Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1903-10-30

was by means of causcway and
bridge springinG over a rocky and
otherwise impossible connection be-
tween the cliff and the mainland,
which was sometimes flooded at high
tide
Portions of the castle were in bad
repair or had been dismantled in the
several wars in which it had played a
memora bic part since its erection near
ly 700 years before by n follower OF
William the Conqueror. but n large
part of it was still inhabitable and
had been provided with sufficient
garrison. A heavy water battery.
which had been placed In position dur
| ing the rebellion in 1745, had been re-
Gently strengthened and REINFORCED.
Captain Jones, in the Bon HOmme
Richard. had been cruising around the
coasts of the British islands for some
time He had heard of the expected
arrival of the Baltic fleet in these wa
| tiers and had presumed that it would
make Scarborough harbor. Word had
been received from a small trader he
! had overhauled that a large number
Of ships had assembled in that harbor,
| and in order to ascertain whether he
might safely attack them with his
small nondescript squadron he had &C
cepted the voluntary services of Lieu
tenant O'Neill, seconded by Gunner
Price of the Bon Homme Richard.
They had gone on ahead OF the
squadron In the cutter Alert and had
landed below Scarborough headland
and ridden on to Scarborough to ascer-
tain the facts. The Alert was to carry
the news back to Jones, on the Rich
ard, farther down the coast, and the
vessels Of his squadron were all to as
semble day or two later at Bridling-
ton bay, small and unimportant town
with a good harbor within easy reach
ing distance Of the expected prey.
Should the report Of the scouts be ia
vorable they would proceed at once to
attack the convoy.
On their journey to Scarborough
O'Neill had ascertained from a pass
ing countryman that Lord WestbroOke
was still governor of the castle, and he
at once surmised that Lady Elizabeth
Howard would probably be there with
her guardian. Six months more than
the year he had asked for from her
had elapsed, and many untoward cir
cumstances had prevented him from
carrying out his plan Of seeking her,
but she had ever been In his heart,
and time and separation had but in
tensified his passion. The mercurial
Irishman had been deeply smitten by
the proud English beauty, and the con-
&tancy Of his devotion evidenced the
depth Of the impression she had made
upon him.
| When Jones had returned with the
Ranger from his first successful cruise,
he and his officers had been feted and
made much Of by the French court
| The gallant adventures in which he
had participated lent a new charm to
the fascinating personality Of the SOD
| Of the old marshal, whose entree 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 nc
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 insensible to theii
charms. This romance naturally only
added a piQuancy to the feminine pur.
suit Of which he was the object, al.
though the ladies' sportive love chase
proved IN the end uuavailing. He had
resolved, O'Neill said, to show the
world that unusual spectacle, a con-
slant Irishman. This was to attempt
the impossible, had been the quick re-
ply, but nevertheless he had accom-.
plished It,
Our Celtic mariner did not resign
from the American service, however,
not because he cared particularly for
America, for democratic doctrines could
never be acceptable to a follower OF
the young Stuart, the intimate associ'
ate Of the young mobiles Of France: but
primarily, because he saw In it renew
ed opportunities to annoy and humili.
ate the stout Hanoverian whom he and
his people hated and from whom they
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 man that he had even
waived considerations Of rank in favor
of an American, the gallant Richard
Dale. and had consented to serve a