Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1909-10-21

III ! can bnt kCop my way Till
night, shall bafIie these hounds
upon my track, /" be said. In pom.
dering over the emergency. "a
j weary day II Is before me, and q
long run till night. Perchance,
may meet some stoutef craft upon
the water, some up liver trader,
whom | may easily master, and
once on q broader deck, / will fght
these landsmeu with All their odds
lagainst me. Or. at the worst,
shall run ashore, II N am pressed
and take to the thtck6t, whore al
least, till day done. 1 may lie con-
cealed, and then hnd nv way to the
| Chapel
| In this perplexIty ofdoabt he still
pursued bis voyage The point
which he had passed momentarily
screened him from the view OF his
pnrsuers; but Ia due time the barges
were again seen acrosss the white
sandy fat, looming 10 twice their
natural size. and seemingly sus.
pended Ia the or, ~ that refrac-
tion which, In certain conditions Of
the atmosphere, IL often observed
upon Q low shore.
They como, they come Heaven
be praised, they gain upon usI" In.
voluntarily calculated Blanche, as
she rose from her scat, and gazed
across the extremity Of the point
Not 10 fast, my merry queen, !"
said Cocklescrafb. f9r the moment
attracted by the lively utterance Of
the maiden; they 6d not gain upon
US, mistress: you will learn pre-.
sently that they must weather the
point by that same circuit which
you may see tracfi by our wake.
Thou wilt be better sailor anon.
Steadily. good lads do not overwork
yourselves; we shall make q long
run Of 10.
''Now, for some milas, the chase
continued with httle diminutIon OF
the space between tlle parties. At
length itbegau 70 be- percepti Bile that
the barges drew nearer TO the object
oftheir pursuit: tho shortened stroke
OF the oar denoted the tagging
strength Of the laborlng buccaneers
whilst tho undated vigor OF the
pursuers showed that the chase was
urged by men enursd TO the toll Of
rowing. Still. there was the energy
OF desperate men ins the force With
which the flying band held on their
way, and Cocklescraft did not yet
abandon the hope OF wearying
a nxu 4 Il a "a ~ - n. ~ hose ..<,,, .,hs,
he fed. Another hour, and the
barges still CROFT n nearer 10 their
lchase. neefh ssE aAlllnees pre-
vailed on board the latter. broken
only by the monotonous dipping oil
the oar and It's dull jar upon the
boat, as the seaman, with unvary.
ing time, turned u In the row lock
and repeated his stroke. Stillnear-
or came the barges and nearer. with
fearful certainty.
"They come within musket shotl"
exclaimed Cocklesoraft. ITO the
land, boysl we must even fight them
on the land. ("
Back your oarsI'' cried out
Dauntrees, from the leading barge:
back, and lay tol'' AT the same
moment be discharged q musket, OF
which the bullet was seen touching
the water, Ia short leaps, immedia-
tely across the bowof the pursued
boat.
A scream from Bridget Coldcale
was, for o moment. the only answer
that reached the ears ofthe Captain.
ITO your feet. mistressl" said
Cocklescrsft, as selling Blanche by
the arm he placed her erect 10 the
boat. Fire OF your peril" was the
reply he now gave 10 the accost OF
his enemy; my crew sail under
the protection Of the Rose OF 81.
Mary's. Have your weapons at
handl" he added. addressing his
men; I'VE must cen leave our
boat, and this precious freight to
these land-rats. and take TO the
wood. You cannot call me cruel,
pretty maiden, for give you up,
| In pure courtesy, TO your friends.
You will remember the Master OF
the Escaliador as o gallant who
would have made you mistress OF as
pretty dowry IS ever won maid.
ems good will, We have had
merry morning Of u, girl, II would
IL had been longer but these churls
behind forbid IL: so, without more
ceremony In the leave aking-for
| | must needs DO 10 haste-fare thee
we'll, grill Even without asking
this favor, l kies your cheek. To
| the shore, ladsiv
AS be spoke, and made good his
word by STOPPING over the maiden
and enforcing her submission to
this token OF his gallantry, the boat
struck the sand, and, In an instant.
leader and crew bad sprung into the
shallow water, and bounded to the
shore, leaving but their wounded
comrade and the maiden with her
faithful companion on board Of the
boat. A hplley was discharged
| from the neartAst barge at the fugi-
tives, but as I've buccaneer, appre
bending this, ad given such d.
rection 10 his retreat as 70 keep the
women In q lIhe between him and
his enemy, tho balls we're thrown
wide OF their mark, and the escap-
| ing crew were soon out OF sight Ia
tbe forest that covered the shore.
Upon the land side &c enterprise
was af0ot Of almost equal excitement
TO that upon the wster. The party
of horsemen that had crossed with
Colonel Talbot 10 ne opposite shore
OF st. Mary's liver, submitting 10