Beadle's Half Dime Library (no. 679) (1890 07 29)
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mee enna ca «RT RT et LT TN 1 ally Z ly an uf Fit! ou wi > ‘wy TS é sailtan FN A: DUR Fo /s9 Ni, A) Ay \ SR teal ss eee it a \S a Entered at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., at Second Class Mail Rates. Copyright 1890, by BEADLE AND ADAMS, >» | = Tuly 29, 1890, $2.E0 PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY BEADLE AND ADAMS. Price, No. 679. a Year. No. 98 WILLIAM STREET, NEW YORK. 5 Cents. Vol. XXVIL, the Freebooter’s Legacy. A Romance of Sea Service in 1812, and Companion Story to ** The Wizard Sailor.” BY COLONEL PRENTISS INGRAHAM, AUTHOR OF ‘“‘THE BUCCANEER MIDSHIPMAN,” ‘‘7THE ROYAL MIDDY,” ETC., ETC. CHAPTER I. THE SAILOR’S SECRET, A SCHOONER lay becalmed in the neighbor- hood of the Bahamas, } <— There was not a breath of air, not a ripple A IRIN = _——— ; —— upon the sea, and rolling lazily upon the swell of '“ & SHADOW SHIP AND A SHADOW CREW!” CRIED THE PIRATE IN DISMAY, the ocean the pretty craft, fur she was trim as
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iz . 5 - =. aid = he ae x r, » A ng Pixs +, 7 Ls ree Be) ui The Sea Shadower. well as stanch-looking, rose and fell with the heaving of the deep. f Upon her decks few men were visible, and these, a dozen in number, were grouped forward talking together in low, earnest tones, and with expressions upon their faces which would have alarmed an officer had he been on deck, But all officers, taking advantage of the dead calm, were below at dinner. The schooner was not armed, which was a strange circumstance for that locality of the sea, always the haunt of sea-rovers at the time of which I write, just at the breaking out of the last war with England, in 1812, The craft also did not seem to carry a heavy cargo, looking light as though in ballast, yet having the air of a vessel that might readily be- come dangerous. Tn the cabin sat three officers, the captain and the first and second mates, and an observer would have been at once struck by their youth, for the eldest appeared to be scarcely over twenty-two or three. He was the captain, and yet he wore nothing more than a handsome sailor-suit, as far as any designation of his rank was concerned. His face was a study for an ideal of perfect manly beauty, as was his form for the perfec- tion of manhood, and there was that in his dark, intelligent, daring countenance to win regard and affection. His two mates were handsome, dashing young fellows, with golden hair and blue eyes, and their resemblance to each other showed that they stood in the relationship of brothers, one being some two years older than the other. They also wera dressed in sailor costume, and yet wore no designation of rank. The three officers were armed with cutlass and pistols, and were enjoying their coffee after a hearty dinner. At last the handsome young skipper said, and his voice became serious at once: * Clarence, I do not for a moment blame you for the men you shipped, for I well know that on the eve of war it was bard to secure first-class seamen in Boston; so understand 1 put it just as it is—that these men are going to mutiny | simply because it is in their power to do so, and — . Bahamas, and has been there for years their belief that they can gain a large amount of gold in doing so and getting rid of us.” “But, Captain Sweegan, they believe your story to them of having treasure on board, and so mean to take it,” said Harvey Lynn, the first mate of the schooner. Captain Clifford Sweegan laughed, showing as he did so his even, milk-white teeth. Then he replied: ‘“‘Let me tell you first why I told them that story about my having treasure on board, and coming to the Bahamas, to hide it on an island until I could return in an armed vessel and get it, and hold it with safety. **T asked you, Clarence, to get me this schooner and a crew on a charter for a couple of months, Your brother, Harvey, here, accompanied me on my run to the Kennebec in my little sloop, where I went to lay the keel of a fleet craft whiclf lam to make into an American priva- teer, : ‘* Now I wish to say that neither of you know more of me than that I live in an old haunted house in Overlook Cliff, in the harbor of M——, and where my mother and sister now are, ** Apparently just because we are unknown, have money, und dress to suit our fancy, people at M—— call my mother a sorceress, and me a Wizard Sailor. ‘ **T will not go into the past more than to say that we are what you might call Sea Gypsies, for we have roamed about for years in our little sloop, until we settled at M——; but, some years ago, I was so fortunate as to save a cruiser of the United States from capture by pirates, and enabled her captain to make a very valuable capture in return—for which service he gave me letters that gained for me a berth as a midship- man, to report at will. “7 have never a for duty, but see a chance now to win fame in the coming war, so determined to go in my own vessel as captain, though but a middy, and have her for a pri- vateer. ‘*To pay for my vessel, determined to use a | comes upon my sister Kate and myself. we got it, or anything else about it, I need not tell you, but it is hidden on an island of the and her fa a out, I acy whic nig soe nZ ’ ow “In fact, I was a small boy when I helped to bury the treasure there; but I know it is more than enough to fit out a vessei-of-war, and I _ consider it the best means to put it to. ““My mother and my sister agree with me: and so, after ordering the schooner built, I char- tered this craft, and am going in search of my buried legacy. ‘* Feeling a doubt of these men, I decided to put them to the test before I got the treasure on board, so told them the story I did about having a large sum on board now. ‘* They at once began to show the cloven foot; and, as the one man I trusted among the dozen is true, he has reported that they intend to mu- tiny to-night, seize the schooner and, as they believe, the treasure with it. “‘T shall take the deck to-night, and you, though supposed to have turned in, must be on the watch, and when they make the attack, be on hand to help me, ‘*The man I trust will just make four of us against eleven; but we must give them a sur- prise by being prepared for them, and we can soon thin the number down to nearly even. ‘*Tf we get out of the affair all right, and we must do so, we will then go on to the treasure island and secure what I came after, and before two months we will be afloat as officers of as fleet and well-armed a craft as sails the seas, ‘*Now, Harvey, let me suggest to you and to Clarence to doubly arm yourselves, and keep ready for my call for help, and throw no shot away. ** Don’t kill Caspar Capoul, for he is my spy, and as true as steel, ‘*Now you know my secret, and just why I am going on this cruise to the Bahamas,” and leaving his two young mates very much sur- prised at what they had heard, Clifford Sweegan went on deck to have a look at the ugly faces of his mutinous crew. CHAPTER II. THE MUTINY. THERE was a prospect of a breeze, with the coming on of night, and the men had decided to act—that is, seize the schooner, kill the officers, and divide the treasure they supposed to be on board. ; Clifford Sweegan had acted wisely in stand- ing the result of a mutiny before he had his treasure on board, rather than afterward, If the men believed there were riches in by cabin of the schooner, and mutinied, they would certainly have done so after he had visited the island and taker them on board. : About those same riches the young captain had given.no hint to his two officers as to how he knew that they were there, other than that, asa boy, he had aided in burying them on the island, _ Where they had come from he had said noth- ing. Harvey and Clarence Lynn were the sons of arich Boston shipping merchant, and both of them had had a sea training, and were dashing, whole-souled young men, who would be only too glad to serve their country in the threatening war with England. ° One night, when on a wreck, and after they had given up all hope of