Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-11-10

nouncement. Katharine's leaped with
In her bosom at the sound OF her low
er's voice and beat madly while she
reveled In thought I'm his close proxim-
ity, and then, as she noticed again the
fearful odds with which he was appar-
emily about to contend, her heart sank
into the depths once more. In one sec
ond she thrilled with pride, qulyered
with love, trembled with despair. He
was there-he was hers-he would he
killed! She gripped the rail hard and
clirched her teeth TO keep from
screaming aloud his name, while her
gaze strained out upon his handsome
figure. Pride. love. death-an epitome
OF human life in that fieeting m
all were hersi
On the main deck Of the frigate the
name carried CONSERVATION to I.ieuten-
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
he spoke eagerly to his men, bidding
them take good aim and waste no shot.
never doubling the inevitable issue.
These thoughts took but a moment,
however. ~Beauchamp, who had done
the talking, now stepped aft to Captain
vincent's side and replied to Seymour's
hail by calling out:
do you strike, sir?"
"Yes, 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 colo
mel, laughing. and said with a scarcely
yelled sneer.
IL told you they were not up to 1t.
The cad! He might have fired one shot
at least for the honor Of his flag, don't
you seeY
The colonel, with a sinking heart,
could not see at all. Cowardice In Sey-
mour, In any officer, was a thing he
could not understand. The world
turned black before Katharine. What!
Strike without a blow? Was this her
hero? Rather death than a coward!
In spite Of her faith In her lover, as
she heard what appeared to be a pusil-
Luminous offer of surrender, Desbor-
ough's chances tool a sudden bound
upward, while that gentleman cursed
the cowardice Of his enemy and rival,
which would deprive him Of a pleasing
opportunity Of blowing him u of the
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 peremptorily and with much
disgust, land send a boat aboardi"
AYE, aye. sirr
Oh, 1t was true, then; he was going
to surrender tamely without
Stand BY" There was a note of prep
aration In the words In spite Of Sey-
mour's effort to give them the ordinary
intonation Of a commonplace order, a
note which had so much meaning to
Katharine: sensitive ear that her
heart stopped It's beating for a moment
a. she waited for the next word. 1t
came with q roar Of defiance. Back the
main topsail!" But the braces were
kept fast and the unexpected hap
pened. In an instant sheets Of fame
shot put from the muzzles Of the black
guns Of the Randolph, which were Inn
mediately wreathed and shrouded In
clouds Of smoke. At the moment Of
command Seymour had quickly ordered
the helm shifted suddenly, and the
Randolph had swung round so that she
lag at a broad angle of the quarter Of
the Yarmouth. The thunderous roar of
the heavy guns at short range was i'm
mediately followed by the crashing Of
timber al the heavy shot took deadly
effect amid the cheers and yelh and
curses and groans and shrieks Of the
wounded and startled men on the liner,
while three hearty cheers rang out
from the Randolph