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..s' ',9i'eu oy ships than the beau.
tilui harbor into which the Hudson
empties. Aiuusoi'
The Sea Hawk was now on her return
from cruise to the West Indies: an as
the olhcers and most of the crew were
IRON what axe still called The Hamp-
IONS, on Long Island. they hailed with
aellght the first glimpse of the bold
oiue hesdland of Montalk. that told
ttlem they were near the loved ones
ana me delightful land of their birth.
'nder Captain Denham's directions
the Colon al flag Of New York was run
up 10 me iofemast head. and from the
ihlzzen gan the royal ensign OF England
luttered in the breeze.
by this time the strange ship-head-
ing evidently for the same harbor-
came so close that her ba *, we'll mod
usiou nun could be distinctly seen
above the water line.
Inc open potts showed fifteen guns
on SIDE, and by the aid of glasses her
decks coull be seen to swarm warm With Hth
armed men ''
mat ship is a stranger in these
parts, said Captain Denham. address
ing Mr.. Hedges, the first rcer.
Mr.. Hedges was a middle-aped slow.
I -""At "''h % VI Dluh eve and
sturdy figure, such as we ALWAYS as
SO late with the model sailor.
she To- ks to be a stranger" said tho
first officer, with the judicial delibera-
ton that distinguished all his SAVINGS
and il she were foe, l must confess
that she'd be about as ugly u customer
to tackle a, ever came into these
waters"
Strange that she does not show her
col rs, said Valentine Dayton, the sec-
on officer; IF she's friend she needn't
be ashamed of them"
And she isn't ashamed of them. nv
boy, any more than we are. See; there
goes the | Mon Jack to the peak. All.
l feel easier to know she is a friend I"
said Mr., Hedges.
II She were foe she would hoist n
back flag, responded Capt. Denham.
with light laugh, land she would pre-
Ter to Haunt it in the face of a fat mer-
chairman rather than in the beak of tho
Sea Hawk"
Inc men not on duty eagerly watch d
me stately stranger, and they saw in
her whatdelights the sailor heart more
than the most exquisite form can the
eye of an artist.
To make amends for his hardness in
showing his color, the stranger, by way
OF salute, dipped his flag three times.
and the Sea Hawk speedily responded
to the courl esy.
1t is customary for ships at sea to
learn each others names, the ports
from which they sailed and their desi-
nations, by means of flags used as sig
nal, but as the headland of Nontauk
loon,ed out of the sea, and both ships
were making for its eastern extremity.
wi h he chances of their soon anchor
ing side by side, this formality was dis
pensed with
The sun was setting as both ships
now not a half a mile apart, headed
down the bay.
The wind was barely sufficient to
force them through the mirror-like water
at four knot speed.
The scenes on either hand were mex
pressibiy beautiful and animated.
The islands, rising in dark emerald
masses from the lighter green OF the
Sound; the shores, wooded down to the
waters edge; and the forest crown ed
hills mirrored in tho placid expanse
were of indescribable loneliness.
Over the forests the blue lines of
smoke marked the peaceful settlements.
Hei Q and there n white house could
be seen near tho shore with rosy Or
chard in the background, for the season
was spring, the last week of May, when
Nature in our zone is in her loveliest at
tire.
Nor did the two stately ships, with
their clouds OF snowy sail, alone add
an imation to the bay.
On the south shore the long, red ca
noes of the Montauks, then a powerful
tribe of Indians, could be seen darling
back and forth under the impulse of
long paddles, while to the north, in
short punts, the Shinicook braves could
be seen trolling for the bluefish that
had just come into these waters.
Nor were the smaller crafts of the
white settlers wanting.
Like butterflies, graceful yachts
SKINNED over the waters Of the bay, and
as they neared the ships the crews
waved their hats and exchanged CHEEKY
OF welcome and thanks.
At length Shelter Island was passed,
and the Sea Hawk and the stranger,
which had no name visible on stern or
bow, cast anchor few hu bred yards
apart.
CHAPTER III.
ON SHORE.
Away from Long Island the charming
town of Sag Harbor is but little known
to day; yet at the time OF which we
write it aspired to rival New York, and
it hal the advantage Of an earlier set
Element.
Its schools and churches had local
celebrity, and it's sailors were accounted
the most skilful and daring Gil all the
coast.
Tlo r,e;do,oo 90 tho IaadiDp man