life, a sloop had come in sight, run down to their rescue, and at the risk of the lives of the two on board, had saved those on the wreck, there being others besides Harvey Lynn and his brother, There were but two on the little sloop, and they were Clifford Sweegan and his pretty sister a, a young girl only a year or two in her ns, Since then the two young men had been de- voted admirers of Clifford and his sister, yet had wondered at their being so wholly unknown and what mystery ic was that hung over their past lives, while they stood in awe of their mother, a woman about whom there seemed to hang a weird, awe-inspiring something which caused her to be dreaded. When Clifford decided to build and fit out a privateer, paying for her with the money gained from the sale of the treasure then on the Babama Isle, he had thought of Harvey and Clarence as his allies, and while the former had sailed with himself and sister in the little sloop to the Kennebec, to begin the good work of starting his vessel, Clarence hat chartered a small schooner and shipped a crew for the run after the riches. __ ae So it was that Clifford had felt a suspicion that bis crew were not to be trusted and had pnt them to the test, As darkness was creepin breeze began to fill the sails, the young captain called the men to duty and ordered Caspar Capoul, the spy, to take the wheel, the sailor came aft he said in a low tone: “6 Be ready, sir, for they intend to act now. over the sea, anda was ordered to kill you as they cams body.” = 2 ‘All right, Capoul. Just kill the man WS gave you the order instead. I ‘am ready, and my officers await my signal, so we must hold the | ship.” , It's big odds against us, sir, but we can ry. ‘** Why, our first fire will bring their numbers to but two to one, and a rush on our part will quickly even matters so that we need have no fear. When they come aft do you leave the wheel and in the companionway will find a musket, pistol and cutlass, while you already have a pistol, I believe.” 2 ‘* Yes, sir,” and the man could but admire the coolness of his young captain who stood upon the brink of a terrible volcano as it were, ‘““There they come, sir!” he whispered, a mo- ment after, as the eleven men started aft in a group. Clifford passed by the companionway and said quietly: ‘Ready below there!” *“ Ay ay, sir,” came the response of Harvey Lynn. Then turning to the men Clifford called out: ** Well, men, what do you want coming aft here in force?” ** We want your life and your riches, captain, and we'll take them,” was the answer, and the sailor sprung forward drawing a cutlass from beneath his blouse as he did so. But a shot from an unexpected quarter, from Caspar Capoul at the wheel, and the leader of the mutineers dropped dead. At the same instant Clifford Sweegan fired his pistol, a double-barrel weapon, into the crowd, and grasping his cutlass sprung forward and with a mighty sweep of his powerful arm cut down a third man, for one of bis shots had also been fatal. Out of the cabin there sprung Harvey and Clarence Lynn, a pistol in one hand, a cutlass in the other, while Caspar Capoul rushed to where arms had been placed for bim, and fol- lowed in the wake of the two young officers, “Thus in an instant of time three of the mutineers bad fallen, and the others found rush- ing upon them four well-armed men. heir leader was dead, -and they were stunned with surprise, so that the smaller force held the advantage and used it, for they were cool and determined, and they were not to be de- feated. \ Other shots rung out, the cutlasses rung as they struck other blades and boarding-pikes, and — for a minute it seemed doubtful as to which side would win. But Clifford Sweegan was no novice in a com- bat on a vessel’s deck, he had been in scenes of carnage before, and his mad rush carried all before him, ably seconded as he,was by his two officers and the faithful sailor Ca Seeing. that their force of twelve had dwindled, by the desertion of Capoul, the death of four and wounding of three more down to equal numbers, and not one of the schooner’s defenders’ had fallen, the mutineers turned and fled, lustily crying for quarter, One by one they were called aft and ironed, and then the wounded were cared for, As Capoul and Harvey Lynn were also . wounded, though slightly, one of the mutineers was released from his irons and forced to aid in the working of the vessel, which continued on in her search for the Treasure Island. } But after several days as the island was not discovered, the young captain, fearing tornadoes in that latitude, and with the small crew unable to do more than work the vessel, decided to return home, leaving the securing of the treas-— ure to a more fitting time. Thus the schooner was headed northward, and only four men were able to do duty upon her decks, CHAPTER III, | "HE SMUGGLER’S wIFu. mas and leg-of-mutton sail, At the helm sat a Segh now it was pale with m~ | * >. = ' Y ? . , Ale Ae
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oe ‘Y, and old the ve can imbers rt will Ave no ve the find a ready re the upon & mo- na and Wer }s | | the t - vy have met form was slender and graceful, and her fe beautiful, though touchingly sad. Now it was wan and flushed with fever, and she tossed uneasily to and fro, as if in pain. The little skiff was held on its way, except when the girl at the helm left her duty to serve her companion in some way. A basket of provisions was amidships, and a pistol lay upon a seat forward, ‘¢ My sweet young friend, I fear that we are doomed,” said the woman, Opening her eyes af- ter a long silence, and turning them upon the young girl, who promptly answered: “Not a bit of it, for I never give up, and though you are ill, you will soon be well,” ‘* Well, and adrift in a boat at sea—we two.” ‘‘The land cannot be far away, and besides we have a chance of being picked up by some vessel, ‘Oh, itis by no means a hopeless outlook,” and “ young girl’s pluck caused the woman to respond: “Youare brave and hopeful; but I was once }. so too. “When a young girl, left with my dearly loved brother to the guardianship of one whom our parents trusted, [ found him false to us both, for to get our inheritance he forced me into a secret marriage with bim, then took my brother's life, and fearing discovery fled with me from place to place, until he became a smuggler, hiding upon the rocky coast where you were brought.” “Yes, and when I awakened«you to the fact that my kidnappers who brought mo there meant to rob my mother of gold for my ransom, you determined to aid my escape, and we did get away, while you avenged your brother’s eath, and your own cruel treatment at the hands of your brutish husband, by taking his life when he forced you to do so, ‘* We escaped, and we are here now, so do not despair, for you can fiid a home with us, as my mother and brother will gladly welcome you. “Now don’t get blue, Mrs. Henshaw, but keep up a stout heart.” But the brave girl spoke not from her heart, as she saw that each moment the woman’s fever was increasing, and that the prospect ahead was all else than hopeful. As night came on the woman grew delirious, and tossed wildly about until the girl feared she would throw herself from the boat. But, she still held on her course, as best she _ could, hoping to sight land, or at least run into the pathway of some vessels bound into or out of the port of Boston, Two days after, when the dawn came, it re- vealed a storm about to break, and in her despair the young girl saw not, astern, a schooner coming swiftly along in chase. Had she seen the vessel, she would hardly have believed it an escape to be taken on board, for at her peak floated the black flag of the pirate, while her decks were crowded with a motley crew of evil-faced men, She was a handsome schooner, clean-cut, trimly rigged and well armed, and about her “was ap air of man-of-war discipline, When near the little skiff an officer bailed, fair helmswoman was ordered to come alongside, when the schooner lay to and the poor invalid and her girl companion were soon after in the cabin. F The sick woman was made