The farmer and mechanic., 1915-06-01

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her cannon and fell dangerously close
TO the speeding free booter
Just as the sloop swept over the bar
Of the inlet, a we'll directed shot from
the cutter hurtied through the air
and burst Immediately over the pilot
house. A fragment OF the bursting
shell struck the pirate captain. killing
him instantly. However his lieutenant
jumped 10 his place and before an
other shot could reach them the yes
sci Slided safely into the quiet waters
OF the sound. The cutter drew too
much water TO get over the bar. so was
forced 20 abandon the chase.
The pirate sloop beat leisureiy
! through the sound and arriving in the
| bay at the mouth of White Oak river
| dropped anchor. Next day they car
| ried the body of their captain ashore
and buried him in the little cove fac
| ing the bay. They walled the grave
with bricks from chimney left stand
ing where a settlers house had burn
ed.
Grave UnforSotten.
Years passed, and the grave of the
silent sleeper. unmolested and appar-
emily forgotten. became overrun with
the wild underground Of the forest.
The honeysuckle and trailing arbutus
. clanbered in rlotous confusion over
i. and around the secluded spot. seeming
the air with ambrosial fragrance. The
cool foliage. musical with birds. form
, ed d bower over the grave. shelter
ing it from the scorching rays of the
sun in summer, and the fierce blasts
Of the winter winds.
, Yacht Steals Into Bay.
Y One evening when the grey slant
Oh, a
< softly over the earth. and the dark
h ling waters of the bay were being
: gently hushed by the caressing hand
s Of night, a small, SnoW-white yacht
, stole quietly into the bay and anchor
= ed noiselessly at the mouth Of the
: little cove. At her masthead the
r. British colors sluggishly waved a sill
y ken courtesy to the perfumed breeze
4 streaming lazily from the short. Or
- her bow was the crest Of an ancient
h house Of the English nobility.
20 At daybreak on the following morn.
ing a boat put off from the yacht ant
: rowed in the direction of the cove
&c Seated in the boat. in addition to tn
,s two sailors at the oars. We're an cid
10 / erly lady and gentleman, and a youn;
al woman whose tear-Stained face am
20 saddened expression, though beautifu
20 in it's melancholy. betOkened som
"a deep sorrow.
IC AFTER IdnOlnS, the gentleman al
- the two sailors began diligently I
~ search for something in the dense un
g dergrOWth which margined the shore
a while the ladies remained in the boa
Presently a shout was heard from tn
shore, and the ladies joined the me
-, who had cleared space around Wha
ad had once been a small mound. 1t wa
| the grave of the pirate captain.
Ashes of Pirate Lifted Out.
" The sailors removed the earth fror
~ the top and exposed a sheet OF lea
which had been fitted over and form
~. ed the cover to the grave. When tn
- rough box containing the ashes
' the One-time pirate was lifted to tf
- surface, the two ladies became hy'
terical with grief, while the old gel
. tleman turned aside and wept in S
lence; for he was the father, and tf
elderly lady was the mother, Of tn
unfortunate youth whom fate Ia
struck down in this wilderness
amongst strangers and thousands
miles from home: and the young Lao
was the betrothed of him that V:
mouldering under the sod Of u
known land.
Two or three settlers of the neig
borhood' came upon them while tn
were engaged in removing the bod
and gave them what assistance tn
could. The strangers seemed to a
precate their help and sympathy. al
gave them a brief outline of the CT
cuInstanceS connected with the Obje
of their quest.
The young man was of noble bir
and had sailed from home as an c
ficer in the British navy. In a ba II
with pirates he was taken prison.
His jolly personality saved him fro
having TO walk the plank, and I
bravery and fearleSsness soon won I
respect and admiration Of the 8
rovers. He was possessed of an a
venturOus spirit and the wild free /
of the buccaneers, with the
chances Of plunder and riches appe;
ed to him. He threw in his lot Wi
the marauding fraternity and SO
was captain of a blood-thirsty crew