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CHAPTER XXI.
THE WOMAN BEREFT.


near az they could to the contending
ships. Hatfield had naturally marked
the Torbay. He had seen the loss of
lie These, and had put his ship over
toward the place where she had gone
down As he drew near ne had or
dered ont his boats, and at fearful
risk--for it was most perilous I'M
dertaking 10 launch a boat in such a
sea--he succeeded in saving some 20
people from her crew, among them
being Countess Anne and old Jean
Renaud.
There were neither accommodation,
clothing. nor any other conveniences
for the reception OF half-drowned
woman on the frigate, yet Hatfield had
done his best for her He had given
M his own cabin 10 her and had made
her as comfortable as possible there
in. while he beat ont to sea during
the awful night TO save his ship.
Buckets of sand in which had been
placed heated shot had raised the
temperature Of the cabin. and Anne's
clothing had at last dried on her per-
son in the warm room. She had been
unable to sleep. and with difficulty
partaken of food. Her condition was
indeed deplorablc She had seen her
countrys fleet defeated; her grand
father had been most certainly
drowned, dc Wire and de Kersaint
likewise The ship on which she had
been had gone down, although by
Jean Reuauds action she had been
spared much OF the horror of that
awful scene What had become of her
husband she knew not, consequently
she was filled with grief on the one
hand and apprehension on the other.
Her state of mind. however, was not
quite so bad as that of Grafton. for
he thought that he had lost her. and
she still cherished the hope that she
would be able to rejoin him. If she
were only assured of his safety and
they could be together again in the
end she felt she could bear all the
other hardships and losses, terrible
though they we're
She was ienorant, of course, Of the
wrec,, of the Torbay, as was every
one else on the frigate, and Hatfield,
who had soon discovered her identity
underworld 10 reassure her as TO her
husbands safety But it was with a
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.++on+io, Of Ammo who tnrred ia hin,
-. IN etorod NJ ,bo ror.ine NJ tho
--orho, tr,u,ti,olv eho divinod tho,
so,nothirg had occnrred and she cave
him n, rest until he told her the truth
I, eaomod IN her tho. fate could have
,aid M heavier burdens than those she
b,d already hornn until This last blow
cora she would have fallen Ia the
decl, had NOT hatfield SUMMARIZED her
rIe ondoavorad M course RI comfort
hor hut without success Though the
,rorhav was wrecked they could SO,
that many Of her men remained or
her and sho still held together Il
was ouite likely that Grafton was safe
he ursod. IN which event SHE wou,f
soon seo him
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