comfortable in one of the state-rooims, which was hastily fitted up for her reception, and the schooner’s surgeon was ordered to take her in charge. After the young girl had rested and made herself more presentable, she again met the cap- tain of the schooner, who thus far had been ex- tremely courteous and kind toward tho two un- fortunates, He was a man of forty-four or five, witha face which long exposure to the sea had bronzed darkly, and waving manes of hair fell upon his shoulders. . A long, dark mustache shaded his mouth, which was cynical and cruel, and his eyes, large and black, had a world of fascination in them. His fine form was clad in an elegant uniform, and his whole appearance of elegance chimed in with the luxury of bis su ndings. * You said your name was Kate Sweegan, and that you recalled having met me before, _, but did not remember when and where, but _ that my face came back to you from the past like an evil dream. pee akan you ven So na —_ ~ scbooner’s n gazed in © face of the youn girl before him, and spoke in 4 strangely soft and tender manner. “i sir, I only feel in my heart that we before; but then, Iam a Sea Gypsy, nal bl jee = he fea Shadower,. and have heen quite a wanderer, young as I am, and so may have met youin some of the ports we have visited.” ** And who are we?” ‘*My mother, my brother Clifford and. my- self,” ‘* Ah! and you are Sea Gypsies?” ‘Yes, sir; so people call us.” “You wander about from port to port, you say? if Yes, sir.” * And why?” ‘* Because mother has so willed it.” “And hows itI find you at sea in an open boat, and with one who is not your mother?” ‘*] was kidnapped from my home, sir, and carried to a rocky cliff to be held prisoner by a smuggler, until my wother paid a large ransom for me, “‘The smuggler had his wife with him, the poor woman now with me, and whom he had robbed and cruelly treated. ‘“*T suggested that she escape with me, and she did so, after having been forced to kill the smuggler to save her own life. ** We put to sea to escape from a smack com- ing to the smuggler’s retreat, and when dawn came were out of sight of land, and* the poor woman was taken ill,and you have saved us from death, for the storm would have swamped us.” “And happy am I to have saved you, for— do you know who the original of this minia- twre is ?” and he handed her a diamond-studded miniature. **Oh, sir, it is my mother!” ‘Yes, and you are my child, for Tam Bazil, the Buccaneer,” was the startling response. CHAPTER IV. A SEA TRAP. A Group of men-of-war boats were upon the sea, far from land, with clouds obscuring ethe skies, a heavy sea running and the prospect of the weather becoming worse and worse. A good ship flying the United States flag, af- ter a hard-fought battle with a powerful foe, had been found to be leaking so badly that her crew, wounded and unharmed, were compelled to take to their boats, as a slim chance of saving their lives, Their gallant commander cheered all by his hopefulness and pluck, and though days had passed, and a storm seemed about to break upon them, though provisions and water were run- ning low, and the men, especially the wounded, began to suffer,Captain Chester Chadwick never lost his nerve or his hope of rescue. ** Sail, ho!” Théd cry caused a thrill to run’ through every man in the little flotilla of boats, and all eyes were turned upon a distant sail. Nearer and nearer it came, and it had changed its course and was heading for them, a fact that caused cheer after cheer to break from the lips of the now happy men. Signaling to his boats to come near, Captain Chadwick said: ‘*Men, yonder craft has a very saucy look, and should she prove to be an English: privateer, or a pirate, then we must carry her by board- ing, and thus we can get a new Vessel. *Look to your arms!” The men knew their captain and obeyed, and reparations were hastily made to carry out is orders, The schooner meanwhile was seen to be under shortened sail, and upon her decks less than half adozen men were visible, while no ports were to be seen, As she drew near, in answer to the flags float- ing at the stern of the boats, she sent up the Stars and Stripes, a fact that brought a cheer from the shipwrecked crew. Half an hour after the schooner hove to and Captain Chadwick and his men were saved. - “ Captain Chadwick! how glad I am, sir,” and the young commander of the schooner step- ped forward and grasped the hand of the ship- wrecked commander, A long glance into the face of the young ca tain of the schooner and Captain Chadwick said: _ "Yes, your face is not one to forget, and though you have grown to manhood since I saw you last, I recall you as the gallant youth who. saved my vessel from the pirates, and led us to attack their retreat and capture it. “You are the young Gypsy Rover, Clifford Sweegan?” “Yes, Captain Chadwick, and happy I am to again be of service to you, sir, and you, your officers and men must look upon my schooner as yourown.” — The captain then presented bis officers, all of ‘smuggler’s whom were given quarters in the cabin, as all the rest of the space on the little schooner would be needed for the four-score rescued men, one- fourth of which number were wounded, **But you were given a midshipman’s war- rant, my young friend,” said Captain Chadwick as the two stood on the deck together, after the officers and men had been placed. “True, sir, and I bold it to-day, with orders to report at will, and I will now tell you why you find me here working this schooner with my two officersand one seaman, with the others in irons,” and Clifford Sweegan told his story, and that be had hoped to pay for his schooner, then building with what he got on the island. ‘Well, you'll get your vessel, never fear, though you could not find your treasure, my young friend,” was the reply of Captain Chad- WICK, Some ten days after the lookout aloft called out: ** Sail ho!” The stranger was soon made out to be an armed schooner, and was seen to be in chase. “We are in a bad fix, Captain Sweegan, without a gun, for that fellow is, I believe, the pirate Bazil,” said Captain Chadwick. The face of the youth cbanged color, flushing crimson, and then turning deadly pale. ~ For some minutes or more he made no reply and then turning to the naval officer said almos evi a I shall capture that pirate, sir, with your aid. . ‘*Command me, for this is your vessel.” ‘** No, no, sir; you do not understand me, ‘*- You say that it is Bazil the Buccaneer?” **T am sure of it.” “He is in chase, and he has a fleet vessel, heavily armed and well manned.” “** He has,” “This schooner is also fleet, and might escape, as night is coming on; but you have some sey- enty-five men on board, counting your officers and wounded men, and I have, with my two officers and faithful seaman Capoul, five more. ‘‘Then there are five more in irons, who, if they will do their duty now, I will pardon. for their mutiny. ‘*We can send all below but a working crew, and when Bazil boards, expecting to capture a merchant craft, we will have just eighty-five well-armed, gallant tars to throw upon him and take his vessel.” “Just like you, my brave boy, so command me and my crew.” **Oh, no, sir, you are to take command.” “Not I,so do not urge it; but I will work your vessel with a small crew, and let you ar- range and lead your fighting force, while I can, with those I have charge of, aid as a reserve.” Thus urged, Clifford Sweegan called to Har- vey and Clarence Lynn, and bade them release the mutineers, if they would aid in defending the schooner, and then come on deck and obey Captain Chad wick’s orders. @ meanwhile called the man-of-war’s crew below and told them his plan, and all were ready for the work to be done. , strong The officers and men, who were glad to obey . their gallant rescuer and the bold plotters to seize the pursuing craft, were then fully armed and stationed in three separate forces in differ- ent parts of the vessel below decks, ready to obey the word of command, while Captain Chadwick, Harvey Lynn, and his brother and the released mutineers worked the schooner, The pursuer was now in full chase, not half a league astern, and as darkness came on she opened fire. > Though pretending to do allin his power to escape, Captain Chadwick had dropped over- board two spars, and towing them, they retard- ed the speed of the flying craft. The fire of the schooner was wild at rst, but soon a good range was obtained, and a shot would cut through the canvas and now and then cut along the decks, but no material damage had been done, and the plucky schooner held on her way. r It was a chase for hours, and not until the pursuer drew near enough to really damage the little schooner did Captain Chadwick come to and say: ‘“* Now, Captain Sweegan, the vessel is in your hands,” : CHAPTER V. THE FREEBOOTER’S LEGACY. WHueEN Bazil the Buccaneer made the assertion © that the beautiful young girl whom he had picked up at sea adrift in a boat with the unfortunate wife was his own * ay be 5 ok — Node le r Pa a
