The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-18

You gave him life. honor. let him be sat
fshed with that. Take love for yourself,
captain
II think I will. Hatfield and So
In short. you mean to carry her off.
do you:''
Yes. that's about it,
Cutting out woman. eh. rather than
a ship?'
Yes. Now that you know the situa-
ton what say you? Will you Join me?"
>."With all my hearth cried the Younger
man: his eyes dancing with excitement,
'ssnd + should like nothing better Cad.
twould be an exploit indeed if we could
succeed. They'd talk about it forever in
the clubs
''Thank YOU. I knew you would. and
we Will succeed or die. my friend re-
sponded Grafton mpetuously, without
considering that the prospect Of dea tn
could not be so inviting to his friend as it
was to himself in case Of failure. But
Hatfield was game.
WELL, he said stretching out his hand
'here's my hand on it. Success to our
enterprise.''
That's good replied Grafton, i'm
mensey relieved. II was sure L could
depend upon you =
Now tell me how YOU propose to get
into the castle if she's there
- think she will surely be there. De
Tor him. and thorough gentleman too
lie picked out the fastest ship in the ba-
sin. You know the French build better
ships THAN we do. He has probably driven
her as hard as we have, and he had sew
eral days start of us. His orders take
MIN to Brest and it's most natural that
! he should take her to the Chateau de
| Josselin, which is her grandfather's cas-
tie. There is an oriel window in the keep
tower overlooking the sea. and there is a
| practicable way of gaining the balcony
surrounding it,
Land he!' came floating down from
over their. heads.
| Where aWay?" cried Hatfield nronont1,,
Broad off the weather bow SIR
! That ought to be Ushant" remarked
Grafton
| Yes. and just where we thought it
would be, off yonder'
Hold on as we are. Hatfield. We will
soon raise it from the deck We must be
making all of ten knots In this ripping
breeze. Do you think she could stand
the mainto' gallant sail?'
Hardly" answered Hatfield, throwing
a glance aloft well. perhaps she might,
but what would be the use of it, captain
| Well be there quickly enough, ANYWAY
Perhaps you are right. But we ought
| to have seen some of Sir Edwards fleet
before this. don't understand it. Aloft.
there" ,"i-. 800 >...'-
"Sir?". .:.~.s :~, ....-. .
DO you see any sails to leeward?'-
No. sir. l...;
'''Or anywhere?'
! No. sir" 49,:
Keep bright lookout for them"
| "Ay, ay.' SIR - -.
He'd hardly be cruising so far off
| shore as this, would he?'' said Hatfield
! You know when he blockades he does if
| closely. They say he's been holding Brest
so tightly closed all summer that a bird
| could not fly in or out of the harbor with
out being noticed
Yes, that's his way, don't know
whether he will be there. or not now
though since it's so late in the season
But let. me tell you, Hatfield, he's
done an unprecedented thing il,
sealing UP the Brest fleet so long. !
think it was old ,Cloudesly Shovel who
said that a man was a fool and ought to
be broke If he kept his ships out in the
Bay OF Biscay after September, and here
it Is the middle of November, and that
war brig we spoke last week said that
he was still there when she left, and lool,
ing as if he were going to stay there all
winter. too" ",'--~-. rs-'.~. @~ 'e-s-l
1 'Yes that's like him. ''~.a-..,,,y-r -e-
Like him! I should say SO; I was a
! REFER on the Devonshire when he knocl<e ed
i L'Etenduere's squadron into a cooked hat
and I've cruised with him since; he wa:
an old friend of my fathers before he
died. used to stop at our house when he
came to Boston, while he was on the
West India station. In fact, I began my
sea service with him. never saw such
a man. He's as swift as a frigate bird
and when he strikes he hits like storm
He never lets so either, and such 8
fighter! He's well named Hawke,
4 think s.,
.'Ay but I very much doubt our run.
ming across him this morning." exclaimed
4 Hatfield. Eve should have seen a frigate
surely by this time if he We're there. 70,
I see, this westerly gale has been BLOWING
! for three days. or maybe longer. and he'll
find it difficult to keep his position Will