisters were in the
balcany, watching the brilliant display.
CHANGING to lift his eyes, the young officer,
Capt. Ponsonby Wordsworth, was startled
by the wonderful beauty Of the eldest girl,
Susanna. Turning to another officer, he
exclaimed impressively, ''That girl seals
my fate!" But few days passed ere he
Was.weI advanced in his suit. Her father
would not listen to it for moment; they
pleaded-he was inexorabIe. Then the
young lady, but fifteen years old. determin-
to renounce all for the love Of her lover.
She eloped with him to Rhode Island :
they were married, and soon he took her
home across the sea.
Three authentic tales of love in the
British army surpass, in their beauty of
romance, the widest flights of fiction and
the subtilest weavings Of the poets dream.
At the outbreak of the WAL, Capt. Charles
Ross, whose regiment was then stationed
in a provincial town Of England, was Sc
cretly engaged to a young lady of the
place, whose beauty and abilities won the
highest admiration. But her family had
other plans for the promising girl, and hay
ing bestowed upon her a remarkable edu-