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daughter, he gazed with a strange look—one ne # Lea to fathom—upon the innocent face before im. Kate started at his words, and looked upon his handsome face with a look that seemed to Tread his very soul. At last she said: *¢ T was a little girl taen, when I saw you last, > butI recall your face now perfectly, for my brother has a miniature of you, taken when you were a younger man, and I see that you are Bazil the Buccaneer.” ; he “ And your father.” rite ‘* A pirate father! Have I aught to be proud of?” said Kate, with scorn in look and tone, , The man flinched, and replied: aye ‘“You condemn me, for, as Bazil the Bucca- neer, I am deemed to be a monster, and yet Fea heed not what forced me to become a pirate.” “T judge you from the fact, that under the ise of an honorable man, you won my mother’s ove, for she believed you a commander in the navy of Columbia. ‘*She fled with you and became the wife of he a pirate, and upon the deck over which waved iy the black flag, my brother and I dwelt for Paik: years. He was made by you a buccaneer mid- _shipman, while I was to be reared as the daughter of Bazil the freebooter. Sh ‘But a happy circumstance parted you from gf my mother, my brother and myself, and I feel rt ee only shame now to meet again the man whose Baek name is dreaded as Bazil the Buccaneer and have aang him call me his child.” In vain did the outlaw chief try to hide how deeply her words cut him, for he could but show that he felt them, and keenly. 4 5 After a moment he said: igs Moreh “The happy circumstance which you say se b arated us was that I mistook an armed vessel fh the night for a merchantman, and boarding ber with my crew just as a storm broke, the two craft were torn apart, and while I was left with my men fighting terrible odds for our lives, my ooner with a dozen men left on board of her, your mother, your brother and yourself, drove away before the gale to safety. **T was forced to yield, after most of my men had fallen, and but for the fact that I was aided to escape 1 would have been hanged. “What became of my vessel, my wife and children, I do not to this day know. ‘* Perhaps you can explain?” ‘Yes, your men left on board meant to put your wife and children to death and then rob the schooner of her treasure; but my brother over- es heard the plot, and while they were drunk below rised them there, and we three esca in the life-boat, to land upon an island, where the next night, in a storm, the schooner was driven with her drunken crew. “She became a wreck, and not one of them escaped death.” quickly asked Bazil the ’ : “And the treasure?” eae Buccaneer. Leiass rt The schooner became a perfect wreck, I sai ~ And you were not able to save the treas- “*T was a little child, and my brother not more than in his teens, and the third one of us _-—s Was a woman, as you know, so how could we three save a treasure from a wrecked vessel{? ** Girl, you dodge my question. “T asked you was the treasure on board my schooner saved?” ** Ask my mother.” “ Where is she?” . ‘ oe “That I shall never tell you when I know that _ for long years she had hidden from you, know- u ing of your escape from the yard-arm.” How did you escape from the island?” Pode ** In the life-boat, which brother Clifford man- aged well, for under your training he was a most expert seaman, though but a boy.” 1 ‘And what have the three of you dono -_-Bince?” Pe Sea Gypsies, for we have wandered at will. ** And where is your brother now?” je ‘* His home is with our mother.” - ape And you refuse to tell me where your mother 5 Yes, sir.” ‘ “ Wh ” \ r . “Tf she has hidden from you she has had some cause doubtless, and I will not betray her ipa "Her cause has been to keep me from getting my treasure.” | ‘She surely has no treasure in her keeping, __ nor did she bring from the island more than _ what she took from the schooner when we left _ inthe life-boat.” The Sea Shadower. ** And where is the island where the schooner was wrecked?” **T neither know its latitude or longitude,” ** You mean that you will not tell?’ ‘“*Tf I did I would not tell; but I do not know.” The buccaneer was evidently in ill-humor. He had met more than his match in the girl whom he called his daughter, and, fretted more than he cared to admit, he at last decided to use threats, so said: “T can force you to tell me the truthifI will.” ‘““Therein you do not know me, to believe so, for I am not one to be driven by fear or threats, Captain Bazil,” was the plucky reply. “Very well, I was not in earnest; but I have loved your mother always, and longed to see her once again.” ‘*Perbaps 1 could put it more truthfully, sir, by saying that you love your treasure more and long to find it through her,” The chief muttered an oath between his teeth and turned away. After a short silence he said pleasantly: ‘Well, Kate, you are my child, and as such you shall have a warm place in my heart, and this schooner is,your home as long as you please to remain upon her, you and the one who is now so ill, but whom my surgeon tells me will re- cover, for the crisis has passed, “When she is able to leave the vessel, I will land you both at any point you may designate, and I hope that you may be the cause of visiting your mother and myself once more, for I will gladly give up this life of evil I lead, to havea home and those about me I love.” “Tf I could believe you, I would indeed be glad,” said Kate with some feeling, and the reply came earnestly: ‘**You can believe me,” and the buccaneer turned away and left the cabin, while from his lips came the muttered words: “She shall be made to tell me where her mother is, or her brother, for through them alone can I regain my lost treasure, ‘* Yes, I will break down her spirit and force the truth from her, for she and her brother shall not live in luxury through the legacy which cruel fortune has forced me to leave to them.” CHAPTER VI. A DOVE WITH TALONS, Bazit the Buccaneer certainly did all in his wer tomake the stay on board his vessel of og Mrs. Henshaw, as comfortable as le. He seemed to avoid any action, or the firing of a gun, and besides he made his surgeon devote himself to the care of the invalid, who also had Kate’s good nursing to help her get well, Sate kept out of the way of Bazil all that she could, ) Sher nized his kind acts, and did not wish to anger him, and when asked where he should land them, she named a small port on the coast of North Carolina, wishing to make Bazil be- lieve thereby that her mother dwelt in that neighborhood. As Mrs. Henshaw was still too ill to be re- moved there was nothing for them to do but re- main on the schooner for the present, for that Bazil the Buccaneer intended to force from her the secret of her mother’s hiding-place Kate did not believe. She knew that he was wicked, a pirate, and sought to find his lost treasuré, but that he would be so cruel as to place her in a position where she must tell upon her mother, she had not believed, “ But upon this score she was undeceived when at last Mrs, Henshaw said that she was able to be removed from the schooner to the land, The chief asked the surgeon’s Opinion and he said that there would be no danger in the re- moval. ; Then