Year: 1859

On the morning which followed these
events, the tender of the British frigate
was standing off and on under easy sail,
close in with Sandy Hook. The wind was
from the southwest and blowing five knot
breeze. The sky was without cloud and
only a gentle undulation lifted the surface
of the oceon. The tender was clipper
built vessel very long and narrow in the
beam and constructed wholly with an
eye to her fast sailing qualities, and she
gave proof of thom 10y Vror-hauling every
thing, She carried amidships long thir-
ty-two FOUNDER, Her crew consisted of
about forty men in the uniform of the
British navy. They were now principally
assembled in the bows or on the windlass,
talking together or watching the shore.
Aft, the officer of the deck, bluff, full
faced young English " MILDLY, Twas loung
ing over the quarter railing smoking a
cigar. The man at the helm had sine
cure of his post, for the vessel skipped
along so easily that she seemed almost to
steer herself.


"Sail, no" cried the look out, from
the heel of the bowsprit.


Where away 2" quickly demanded the
officer.


I'm shore, two forward the beam"


"Ay, ay, | see." answered the MILDLY,
leveling his glass at sloop just stealing
out of the harbor closely hugging the
shore. "It's another Of the Yankee coast
ers A sail in shore, Mr.. Stanley" said he
speaking through the sky light.
Tho liantapopt ctouf Hachy ,,orf vino
visaged John Bull, came on deck and took
sight at the stranger, which was about
league distant.


1t is lumber sloop; but we will bring
her to if she dare to venture out, for we
may get some fresh provisions and vegeta-
bles from her, if nothing more


"Shall put her on the other tack, SIR"


Not yet Keep on as we are, till the
sloop gets an otfing. If we run for her
now, she will take refuge in the harbor p


The sloop stood out half mile, and
then hauling her wind, beat down along
the land. The tender delayed chase until
she had got too far from the entrance of
the harbOr to get back again, and then
putting about, began to make the best of
her way toward the harbor she had left.
Confident in the speed of his own vessel.
the English lieutenant felt satisfied that
the chase was already his, and laughed at
the efforts of the sloop to get away


At length they came near enoug n to see
that her decks were covered with pigs and
poultry.


\ rare haul we shall make this morn
ing said the MILDLY. "Enough chicken
pie for the whole frigate's crew, to say
nothing of the turkeys and roast pigs for
the cabin"


"What a regular slab-sided Yankee
skipper she has at her helm Man and
boy, she has a stout crew !" said the lieu
tenant, laughing. "They look frightened
out Of their senses, rs they begin to think
they are gone for it. Sloop ahoy"'
What do We want?" came across the
water in the strongest nasal Yankeedom.
g want you to heave to, brother Jona-
than


I'D rather not if it's all the same to
you-I'm in nifty hurry Frank y adj
ded the distinguished American officer in
an under tone, "when order you to let
90 the jib, haul it aft as hard as your
strength will let YOU. |, at the same time
will put the helm hard up, so :he sloop
viii pay rapidly off and fall aboard the
tender for I'm determined to fall aboard
her. shall curse your blunders and or
der you to let go; but don't mind me,
/ keep pulling the Ub sheet to windward-
Now, my men," he said, speaking through
the companlon-way, take a good grasp
Of your pistols and cutIasses. When
stamp my foot on the deck over your
heads. throw Oft tha matches aud leap on
deck and follow met