The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1920-07-30


written six volumes to prove he's as
Eood as lord" An English magazine
Inscribed him as n Ef8iIious brngRnrt,"
"liaF," a "full Jaclxass,7 an tsinsect,"
@grub," and a "reptile." The ENew
Yorker" pleasantly wrote of hint %He
aS proud of Safeguarding as a fish
woman is Of bilIingsgate. 1t ~ as
AaturuI to him as snarItng to a tomcat
nr growing to n bulldog. He has the
aeorn and contempt OF every well in
xormed American"
p N late afternoon of a winters
day, during the American Rev
Olutfon, rakiSh schooner and a
majestic frigate anchored well inside
n little bay on the northeastern coast of
england. A whaleboat drove shore
ward, a young officer scrambled I'D
fhe steep cliffs and few minutes later
a mysterious stranger was transferred
re the frigate's dNck. He answered to
me name Of "Mr, Gray" and was said
sfo be merely pilot, but he was greet
8ed with surprising Difference.
For no ordinary man would these
vessels have ventured so near that
&eoast OF sandbarS and hidden rocks.
The wind was a mere ruffle of air. But
lsthe lncessant mutter Of the long, slow
waves foretold that q storm was
brewing. Ever more fitfully and faint
ny blew the land-breeze; the mutter of
Sfhe waters grew deeper. Only here and
mere did a few stars twinkle between
me fast gathering clouds. 1t was time
~ peat out to open sea, if it were not
even now too late. Men swarmed aIoft
saho hung up the yards; sails fiuttered
8out; the anchor was pulled in; the
lrlgate gathered Roadway Then the
s1aint breeze died. The spread of can
ssas hung useless; the currents drove
the ship shoreward.
With roar the wind came suddenly
from the east. White sprav dashed
prom the bow. Yet the Pilot paced the
quarterback seemingly oblivious to
uanser. But open water was far
|ahead and suddenly from the forecas-
.le came that dreaded cry, Breakers
breakers, dead aheadn The Pilot
snook off his trance of thought. His
S,uers numbered forth, sailors sprang
miner and thither at his bidding, the
algate swung about at his cry of
nold on everything" Tortuously she
PICKED her way through the twisting
enannels, In darkness amid the howl
ings Of the great winds.
She shivered from bow to stern as
hundred men loosed the huge main
SAL The jib was torn free with a
eiasn IKE a lannon's blast, but the big
S"ll neid and the frigate bowed like a
Ecu In the wind. White foam showed
SuNniV upon both sides, but the Pilot
sept the ship. as by a miracle, within
uarro" ribbon of dark water. He
sOok the wheel himself. Time and
sah the frigate seemed to have
aee'ed free from peril; time and again
Sne plunged anew toward a welter of
n,'e water. But she drove ever on
~ u ae last she rode the great waves
VI the open sea.
WI the storm alone had these ships
uared' They were American vessels,
i,.. Hlng about an enemy's coast. This
s n''ie bay had a peculiar fascination
~ TWO young lieutenants aboard, Ed
S Maru Griffith and Richard Barnstable.
WI Iar inland lived Colonel Howard,
u Tory who had fed from America
5 nen the colonists revolted. With him
Tot his niece, Cecilia Howard, be-
0 ECU Dy Griffith, and his ward, Kath-
~ FioWden, .betrothed to Barnsta-
o. e In st. Ruth's abbey fingered, too,
Christopher Dillon, a poor kinsman
An Aious to better his condition by we'd
Inp che wealthy Cecilia. Redcoats
~, ' picturesqueness to the venerable
CDoey Tor small garrison under
waptain Borroughcliffe had been sum-
r aOued by the owner. For aught that
.n knew, John Paul Jones himself
nearby.
,,, "hIte accommodating the next night,
~ mF' Gray" and Griffith were captured,
S SG' Horroughcliffe's drunkenness ena-
o+ them to escape. Griffith was, how
ever Tetaken.
"a. me impetuous Barnstable, fretting
TtlShore with his enormous coxswain.
a nS'g Tom Coffin, had been nearly cut
-, ~ from his schooner by an English