Bazil told Kate that he wished to havea talk with her. “Mrs, Henshaw saved your life, I believe?” “She saved me from the power of smuge let and just what they want to do with me I do not know,” was the reply. “You are very much attached to her, I be- lieve?” ‘Yes, for she aided me, as I said, to escape, and in doing so she was forced to take the life of her smuggler husband. ‘Then we were adrift together in the little boat, and I have done _all I could to nurse her back to life, and now I am deeply attached to her,” “Well, my child, I have just this to say, and that is, unless you tell me where [ can find my lost treasure, or not knowing, let me know the ‘Mrs. Henshaw shuddered and clung to ‘*Do you mean this outrage?” “ I do,” ‘*Keep me as your prisoner and let her go free,” ** No, I shall retain her on board my vessel.” “*T refuse to tell you then, and I will not leave her here, but remain with her.” ** But you shall do as I say.” Before another reply could be made by Kate Mrs. Henshaw came slowly into the cabin from her state-room. ‘* My cbild, do not yield, but leave me here, and go your way, for life holds for me no- charm,” she said, ‘*No, I will not leave you here and I will not betray my mother’s secret,” ** Sail ho!” The chief seemed not to heed ‘the bail from aloft, until some words uttered by one of his. officers caused him to rise and go on deck, while: he said: “T will see cg Shige girl, pon reaching the deck, a schooner was dis- covered in sight, which the buccaneer lieuten- ant said he believed was a United States Goy- ernment dispatch boat, and he added: “You know, sir, they carry large sums im gold to pay off troops on the Soutbern Coast.” “Yes, and they are fleet as a bird, and have but a small crew, depending upon their speed to. ee a pursuer, “But the Red Sete can catch her,.so put- away in chase under all sail.” So the pirate schooner was crowded with can-- vas and went flying along in chase of the stran— er, which was seen to be’a small, rakish-look- ing craft, that bowled along at a very rapid you soon, and you must yield to ce. The buccaneer craft, however, was very fleet,. and began to pick up her chase at the rate of a quarter of a mile to the hour, and when dark- ness come on was little over a league and a half astern, . So occupied was Captain Bazil in the chase that he had not returned to the cabin, and there sat the two captives, Kate and Mrs, Henshaw, for they were nothing more, wondering what. the result would be of the young girl’s bold. stand against the chief upon his own vessel, ; When the pirate opened fire upon the wae, te who was perfectly cool, and in no way alarmed. Thus the hours d away, the sympathy of Kate and Mrs. Henshaw with the brave little eraft, which still held in under the hot fire of her big pursuer, and yet mustsoon fallaprey to =| her enemy. In the mean time the two vessels were still flying along, the schooner ahead seeming to use every endeavor to escape, while the pursuer was equally as determined to capture her, “That craft has some motive in running on as she does under our hot fire, and I believe we are to capture a valuable prize,” said the lieu- tenant, addressing his chief. “Yes, I hope so; but yearsago I once pur- sued a brig under like circumstances, and found her to be an armed craft, and so I lost my ves- sel, and yery nearly my life.” { “ But yonder craft is not armed, sir.” “No, { made sure of that when I went aloft with my glass this afternoon; itis no dove with © talons, “The brig we saw by night, andshehadher guns hidden under canvas, while, as she ran we certainly supposed her unarmed. larger than my craft. “No, we have a prize sure,” and the chief again turned the chase, now not over aquarter of a mile ahead. Mp As a well-aimed shot now tore along the — decks of the chase, and the pursuer was oa ‘ le, yaw from her course as though for a b fhe little schooner swept up into the windand = y to. Ss Phen sail was taken in rapidly on the pirate, 4 i only, and sweepin ided li helmet on his head, cutlass in one band and p tol in the other, spring on board, “Boarders followme!” he called out as he _ leaped upon the deeks of the chase and the — grapnels were thrown. ng But grapnels were also thrown from the ler sc fore-hateh, ward-room. and cabin burst vg oy) » for she was © in this craft, I am BK is glass upon ner, and at the same instant fapa: iy ‘ and it ¥ perate el And it headed foes, fir cutting Seeins Captair giant’s he was, one wh “s No mine, f and th man W -eall by | | Hens he bh Aa : ; - mre ip sae, og
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r bo Carolinas remains. her go esse,” | ot leave y Kate 1 from a - streams of fire, and three-score muskets poured a Jeaden hail upon the crew of the pirate. At the next instant came the loud command: ‘*Up and at them, American tars!” The surprise, with the withering fire of the Americans, completely stunned the buccaneers, and it was some seconds even before their des- perate chief seemed to gain his nerve, And in this time the tars of the little schooner, headed by Clifford Sweegan, were upon their foes, firing upon them with their pistols and cutting them down with their blades. Seeing that it was death or victory for him, Captain Bazil sprumg to the front and did a giant’s work, fighting like a hero, pirate though lie was, until suddenly he crossed the blade of one who had struggled forward to meet him. ‘‘ Now, Bazil, the Buccaneer, it is your life, or mine, for I have a wronged woman to avenge!” and the young sailor crossed blades with the man whom he kad been taught in boyhood to call by the sacred name of father. CHAPTER VIL. STRANGELY MET. In his own luxuriously-furnished cabin lay Bazil, the Buccaneer, desperately wounded, for his surgeon had said that he must die, In that cabin had been found Kate and Mrs. Henshaw. ‘The story of his sister’s capture and escape had been heard by the gallant young captor of the pirate vessel, and a glad surprise it was for the maiden to find in the victor her own brother. The pirates had fought desperately, under ‘the leadership of their truly brave chief, until he had fallen under the attack of the young sailor, and then with no leader and their ranks decimated they had cried for quarter. **T owe this victory to you, Captain Chad- wick, to you and your brave officers and men,” Clifford had said, earnestly, when the sable en- sign had been hauled down from over the deck of the pirate prize. **My dear boy, we were but instruments in your hands, for we would never have thought of resisting an armed craft, but for you. ‘*No, you won the fight,” replied the captain. ‘‘ With the splendid material I had to work with, sir, and as you are without a vessel I hereby give to you this schooner and her arma- ment, with all on board, so that you are afloat again upon an armed deck,” “Not so fast, my brave young friend, but let me tell you what I will do,” yee. air,” ‘**T will take the vessel as a prize, to be held as such, and the valuation to be paid out in appro- priate portions to you as captain, your officers as lieutenants, and your one faithful man as boatswain, with my officers and men to receive also tneir shares, while I, of course, have com- mand of the schooner in place of the one I lost, and I can ask no more. “As for those mutineers, they get their lives, and no more could they ask, for I believe they would have been glad to turn against us, had they seen the tide set that way. “Now I will go on board of the prize with my crew, excepting those you may need to work your vessel, and the wounded [ will take with me, and the prisoners, so that your sweet sister and her friend need have nothing on your vessel to disturb them. ‘‘When you reach port, should we become separated, send my men to the navy yard in Boston, where I vill go for repairs, ‘On the way to port I will take a careful in- ventory of all the pirates may have on board in the way of booty, the value of which will be put in with that of the schooner and her arma- ment.” As Captain Chadwick was determined to have his way about the disposition of the prize, Clif- ford Sweegan could bat