The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-10-12

solicitous care with which they-Kath-
arine chiefly, of course had nursed
MIN through the long and dangerous
illness consequent upon his wound. It
was his interest which had prevented
further Ill treatment of them by the
brutal and tyrannous Dunmore. and.
mad katharine so elected, would have
secured her freedom. She had, how
ever, to Desborough's great delight,
chosen to accompany her father to
England, where he was to be sent as
a prisoner Of high political conse-
Quence.
After waiting many weary days at
the camp of the fugitive and deposed
governor at Gwynn's island, they had
been separated from Desborough and
unceremoniously hustled on board the
frigate Radnor, which was under Or
ders for England. They had stopped
long enough at Norfolk to witness
Dunmore's savage and vindictive &C.
ton in bombarding and burning that
helpless town, and from that point
Katharine lad been enabled to send
her letter to Seymour, through friend
~ American spy, just before taking de-
parture for their long voyage across
the seas. The orders of the Radnor
had been changed at the last moment,
however, and she had been directed to
go in pursuit of Jones and the Ranger.
which it was currently reported had
got to sea from the Delaware bay.
bound for Canada and the Newfound-
land coast.
No vessel being ready for England at
that time, the two prisoners had been
transferred, fortunately for them, to
a small ship bound to the naval sta
ton at Barbados, and thence, after
another weary, dreary wait, had been
sent on board his Britannia majesty's
ship Yarmouth, Captain John Vincent,
bound home for England. The first
lieutenant of this ship happened to be
certain Patrick Michael Philip O'Neal
Drummond, Lord Desborough, son and
heir to the Earl Of Desmond! He con-
graduated himself most heartily upon
his good fortune.
Providence had, then, again thrown
a lover at Katharine's feet. Not that
there was anything unusual in that.
She might not regard it in a providen-
tial light, however, but he at least did
so, and he had intended to improve the
shining hours Of what would be a long
cruise in the close association permit
ted by the confined limits of the ship
to make a final desperate effort to win
the heart which had hitherto So entire
ly eluded him that he could not flatter
himself that he had made the least i'm
preston upon it. His success during
the first three or four days of the
cruise had not been brilliant. She had
been unafectedy glad to see him ap-
parently, and gentle and kind in her
reception-too kind, he thought, with
the circumspection of lover-but that
was all. TO add to his trials, he soon
found himself not without rivals near
er at home than Seymour.
Judging by present results, Washing
ton, if he had a few regiments Of Kath-
arines could carry CONSERVATION to the
whole British army, for the captors
had apparently taken the oath of allie
glance to the captured, and the whole
ships company, from that gruff old
sailor Captain Vincent down through
all the other officers to the impudent
and important little midshipman, were
her devoted slaves.
Early one afternoon in the beginning
Of February the Yarmouth, being un-
der all plain sail, with the wind two or
three points abaft the beam, was bowl
ing along under a fresh breeze about
days sail east Of Martinique. The
weather was perfect, and because of
the low latitude, in spite of the winter
season, there was 40 touch of sharp
ness in the air, which was warm and
delightful. All the necessary drills and
exercises having been concluded earlier
in the day, the whole ships company
was enjoying a period of unusual re-
Taxation and idleness.
Colonel Wilton was standing aft with
Captain Vincent in the shadow of the
spanker. Miss Wilton, with Chloe, her
black maid, behind her chair, was sit
ting near the break of the poop deck.
AOVA1AS 4OA Wdlu Nv several
lieutenants, Desborough being at her
right hand, of course, feeling and look
ing unusually gloomy and morose. One
or two of the Oldest and boldest mid
shipmen were also lingering on the
outskirts of the group, as near to their
divinity as they dared come in the
presence Of their superior officers. The
conversation, happening to turn, as it
frequently did, upon the subject of the
present war between England and the
colonies engaged in rebellion against
the paternal power, was unusually ami
mated.
:'Sail hop foated down from the
foremost head at this moment, and the
Idle ship awOke again.
"Where away?'
Fright ahead, SIR
Holmes and Beauchamp walked for
ward to get look at the stranger, and
the captain and the colonel stepped
across the weather side of the deck.
Chloe was sent below to DrOc,lre q