The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1920-12-10
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enemy's deck, Coffin tumbled into the
sea. Shouting Revenge Long Tom ~
the lieutenant rushed with his men
upon the foe. 1t was fighting at close
quarters and the issue was In douht
when the drenched ana furious roy
swain emerged from the sea and with
his harpoon pinioned the English can.
tain to his mast. In q few minutes
the Americans were masters of the cut-
ter. Covering In that scene of blood
sfed the victors discovered he crafty
Dillon, who pleaded to be sent off as
hostage. promising to return In person
or to have Griffith delivered in his
stead.
His word OF honor was trusted and
he was sent away with Long Tom He
luckily overheard DilIon's t~reacberous
plot to entrap Barnstable's waiting
party. The resOurceful old seaman
gagged BorrOughcliffe and drove Dill,
Ion, at the point of his harpoon. back
to the waiting schooner. By this time
however, q battery on the cliff brought
down the schOOner's mainmast. She
was driven from her course by heavy
"a The masts were felled and an
chors dropped, but she plunged on like
a bobbing cork in rapids. Barnstable
would have stayed by his ship, but
suddenly Long Tom seized him and
hurled him over the bulwarks. Goods
Will be done. with me-" Coffin cried. |
ABOVE the winds oar DillOn's Iifeless |
body was rolled upon the shore. but !
Long Toms stayed with the sea to |
which he had dedicated his life.
Surprise succeeded surprise at the
abbey. Barnstable marched his ship
wrecked mariners into the building and
they took possession, but they were
Soon made prisoners by the redcoats.
Then them mysterious figure Of the Pilot
appeared st the door and behind him
doomed h marines from the frigate.
Colonel Howard, an unwilling prison
was marched away with Cecilia
and katherine, who could not be down.
cast at the triumph of their lovers.
Captain B~OrroughcIiffe was freed. as
was another inmate Of the abbey, Alice
Ouscombe. She had recognized the
Plot in his disguise when he was first
captured. They had been lovers. but
she was so Staunch in her love for her
king and she so hated bloodshed that
she had broken her trOth to this "Mr.
whom she addressed as John.
She reminded him that did she but
)nce call aloud his true name the
Whole countryside would ring with il.
What that name was is never revealed.
'ut there was but one sea rover who
strike stark terror into all Eng
ish hearts.
On board the frigate repeated con-
erences were held between the cap I!
ain, Griffith and "Mr. Gray" Sud 4.
enl. out of the fog drove a mountain
us ship of the line. The drum beat .
board the frigate, sailors leaped nim- =
ly about the deck, clearing for action.
he women were led below and gradu-
lily order resolved itself out of the /
a o of shouting men. A terrific o q
lied the air as three tiers of guns {
LACED a brOadside from the English r
nip. A few sails and ropes were cut, !.
ut the frigate's sailing power was
ardly affected. One chance ball Im
ruck the captain and hurled him to g
cath. Griffith succeeded to the COM .
and and he was appalled, as he saw /.
frigate hemmed about. To the :
st doomed the great ship of war and Il
r In the northeast the sails of another 3
igate. -
what are we to do?" cried Griffith. i
light them fight them!' shouted the 4
lot. LET me proclaim you name to =
e men," Griffith appealed. But the 81
refused. "Should we come to a i
he said. 81 will give forth the
as a war-cry and these English .
IL quail before It." =
The ship Of war was distanced, but q
e cut off a retreat and the frigate
cad had been REINFORCED by two
hers. The foremost Unanswered with &
) American frigate for position. q
oadsides crashed and they grappled.
e American guns raked her foe and
t her helpless, with useless ropes &
6Ab 1udOlSs III =
* was cleared and as another enc
appeared, Griffith shouted, "Hoist
ay of everything! Fifty men flew F..
upon the spars and white can =
was spread from every mast. The
gate lunged ahead, but 1t could not
strip its rival, and the halt to give 8
tie had enabled the ship Of the line &
draw up. =
hen, for q few ~breathless moments,
Pilot leaped into command. Break
doomed ahead. but he drove the E
sells straight into the shoals, into +
passages where white foam
bled perilously close. The enemy
ed not follow, and when night fell e
suit was hopeless. Z
Olonel Howard, fatally wounded in e
battle, lived long enough to see Ce-
Howard and Katherine Pl0wden
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