yield, and so stated that the loan of a dozen men would be accepta- ble to him, after his vessel fad been repaired, for she had really suffered under the fire of the pirate. The buccaneer chief had been carried into his own cabin, where Captain Chadwick said that he should remain, and as bis surgeon told him that his wound was fatal, he asked to have Clif- ford Sweegan sent for. he young sailor left Harvey Lynn to look after the repairs upon the schooner, and rowed over in his gig on board the pirate vessel, The chief lay upon a lounge, his head resting npon red silk cushions, which presented a strik. ing contrast to his pale face. ‘Surgeon, T would be alone with this gentle- man,” he said, addressing his own surgeon, who, | SS The Sea Shadower. of all the pirate crew, had been left free from irons to look after the wounded, as only one sur- yeon was with Captain Chadwick’s crew. When alone, Captain’ Bazil said, in a low tone: ‘Well, sir, I shali escape the gallows, but I owe my death-wound to my own son.” ‘*No, you should not have a falsskood upon your lips with Death’s grip upon you.” “What do you mean?” “Tf you die, I will have taken your life, yes; but [ am not your son.” ‘Not my son?” ‘*No more than is Kate your daughter,” “T do not understand you!” ‘Yes, you do, for I will not be cursed by the memory that Iam a pirate’s son, when I know that you are not my father. ‘“* Were you such, bad as you are, I would not deny my parentage. ‘* But I know the whole truth, Captain Bazil, of how you ran off with my mother, forso I will call her, and that she is childless, but adopted two children, a boy and girl, alone found alive on a wreck driven ashore on the Cuban Coast, where , when ashore, you lived, a pretended planter. ‘*- You adopted us as your children, and reared us upon the deck of your pirate craft, I being a buccaneer middy; but a fortunate circumstance divided our lives, and I know now the whole truth, that neither Kate or I are your chil- dren. ‘* Have you more to say to me?” ‘No, for I dare not deny now the truth of your words, “But you will see your mother—my wife.” **T will of course see your wife, but not my mother, for though she has been such to Kate and I, still she is no more our mother than you are our father.” ; ‘Granted, for death is too near me now to argue with you, ** You will see my wife?” <eee *“Then tell her from me that in dying my thoughts were with her, that whenI sink into my grave in the sea depths, [ will it that her miniature goes with me, ‘*And more, both you and she know where my treasure is, the treasure I had upon my wrecked schooner—do you not?” ‘** Granted that I do.” “Then take that, you and Kate, as my legacy, a freebooter’s legacy though it be, for it can never be restored to its rightful owners. ‘* As for the little booty I have on this vessel it will doubtless be divided as prize money.” ‘*Tt has already been arranged for, Captain Bazil.” ‘* But the other is. my legacy to you and Kate, for I know that you will never allow my wife to suffer.” *‘Oh, no, and I accept the legacy, for my sister and myself, and rt pledge you it will be devoted toa good use, thereby washing off she red stain upon it, “Ts there aught that I can dofor you, Captain Bazil?” “Nothing, I thank you; but for the sake of the affection you held for me-in your boyhood when you believed me to be your father, and ere you knew how wicked piracy was, I ask you to grasp my hand in farewell, for I cannot ex- pect you to remain until [ am dead,” ‘No, my duties call me on board my vessel, which was badly cut up by your shots,” “You will win a name, Clifford—Kane, for I will call you by your own name now, for Sweegan wasmy middlename., ‘ Your mother, my wife rather, has a box of papers, taken from the wreck with you, to prove just who you and your sister are—to her say farewell for me, and now good-by,” Lo young sailor grasped his hand and said softly: ‘‘ May Heaven havo mercy upon your soul.” Then he turned away and left the cabin, and a few hours after the two vessels were north- ward bound, Clifford Kane; as I must now call the young sailor, being happy in the grand cap- ture he had made, and that in doing so he had rescued his loved sister and Mrs. Henshaw from an unkown fate, CHAPTER VIIL A CLEVER RUSE, THE surgeon of the pirate schooner of Bazil had reported to Captain Chadwick, after the surrender of the vessel, that he was a pirate by force of circumstances, and not by choice, he having been captured by the buccaneer upon a prize. At that time, fortunately for Hugh Carrol, the surgeon, the services of a man of medicine and surgical knowledge was sadly needed on board the pirate schooner, and he had been glad to escape going into irons by rendering aid to the wounded and sick. Since then no chance of escape had offered, and so the surgeon had remained by force on the buccaneer schooner, As Captain Bazil also vouched for it that the surgeon was not willingly a pirate, Captain Chadwick, who needed the valuable services of the man, gave him charge of his chief anda number of other wounded men, and felt con- fidence in him, ‘* How long do you think be will live} Surgeon Carrol?” asked Captain Chadwick, as the vessel sighted port. ‘Perhaps several days longer, sir; maybe he may go at any moment.” “Tt is a pity to have a man with such a guilty soul die as a brave man, with a wound received in battle, and not at the end of a rope, as he de- serves; but I would not be the one to strike him now he is down, nor utter an unkind word to him. ¥ Care for him all in your power, and there is no need of a guard for him, of course?” ** None, sir.” re And | will see to it that your papers are given you all right, setting you free when we reach port, and I have to thank you itor your kindness to my wounded men, and your sere vices to the wounded pirates as well,” and turn- ing to one of his officers, Captain Chadwick asked if anything had been seen of the little schooner, which had been lost sight of the night before in a gale. ‘* No, sir, we have not had a glimpse of her all the morning,” responded the officer, who had relieved the captain from watch at dawn. It was just sunset when the pirate schooner ran up Boston Bay, saluted the castle as she passed, and iene anchor in a secluded part of the harbor, Then Captain Chadwick went on board the flagship of the squadron then in port, to report the loss of his vessel and the capture of the fa- mous pirate, Bazil, who then lay dying in the cabin of his vessel, while his crew were in irons below decks, The news of the capture of the buccaneer chief, so long a terror on the seas, was received with joy by the commodore, who congratulated Captain Chadwick upon his own escape and his splendid prize, while he said that the gallant young sailor, Clifford, should receive full praise for his most valuabie services, and be recom- mended to promotion to the command of a ves- sel, ashe had shown himself so well capable of holding such a position. 4 Captain Chadwick mentioned to the old com- modore that Clifford already held rank as a mid- shipman, and hoped to soon be afloat in command of a privateer; but the old officer cared nothin for privateer service, and said that the captain young protege must be in the reguiar navy, and he would so present the case to the Govern-_ ment, Then Captain Chad wick returned on board his own vessel, with orders to put her in dock on the morrow and fit her out at once for sea. Ue entered his cabin on tip-toe, not wishing to disturb the wounded buccaneer}; but the surgeon was not there, and a glance at the lounge on which had lain the form of the buccaneer was empty. ** Ah, he has dro off suddenly, as Surgeon Carrol said he mig ; “J will at once report his death to the commo- dore,” and Captain Chadwick returned to the deck and said to the officer on watch: “Dillingham, the buccaneer chief escaped the gallows after all,” ‘Is he dead, sir?” “Certainly; did you not know it?” “No, sir; Surgeon Carrol has not reported the fact to me, and he is in the cabin with him.” “Great Heaven, Dillingham, neither Surgeon Carrol or the buccaneer chief are in the cabin,” “Then they have escaped, Captain Chadwick,” was the startling response, At once the alarm was given, and a search revealed the fact that neither Buccaneer Bazil or his surgeon were.on board the schooner. And more, it was found that they had made their escape out of one of the stern ports, by lowéring themselves into the water by a ro found there made fast to a ringbolt, and h thus swum ashore, for the distance was not over a couple of cables’ length. Upon the table beneatli the lamp, which had been turned down Jow, was a scrap of paper, bearing the address in a bold hand; 4
