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and their spirits rose for while, when
they saw the ship come about and try
to beat up the harbor. But their relief
from anxiety was only temporary, for
again the Wanderer tackled and headed
for the open water.
In the midst of the excitementa coach
and four, guarded by number Of horse
men, drew UP before the inn. and from
it, aided by provincial officer, descend
ed stately lady in black.
She was about five and forty, and the
face still retained its nobility OF form,
though lines Of care had seriously
marred q countenance that must once
have been Of SURPRISING loveliness.
The landlord came out and the young
ofi GER addressing him, said:
I desire apartments for the Countess
of Paliton.
The overpowered landlord rubbed his
hands, bowed himself double and was
about to lead the way into the house
when the lady stopped him by asking:
Can you tell me If Lord Pail mean
one Colonel Graham, is stopping here?"
He is, my lady" said the landlord.
And gentleman named Captain
Ralph Denham lives here?"
Yes, my lady, but he is not here now.
He Is in New York."
The lady looked at the landlord sharp
ly, as if going to deny this, but, chang
ing her mind, she motioned for him to
show her the way.
AS the party entered the inn, old
Dinah amazed the crowd by raising
her hands above her head and crying
aloud:
aOh, praise en- bress de Lor. She
lbs, my lady libs!" ,
What do you mean. Dinah?' asked
one Of the bystanders.
Conscious that she had been hasty,
the old woman seized her staff, and
muttered, as she turned away:
II can't talk en- 'splain at de same
time"
The coming Of the coach with its out
riders did not lessen the excitement.
The arrival Of the Countess, her in
quiry for Ralph Denham, and the fact
that she bore striking resemblance to
the young Captain, were talked about
and commented on by those who forgot,
for the moment, the departure Of the
Wanderer.
It was now quite dark, and all the
people in town were on the street;
women wailing for their lost ones, men
armed and anxious to use their weapons,
and frightened children clinging to their
mothers skirts, and wondering what it
all meant.
But the subjects Of talk and ue6aer
we're not yet over. The boys, believing
that they should do something to show
their interest, had lit bontires all along
the street, and by their light the people
saw what appeared to their excited i'm
aginations to be great army entering
the town.
The young people had never seen the
Montauks in war dress. nor heard their
war songs, but the older men reeog-
nized in the sound that struck their ears
one heard in their childhood, and never
forgotten.
The boys, in their excitement, threw
more fuel on the fires, and as the flames
leaped up they flashed on the noble
form OF Untilla. who marched at the
head of her warri ors.
On her head was the plume Of Wyan-
dauch, and in her right hand the silver
tipped spear OF tho mighty chief.
With measured step. two hundred
armed men came down behind her. The
red paint that tinguished their fierce
ancestors in battle they had discarded,
owing to their higher civilization; but
the stirring war song which they shout
ed was the same which the united Mon
tauks and Pequots had sung when they
had repelled in days past the invasion
Of the Narragansetts, or went in their
war canoes to the homes OF their ancient
foes.
Untilla turned neither to the right nor
the left, and paid no attention to the
Balutations that greeted her till she led
her warriors to the shore.
While all this was going on in the
town, Lieutenant Hedges and Valentine
Dayton were not idle on board the Sea
Hawk.
They saw the Wanderer sailing away
with their friends, but they were power
less to prevent an act that filled them
with anxiety.
The moment Fo1's snip disappeared
from the harbor, Lieutenant Hedges
said to Valentine:
Now, my lad, the time for hard work
has come"
And how shall we begin?" asked VAL
entine, who had unlimited confidence in
his uncle's capacity and courage.
1--WE must get these cursed pirates
out of the way-Id like to hang them
at once.
How are we to do it,"
First, how many sets of irons have
we on board?'
Enough to ornament the men sent
from the Wanderer, replied Valentine.
Good! Now have them called in by
fours to the ward room for enrolment.
Disarm them, for the dogs. as you will
bee, are lined with knives and pistols;
then put them in irons, and place a
guard over them" said Mr.. Hedges, his
blue eyes blazing with anger.
The Wanderers men on board the
Sea Hawk were comforting themselves
with the belief that not shade OF sus-
picion attached to them. They expect
ed to be enrolled, as their names were
not yet taken by the officers OF the Sea
Hawk; but they were somewhat aston
ish.d when Mr.. Dayton ordered them
into the ward room by fours.
Those who went smilingly down were
searched and ironed at once, and SO
could not communicate with their mates
on desk.
But even II they had been able to do
30 they could not have made success
full resistance, for the Sea Hawk men
were at their posts, ready to shoot down
the first man who showed sign Of in
subordination.
At length the fifty men, who had e1-
pected to play 80 important part in
the capture Of the Sea Hawk, were all
prisoners in the hold Of the ship, with
armed men to guard them.