The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-05-18


flagship, on the other side.
The canister. chain-shot and langrel
Of the French foe had caused much in
jury to the Ariadne, and her canvas
was in a sore plight. Fifty Of her sea-
men had been killed, and a hundred
and fifty were wounded by the time
she reached the starboard side of the
AQuitaine. She would have lost many
more were it not that her onset de-
mOralized the French gunnerS, While
the cheers of the British sailors aboard
the Beatitude gave confidence to their
mutineer comrades.
On his own deck, Dyck watched the
progress of the battle with the JOY of
a natural fighter. He had carried the
thing to an almost impossible success.
There had only been this in his favor,
that his was an unexpected entrance
a fact which had been worth another
ship at least. He saw his boarderS
struggle for the Aquitaine. He saw
them discharge their pistols, and then
resort to the cutlass and the dagger;
and the marines bringing down their
victims from the maSts of the French
flagship.
Presently he heard the ~savagely
buoyant shouts of the Beatitude men,,
and he realized that, by his coming,
the admiral Of the French fleet had
been obliged to yield up his sword, and
to signal to his ships-such as could
to get away. That half of them sue
ceeded in doing so was due to the fact
that the British fleet had been heavily
handled in the fight, and would have
been defeated had it not been for the
opportune arrival of the Ariadne.
Never, perhaps, in the history Of the
navy, had British ships clamped the
enemy as the Aquitaine was clamped
by the Beatitude and the Ariadne.
Certain it is that no admiral of the
British fleet had ever to perform two
such acts in one day as receiving the
submission of a French admiral and
Offering thanks to the captain Of a
British nan of war whom, while
thanking, he must at once place I'M
der arrest as a mutineer.
What might have CHANGED further to
Dyck's disadvantage can never be
known, because there appeared on the
deck of the Beatitude, as its captain
under the rear admiral, Captain Ivy,
who, five years before, had visited
Dyck and his father at Playmore, and
had gone with them to Dublin.
The admiral had sent word to the
Ariadne for its captain to come to the
Beatitude. When the captains gig
arrived, and q IA in Seaman's
clothes essayed to climb the side Of
the flagship, he was at first prevented.
Captain Ivy, however, Immediately
gave orders for Dyck to be admitted,
but without honors.
On the deck of the Beatitude, Dyck
looked into the eyes of Captain Ivy.
He saluted; but the captain held out
a friendly hand.
you're a mutineer, Calhoun, but
your ship has given us the victory. I'd
like to shake hands with the man
that's done so good a stroke for Eng
land"
A queer smile played about Cal
houn's lips.
"Tve brought the Ariadne back to
the fleet, Captain Ivy. The men have
fought as we'll as men ever did since
Britain had a navy. I've brought her
back to the kings fleet to be par
doned."
"But you must be placed under ar
rest, Calhoun. Those are the orders
that wherever the Ariadne should be
found she should be seized, and that
you should be tried by court-martial."
Dyck nodded.
81 understand. When did you get
word?"
about forty-eight hours ago. The
kings mail came by a fast frigate."
1--WE took our time, but we came
straight from the channel to find this
fleet. At the mouth Of the Thames we
were determined to find it, and to fight
with it-and by good luck so we have
DONE"
LET me take you to the admiral"
said Captain Ivy.
He walked beside Dyck to the adj
miral's cabin.
(To be continued)