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op a P "7 *“CAPTAIN CHESTER CHADWICK, Commanding Pirate Prize, ‘* Red Scorpion.” Tearing open the paper Captain Chadwick read alcud: “My Dear Capratn:—Never trust a pirate, for their Jives are made up of deceit. “That clever youth Clifford Kane deceived me by showing me a dove with claws, when 1 expected to capture a merchant craft “ As I saw that all was lost I took advantage of a slight wound to make believe it was fatal, and Sur- geon Hugh Carrol helped me out in the deceit, as he | knew that I hdd a fortune in gems up \n my person, | and I would share with him if he aided me. “He did so most thoroughly, and we leave to- gether with no hope of ever crossing your path again, though I do give you credit for having been most kind to me, a pirate. *“T am at present without a ship, or crew; but I | am not one to despair and you will again hear of ““BAZIL THE BUCCANEER.”’ To say that Captain Chadwick was ina rage | would be to speak mildly, and yet he could blame no one, not even himself, for who would have believed that the chief had been playing so deep a game against death. ¥ An alarm was at once sent out through the | vessels in the harbor and the fleet, but the morn- | ing dawned and no sign of the fugitives could be found. - CHAPTER IX. ‘ THE HOUSE OF MYSTERY. SEPARATED from the pirate prize in the gale | at night, and forced to scud for several hours, Clifford Kane found himself the next day nearer the port of M——, where he had made his home, than Boston, which port he had intended to make, and so he ran for it. It was night when he entered the harbor of M——, and dropped anchor under the shadow of a cliff, around which flowed the waters cf the | bay into the inlet. Upon that cliff stood his home, a small cabin that had a baleful history connected with it, for its former occupants had been murdered one night, by whom no one knew, Seeking the port in their little sloop one day, the strange trio of Sea Gypsies, mother, son aud daughter, bad’made their home in the Overlook Cabin, and a comfortable dwelling-place they, had formed it into. From there Clifford had gone upon his cruise to the Treasure Island, and from there one evening some weeks before, in the gloom of gathering night, Kate had been kidnapped and taken to the retreat of the smugglers, Standing upon the cliff in the moonlight, watching the schooner run in, was a woman of queenly appearance and clad in black. Je It was the wife of Bazil the Buccaneer, she whose life had been so imbittered, and who bad been hiding from her outlaw husband for years, Her strauge costumes, her weird appearance, “had.caused her to become known to the good people of M—— as Salina the Sorceress, and they stood in awe of her, too. \ Now, as she saw the schooner sweep past the town, and head for the inlet, she said aloud: “It is Clifford’s vessel, and he returns to find his sister gone. ** Woe be unto Kenton Carr when I tell Clif- ford that I believe he is the kidnapper of my poor child. ‘* His having gone to sea in a fine armed ves- sel as a privateer captain will not sive him. ‘* Yes, the schooner has dropped anchor and 4 boat is putting off for the shore, so he will soon know all,” She did not descend to the little pier to watch those who landed from the boat, but remained standing upon the cliff, while the voices of those approaching came to her ears, Soon four persons stood before her, One was the tell form of Clifford Kane, an- other was officer Harvey Lynn, the third was Mrs. Henshaw and the fourth was Kate. One glance showed the woman that her kid- napped child was restored to her, and came back under her brotber’s care, and with a glad ery she sprung forward and infolded the young | girl in her arms. Then followed an affectionate greeting for Clifford, for the woman loved the two as though they were her own flesh and blood, and that id knew to the contrary she was not aware of. With her once happy past buried, and Bazil the Buccaneer her husband, she had only those two in the wide world to cling to, and they had become her bheart’s idols. But she greeted Mr:. Henshaw warmly, and also Harvey Lynn, and then all went into the cabin, lamps were lighted and Clifford modestly The Sea Shadower. told the wkole story until the capture of the pirate vessel, when he said: ** And now, mother, I must tell you that the one who picked up the boat of Kate and Mrs, Henshaw at sea was none other than Bazil the Buccaneer. | The woman turned deadly pale, and seemed to | gasp for breath; but at last said in alow, deeply- | moved voice: ‘*You said that the captain of the pirate schooner was mortally wounded?” ** Yes, mother.” ‘** And it was Bazil the Buccaneer?” “Yes, mother.” | ‘**Heknew you, my child?’ and she turned to Kate, who answered softly: **' Yes, mother, he did,” ** And you, Clifford?” ‘“‘T had a talk with him before he died, mother, and 1 have messages from him to you for he said that though he had cruelly wronged you, he had ever loved you, and that when he died your miniature would go down into the sea with him.” ‘* He said this?” ‘* Yes, mother, and more, he left to Kate and 1 the treasure which he said had been lost in his wrecked schooner, and which he said that you, | or I, had in possession. ** He said that this was a freebooter’s legacy to his children.” *© And you—” ‘** Accepted it, and told him that the good use I made of it I hoped would atone for the red stains upon it.” ‘* Well said! but are you sure he was mortally wounded?” **So said the surgeon,” ** He is a cunning man, my son!” ‘Yes, mother, but lies wounded in the cabin ' of his own vessel, which Captain Chadwick has command of,” ‘** Chester Chadwick?” quickly asked the wo- man. ‘* Yes, mother.” ‘*He whose vessel you saved years ago?” ** The same, mother.” ‘Ah me! had I listened to his wooing in the | long ago, and turned from the fascination of that devil Bazil, how different had been my life. * Chester Chadwick was all that was noble as a youth, and he loved me, and yet I listened to the tempter and the fiend, gave up the com- panion of my girlhood for the stranger, the buccaneer,.” She had spoken to herself, seemingly unmind- ful of the presence of others, and then, witha start recovering herself, asked quickly: ‘““And you aresure Bazil the Buccaneer has received his mortal wound, my son?” ‘* Yes mother, so he said, and so all believed, and ere this he may be dead.” ‘* Thank God!” and so vehement, so in earnest were the two words that broke from the wo- man’s lips that all started and could not but feel how bitter had become her hatred for the man whom once she had so dearly loved. And then casting off all other feeling Mrs. Bazil seemed to be anxious to entertain her guest, Mrs. Henshaw, and make her feel at home, and few who saw the little party gather around the supper table that night, would have believed so deep a shadow had fallen upon their lives only a short while before. CHAPTER X. PRIVATEER OR PIRATE, Not very far from where the pirate prize Red Scorpion had dropped anchor, lay a_ vessel pA oF had attracted considerable observation of late, She had been built and fitted out as an Ameri- can privateer, her owner being, it was said, a distinguished naval officer on the retired list, he having lost a leg in the war of the Revolu- tion. He had an elegant home in M——,, overlooking the seaport and town, and lived there in the | Juxury which his riches gave him, with his only child, a daughter, and a wild spendthrift of a nephew whose guardian he was, apd whose in- | heritance he had in his