The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-06-28

 eves the men of the cruiser struggled valiantly through the blackness of the short but mighty storm. When the sky brightened again the first ob- feet that met their eyes was the Red Rover, with most of her graceful spars intact. spreading broad canvas and ad- vancing again toward her crippled an- tagonist.
 The intrepid Bignall at once ordered a renewal Of the fight. His broadside was answered by gun after gun as the Red Rover swept across the worship's bow and fired full into that defenseless part of her foe.
 Half a hundred grim forms ieaped on the ships deck. Bignaii met them at the head of his own men and was cut down. Ark forced his way to his dead commander and stood over his dead body. Sailor after sailor fell around him, and he saw with despair that the fight had gone against the Kings men. He was hard beset himself, when a well-known voice said: Stop men! The work is done! Not another blowi"
 It was the rover, with his sword dripping red and one foot placed on the English flag which he had lowered with his own hand. "Captain Heidegger," sair Ark, you
 
 vivors."
 we claim the execution of our lawsI" cried the pirates, seizin@ the | lieutenant and the two sailors who had accompanied him to the Red Rover on his errand.
 soiemnly and hesitstingiy the pirate said:a
 T understand you. They are at your mercy"
 ITO the yardarmr' sried the free booters. ''To the yardarmr" Hurried ly some of them reeved cords from the rigging and passed nooses around the necks of the three victims At this moment Captain Heidegger'n deep voice was heard; Stand of and let the chaplain approach A venerable figure entered the eir- cle. It was that of q naval chaplain who had entered the ship after Ark's departure on his mission.
 What are you doing7' asked a voice behind the rover. He trembled at the sound. The blood left his cheek He turned to face Mrs. wyi- is sealed"
 T offer ransom" said she wildly. General Grayson will gladly pay 1t for the preserver of his daughter"
 The rover turned to his men and asked swiftly: YWill ye take Rold9'
 The sullen, fierce looks of tha man answered him. He turned away with tain:
 Do your of1ce. Tine presses"
 T thank you for the servioe you would have done me-" said Ark. srf you would have me die in peace, prom ise me that these two ladies win be suffered to depart unharmed."
 n promise" said HeideREerI The chaplain approached the black sailor. who was resting on deck. wounded. He bent down. What is this" exclaimed he. pointing to a dog collar with a brass band that encirelsd tn jman's arm.
 That" said the white sailor. ifs a collar that was around the deck of a dog that we found on a sinking shin That was the time that we found young Mir. Ark here. She had been deserted or her people had been washed away, and she was all but under whom we boarded her. And there we found a little boy. We took him back to our ship and Captain Bignali took him in charge and brought him up. He tried to find out something about him, but we don't know the name of the vessel, seeing it was under water when we examined her and there was nothing on deck to tell"
 "Avast with your talkr shouted the gigantic boatswain of the Red Rover. Up with themP'
 Give them another minutel" said the rover sternly, while Mrs. Wyllys press ed forward.
 The collar! The coliarw she cried. What words are on the collar"
 The chaplain stopped and read: sNsp- tune. the property of Paul de Lacey"
 loud cry burst from her lips. She sprang to Ask, pressed him to her heart and sobbed: My son--sny Hon"
 Even the savage freebooters became still. Instinctively they drew back a little and slackened the cords that they had tautened to swing the men to the yard. The rover was quick to seize the occasion. He stepped haughtiiy among them and said:
 "Disperse! My pleasure win be known tomorrow.
 Tn the cabin, splintered by the light Mrs Wyllys told her story. She had been married secretly in her youth to Captain de Lacey of the British Navy. He had fallen in battle soon after by the side of her father, who was then rear admiral.
 Owing to the secrecy of the marriage she had not assumed her husbands name; and when she received news that her infant son had been lost with the ship that was conveying him from the West Indies, where she had left him tetnpoIdFilyt Sne relL no inducement to go through the formality of claiming to enter her husbands family and TO. opening old wounds.
 The sailors circuni stantlal account confirmed everything and left no doubt as to the Identity of Lieutenant Ark.
 The next morning the reunited moth CT and son came on the deck of tho tattered cruiser to fnd the warship and the pirate sailing peacefully side by side, on placid sea, with tho hazy blue outline of land on the horizon ahead, while several merchant vessels sailing unharmed near by showed that the freebooters were not bent on hos t!lity.
 Captain Heldeeger paced the poop of the Red Rover in deep thought for sov- eral hours. Then he ordered his men to assemble on the deck beneath and said.
 Years have united us in a common fortune. If I have been prompt to punish. havo been ready to obey. You cannot charge me with injustice. But the covenant ig now ended. take back my pledge and return you yours. Such was the condition of your ser murmur. I give you all my treasure" He lifted the red flag and displayed a great pile of sacks of gold. ''This was mine." said he. Now 1t Is yours. IL shall be put Into wonder coaster, and you may take 1t where you will. The ship is already mine. All take for my sh'are' Is the prisoners. Dlsperse."
 If the gold had not tempted the free