The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-30

slipped away under the promontory to 1 windward, and though the Kings ship made chase it was hopeless from the 1 first. In an hour the lugger had disap peared and the cruiser came about and | sailed in the opposite direction down the
 coast.
 The next day the wing-and-Wing ap- peared again and anchored in her former
 position as if nothing had happened. Cap l tain Raoul had prevailed on Ghta to come aboard with her uncle and let him | take her home, and he felt certain that the frigate would not return.
 Capt. Cuffe of the Proserpine was not so easily thrown off the pursuit, how | ever. Calculating that the privateer would not have visited the insignificant harbor without an object, he lay to at the opposite side of the isIauu and sent an officer across to Forty Farrajo. The Englishman arrived in time to see the lugger coming in again, and he lost no time in convincing the authorities that there was no Wing g-and- Wing. Capt. Jack Smith, in the British ser vice.
 
 to Forty Ferrajo with the evening breeze and to look for signals. The signals were set as soon as darkness had fallen, but the lugger's crew were alert. Though they could not see the lights on the heights, they caught sight of lantern that was raised and low cred from the end of the Proserpine's uJ,a
 Two minutes afterward Le Feu-Follet was gliding out of the harbor on the other side, with Ghita and her uncle safely aboard. When daylight brought it's usual calm the privateer lay about four miles to windward of the frigate.
 Raoul paid little further attention to his baffled enemy, for 1t was impos- sible that she could get near him when the breeze started and in the mean time he was quite safe, for 1t would have been madness to send a small boat expedition against him.
 The Englishmen, however, were not idle. boat slipped quietly away from her and entered the harbor. Soon after ward a felucca came out and stood across the bow of the warship. The latter, still flying French colors promptly lowered boats in chase. These soon gained the felucca. which was barely crawling before the wind, that was too light to stir the frigate or even the lugger. The men on the felucca garbed in the striped shirts and caps of Italian sailors. betrayed all signs of alarm and headed straight toward the privateer, as if for protection. The ruse was we'll planned. Had Raoul not been positive that the frigats was British he infallibly would have fallen into the trap by trying to lay the felucca aboard and thus help his countrymen. Ithuel Bolt, however. swore more confidently than before that 1t was the Proserpine.
 Therefore the privateer was prepared for the unmasking, which came as soon as the felucca had drifted near enough to the lugger to shelter the advancing boats. Le Feu-Follets sweeps were run out, she came around and poured five twelve pounders, heavily loaded with canister, full into the smaller vessel. At once the English boats dashed around her bow and stern and made for the luggar A shot from the leading launch brought her | main-yard down by the run. A cheer arose from the on-comng enemy. But even as they came on a breeze started up and Le Feu-Follet spread her wings.
 The English. perceiving that their at- tempt had failed, sheered off. The lugger al.l. trained from firing at the retreating boats. Instead though the frigate was approaching with the freshening breeze, the privateer ran down to the lugger, laid him aboard, and having ascertained that no men were left on her, set her afre. By the time this was done the frigate had come nearly into gunshot, and the fitful | wind died away again, leaving the long sea swell glassy without ripple. For some hours the enemies lay with out motion. There was nothing to do except wait for the evening wind, for the
 British, brave as they were, had no in- tention of sacrificing their men. Sud denly, however, another breeze started. The privateer was ready for it, but so was the frfgate AS Le feu-fOHet ran across her bows to gather way Captain Cuffe knocked his ship round off. For | a moment her broadside bore upon tho fleeing lugger. Every gun of the great
 starboard batteries went of at the in- stant Twenty-two round shot stormed l through the little lugger's dainty rigging. The digger mast was cut in two like reed. The mainmast was cracked. Six shots tore both lug-sails to rags. The iib-stay was cut in two.
 Luckily for the Frenchman, the wind, though strong enough to give the lugger way. had not sufficient power to strain the enfeehled rigging The frigate bore astern, working both bow guns. Raoul kept his ship immediately before her. thus diminishing the danger of shot striking, as the bow guns of the cruiser could not readily shoot straight ahead.
 Crippled as he was Captain Ward dared not stand chase too long, as a fresh breeze would be certain to test his spars with fatal results. He bore off and ran for the mouth of the Colo, knowing that the shoals of that river would make an efrectual bar to the frigate
 'fThere she goes. into the breakers exclaimed Captain Cuffe, when he saw the privateer head straight for rocky promontory and apparently with her bow in the very curl of breaker But she