The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1903-09-16

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coasts of the British islands for some
time. Hc had heard of the expected
arrival OF the Baltic fieet I'm these wa
tcrs md had presumed that II would
make Scarborough harbor. Word had
been received from n small trader he
had o~vcrhauled that n large number
of ships had assembled In that harbor,
and I'm order to ascertain whether no
might safely attack them with his
small nondcscrlpt squadron lie had ac-
ccptcd the voluntary services of Lieu
tenant O'Noill, seconded by Gunner
Price oil tho Bon uoinme Richard.
They lad gone OH ahead OF the
squadron in the cutter Alert and had
landed below Scarborough headlnnd
ana ridden on TO Scarborough to ascer-
tain the facts. The Alert was to carry
the news back to Jones, OIL the Rich
ard, farther down the coast, and the
vessels of his squadron were all to as
somblc Il day or two later Mt Brldllng-
ton bay. Il small and unimportant town
with n good harbor within easy reach
Ing distance of the expected prey.
Should the report of the scouts be ia
vorablc they would proceed at once to
attnck The CONVOY.
On their journey to SCARBOROUGH
O'Ncill had asccrtaincd from a pass.
inG countryman that Lord Westbrooke
was still governor of the castle, and he
mt once surmiscd that Lady Elizabeth
Howard would probably be there with
her guardian. Six months more than
the wear he had asked for from her
had elapsed, and many untoward cir
cumstnnccs had prevented him from
carrying out his plan of seeking her,
but she had over been in his heart,
and time and separation had but in
tcnsili"d his passion. The mercurial
lrlShman had been deeply smitten by
the proud English beauty, and the con-
stancy of his devotion evidenced the
depth of the impression she had made
upon Lin.
When Jones had returned with the
Ranger from his first successful cruise,
lie and his officers had bcen feted and
made much of by the French court.
The gallant adventures in which he
had participated len n new charm to
The fascinating personality OF the son
of the old marshal, whose entrce was
already everything that could be de-
sired, and his heart accordingly had
been a target for repeated attacks upon
the part of the bright eyed and fasci-
mating danes of France, but to no
avail had they attempted its capture.
Something of the story Of his devo-
ton had been allowed to leak out,
however, to account for his obduracy,
and they finally understood why he
was SO unusually inscnsible to their
charms. This romance naturally only
added a piquancy to the feminine pur-
suit Of which he was the object, al
though the ladies' sportivc love chase
proved In the end u~navailing. He had
resolved, O'Ncill said, to show the
world that unusual spectacle, q con-
slant Irishman. This was to attempt
the impossible, had been the quick re.
ply, but nevertheless he had accom-
plishcu 1t.
Our Celtic mariner did not resign
from tho American service, however,
not because he cared particularly for
America, for democratic doctrines could
be acceptable to Il follower OF
HE young Stuart, the intimate assoct-
ate OF the young mobiles of France; bur,
primarily, because he saw I'm II renew
cd opportunities to mo and humili-
ntc the stout I|ianovcriun whom he and
his people hated and from whom thoy
had received much harm, and, second
ly, because he was so much attracted
by the strong personality of Paul Jones.
SO great had become his regard for
this wonderful nan that he had even
waived considerations of rank In favor
Of an American, the gallant Richard
Dale, and had consented to serve as