Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1891-10-01

Suydam's house, resting, sleeping and
rapidly regaining his strength, while she
watched over his safety and fed him.
Parson Ellis went away. Before TAX
ing his departure, he told the fugitive:
81 am over hero on a mission In which
1t may DO Gods will that shall lay down
my life, and, indeed, Thea chance for it
Is 30 great that l set small store by
tho boat that Is moored In tho bay near
the mouth of this creek. II I come of
alive l shall easily find another boat.
This ono you had better take, and, as
| soon as tho moon has set tonight, sail
for New London, where you will be safe.
Go not before, lest you be overhauled on
the sound and recaptured."
II will never be taken alive" answered
Robert, firmly.
"You are a brave man, and I do not
doubt your intent, but we are all In the
hand of God. II you reach New London
safely give tho boat in charge Of Ebenezer
Holden. whom you will easily find And
now, farewell"
Robert feared to remain In the house,
lest he might be surprised by q party Of
the British dragoohs, who, as no was In
formed. were continually securing tho
island. Near nightfall Mistress Suydam
came rushing down to him from the up
per window where sho had long been
sitting, watching that she might note the
approach Of an enemy far Off.
"The dragons arc coming!" she cried
| 10 him.
a dozen of them were coming down
tho road at an easy, swinging trot, with
Capt. Tileston at their head. OF course
the fugitive imagined that they were In
pursuit Of him, but they were not. He
| was supposed to have been drowned and
eaten by the sharks, numbers Of which
| savage creatures wero attracted to the
vicinity of the prison ship by tho prey
| that was either tossed to them or that
voluntarily leaped overheard. The dra-
goons had quite another object than his
capture In their coming. But he thought
only of flight.
lie ran swiftly down the brook, crouch
ing below the line of rank grass that mar
gined its banks, until no reached the bay,
where he plunged In and disappeared.
Day was ended by this time, but the cor
| ly rising moon gave so clear light that
| he did not dare TO attempt reaching tho
| parsons boat, though it was only four or
five rods from where no took to the
water. a couple of tho dragons rode
leisurely down the bay, and there sat
upon their horses, chatting: They were
discussing tho catching Of spies who were
supposed to land there from tho Connec-
ticut or New York shore. Presently Capt
| Tileston, with four moro men, joined
them. They had stopped to search for
rebels in Mistress Suydam's house. The
captain had a plan.
| at Is useless" he said, "for us to at
tempt the capture, upon tho water, OF
those Yankee spies, who have eyes like
hawks by day and owls by night, and
could SEQ us long before we could SEQ
them. We must let them land. AS !
have sharper sight than any of you at
night, will conceal myself In the boat
and watch for them. You will hide in
| yonder clump of woods. When they
land / will signal to you by initiating
the plover's cry, which way to dash TO
fall upon them-oncs for this way, twice
for that-and at the same moment will
seize their boat to cut off their retreat"
| So 1t was arranged. One Of tho dra-
/ goons~ AIDED out TO the parsons little
sail boat and drew her In so that tho cap
tain could step aboard dry shod, after
which he moored her out again. Then
the dragons went away into the woods,
and tho captain lay down In tho boat to
watch and wait for events. Events were
rapidly approaching him that he had no
conception Of.
A big, floating bunch Of sedge grass
drifted out from near the shore toward
the boat, slowly approaching it closer
and closer. At length IL seemed to lodge
against the boat The captain did not
notice 1t. He was looking In the oppo-
site direction. Noiselessly head rose
out of the water behind him-the head
of Robert Jameson-closc by the bunch
Of floating grass. The next moment Ia
long arm reached over the low side of
the boat, and a powerful hand gripped
the captains throat-gripped it with
such ferocious energy that it cut of his
breath, made the world turn black be-
fore him, and seemed to paralyze him.
Before he could make q movement OF
self defense or a sound, O man rolled
into the boat upon him, and selling one
of his big holster pistols that no had laid
beside him, dealt such blow upon his
temple that he was stunned and lay as
still as If dead.
When tho captain recovered his senses
he found himself bound hand and foot
with the anchor rope. His captor had
stepped the mast. The little sail was
bellying full with q favoring southeast
breeze, and the shore was far behind.
The next morning he was turned oyer To
tho military authorities at New London
as prisoner.
Robert Jameson was regarded 0s eette
. Aero In New London, where no prompt
ly re-entered tho service, and fought
braveiy until tho end of the war, in Alb
ner Suydam's company. II. Con
nelly In Frank Leslie
In China ono can always borrow money on
tho strength Of having a son, but nobody
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