Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-08-27


last through his own trumpet. "what
ship is that?"
His Britannia majestys ship Of the
! line Yarmouth, Captain Vincent. Who
are Won? Answer or I will fre!"
The flying boom of the Randolph was
Just pointing past the Yarmouths
quarter, and the two ships were abreast
OF each other. Now, II ever, was the
time for action.
This Is the American Continental
ship Randolph, Captain Seymour
cried the latter through the trumpet
In voice heard in every part OF the
ship of the line.
At least two hearts In the Yarmouth
we're powerfully affected by that an.
nouncement. katharine's leaped With
In her bosom at the sound OF her Low.
er's voice and beat madly while she
reyeled In thought in his close proxim.
ity, and then. as she noticed again the
fearful odds with which he was appar
entity about to contend, her heart sank
into the depths, once more. In one sec.
ond she thrilled with pride. quivered
with love. trembled with despair. he
was there-he was hers-he would be
killed! She gripped the rail hard and
olinehed her teeth to keep from
screaming aloud his name while her
gaze strained out upon his handsome
figure. Pride. love. deatn--an epitome
of human life In that aeeting moment
all were hers!
On the main deck of the frigate the
name carried CONSERVATION to Lieuten.
ant Lord Desborough. So Seymour
was alive again! Was that the end
OF my lords chance? No. JOY! The
rebel was under the guns of the battle.
ship! Never, vowed the lieutenant.
should guns be better served than
those under his command Unless the
. man surrendered. he was doomed So
; he spoke eagerly to his men, bidding
them take good aim and waste no Shot.
never doubling the inevitable ~ sus.
These thoughts took but ,no' Inent.
J, however. Beauchamp, who ba5~done
the talking, now stepped aft to Captain
Vincents side and replied to seymours
I, hail by calling out:
DO you strike. sirs"
Eyes, yes of course that's what we
! came down here for Well strike fast
enough" was the answer.
A broad smile lighted up Captain
Vincent's face. He turned TO the col.
=. onel, laughing. and said with a scarce.
ly yelled sheer:
81 told you they were not up to t.
; The cad! He might have fred one shot
at least for the honor of his, flag, don't
D you see?"
I The colonel with n sinking hear,
Q could not see at ALL Cowardice In Sew.
0 mour. in any officer. was n thing he
Q could not understand. The world
y turned black before Katharine, what,
8 Strike without a blow? Was this her
1 hero? Rather death than n coward,
o In spite of her faith in her lover as
! she heard what appeared to be n pusil.
n Luminous offer of surrender. Desbor.
q ough's chances took A sudden hound
upward, while that gentleman cursed
9 the cowardice of his enemy ana rival.
Q which would deprive him OF a pleasing
o opportunity of blowing hin, out of tho
b water. Most of the men at the differ.
. ent guns relaxed their eager watchful.
ness, while sneers and jeers at the
- Yankee" went up ON all sides.
"Heave to then" continued Beau.
| champ peremptoriIy and with much
disgust "and send a boat aboard"
aye, aye. sir,"
Oh. 1t was true, then; he was going
Ito surrender tamely without
\ Stand by!" There was a note OF
preparation In the words in spite of
Seymour's effort to give them the or.