keeping. The commodore, for such was the rank he had held, was a men of great influence, and he | had seen that war between England and the | United States must come, sooner or later, so he | had a trim schooner built, armed and thor- oughly fitted out, it was said to place in com- mand of her Clifford Kane, to whom his daugh- ter, beautiful Creola Carr, and this same wild nephew, Kenton Carr, owed their lives, having capsized one day in a sail-boat near Overlook Cliff, and but for the young sailor promptly springing from the heights and swimming to . their rescue, while he bade his sister to follow in a boat, they would have been drowned. But Clifford Kane was found to be supplied with a vessel, so the commodore had allowed his degenerate nephew, whose real wickedness wag vailed from him, to take command of his schooner, for Kenton Carr had once been in the navy as a youth, and afterward bad been skip- per of several of his uncle’s fine vessels, This vessel now lay at anchor, preparing for sea with a haste which surprised many, for the rumors that war had really begun were just coming in, asin those days, seventy-five years ago, news traveled slowly. The schooner was certainly a beauty, large, stanch, rakish as a yacht, with a vast sail-carry- ing capacity and armed most thoroughly. The commodore, with sarcastic wit, when he knew who was to command ber, bad given her the name of the ‘* Scapegrace,” and there were those professing to understand the exact situ- ation who asserted that the old sailor of seventy- six was willing to lose the schooner if he could get rid of his graceless nephew by so doing, Be that as it may, Kenton Carr was certainly a good sailor and a fearless one, whatever his faults were, and be was fitting his vessel out with a baste that surprised those who did not know the exact situation. Fond of his ease he had made his cabin a charming abiding-place, and upon the after- noon following the arrival of the Red Scorpion in port, he was seated in an easy-chair taking a rest when his first officer entered somewhat hastily. Kenton Carr was certainly a fine-looking man, with a face that had to be closely studied to note the evil inif. He had an indolent air about him, and was in appearance the polished, courtly man of the world, though his dissipations were beginning to tell upon him. The officer who entered was a stout, sailor-like man of forty-five, with intensely red hair and beard, the latter reaching to his belt, His eyes were black, which gave a strange contrast with his red hair, and he looked like a man to do and dare much. Unknown to the good people of M——, the two had been friends for some years, or secret com- panions at least, a fact which would have been, if suspected, another thing against Kenton Carr, for bis comrade, though he called himself an humble fisherman, and dwelt alone in a cot across the inlet from Overlook Cliff, the home of the sorceress and her children, was suspected of being a smuggler. ; Whether his deeds ip the past, or bis red locks, had gained him the name, no one seemed to know; but to the people of M—— he was known as Red Ralph Rogers. Nor did the good townspeople suspect for an instant, or the old commodore either, ,when Kenton Carr went to Boston to take command of the schooner, that Red Ralph Rogers had preceded him and was to be an officer on board the privateer. Pare Had they known this, it would have given them further food for thought. Now as Red Ralph entered the cabin, Kenton Carr asked, hastily: “ What is it, Ralph?” ‘‘ Enough for cause of worry, captain, for you noticed the pretty armed schooner that lay up above us this morning?” “ Yes, and she is as pretty as the Scape- race,’ “Well, she ought to be, for sbe is the Red Scorpion, Bazil’s craft.” “No! not the craft of Bazil the Buccaneer?” ©Yos.” ** Captured?” ** She was.” * And be?” ‘Was supposed to be mortally wounded, and last night when the schooner dropped anchor in port he slipped out of the stern ports.” “ And escaped?” \ ‘¢ Of course, for he is just the man to do it? “Tt seéms that the surgeon on his vessel played the pressed-into-piracy dodge, so he helped bim, and they got away together. ‘Well, he will again be heard of afloat; but who captured him?” ae yt “There’s the story, and it is cause for anxiety.” ** How so?” . “Well, Captain Chadwick, it seems, got into a battle with a British sloop-of-war, and though badly crippled, escaped. “‘ But his vessel was so bard hit he had to de- sert her und take to his boats, and they were picked up by that young Wizard Sailor, the son of the Witch of Overlook, for you remember he ~ a2 f A Wits a te Aan ; sal ay Jf Ape ka eye Sit aR ag ~—.) } Bites hel Sar Sate Piyeen- ies A ad .
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ollow plied od his 3 Wag f his n the skip- : v * having built and armed up in cruise?” **'Yes; but what else?” “ Tt’s soon told, for Bazil sighted the schooner, felt sure of a prize, so gave chase, aud the Wizard Sailor, with Captain Chacwick’s crew on board, seta trap for him, and simply Bazil fell into it.” “The deuce!” Bae “Yes; and the town is ringing the praises of the Wizard Sailor.” ‘Ts he here?” asked Kenton Carr, hastily. ‘*No; in a gale his schooner got separated from the prize, but he is expected every minute; but this is not all.” ‘* More still?” ¥ ** Yes; for you remember when we found the girl had escaped from Smugglers’ Retreat, and discoyered Henshaw dead and bis’ wife gone?” Of course I remember it, for was I not with ou? ‘Well, we suspected the sorceress had aided her daughter to escape in some way; but the irl did it herself, and took Henshaw’s wife with er. “They were blown out to sea in their little boat, and were picked up by Bazil.” “ No?’ ‘Yes: and so the young Wizard Sailor res- cued his sister—do you seo?” * Yes, curse it! of course I see, for I am not blind.” “Now the girl has been told by Henshaw’s wife, who proved traitor to him evidently, just who her kidnappers are, and when her brother comes in and finds you are to command the pri- vateer, why, this craft will never go to sea, and it will surprise me if you and I do not make the acquaintance of a rope’s end, for that youth is a hero now, and can do as he pleases, you know,” ‘“* By Heaven! you are right. “Quick! get the men aboard that are wait- ing, and we'll sail within two hours, for it will debe do to have him come in and catch us ere, can get away.” “Yes, for as you say it will not do to be ‘They are pirates—Bazil’s men, in fact, and they are to be put on board a coaster and sent to the New York prison to-night, and they would make milena fellows for us.’ “ Pirates! I should think so, Red Ralph, the very men, and we must have them,” was the decided answer of the young privateer captain, : CHAPTER XI. AT HOME. | Tue pretty little seaport town of M—— was greatly excited and elated, for honor had fallen upon two of its citizens, In the first place Kenton Carr, a man whom everybody had regarded as a reckless spend- thrift, had been one of the first to carry an American privateer to sea, aod great things were expected of the fine craft, and the Commo- dore was congratulated upon the regeneration of his wild nephew, who had shown such an * intense desire to get out upon the ocean to fight the British. Then Red Ralph Rogers had disappeared from his accustomed haunts, a fact that the good people of M——- looked upon with evident cause of congratulation. Another citizen, known as the Wizard Sailor, and who as the son of Salina, the Sorceress, had _been looked upon with considerable awe, had gone off on a coasting cruise in a small schooner, and had saved the lives of a shipwrecked cruis- er’s crew, who were found in their boats at sea. With these he had cleverly deceived Bazil, the Buccaneer, into his being a nerchant craft, and renowned pirate, his vessel and his men. And more, be had rescued his sister, and an- other lady captive who were on board Bazil’s vessel, having been kidnapped by the bucca- neer, _ For his services, it was said, that he was to be made a naval officer by the Government, and : - Would soon go to sea in command of hts own essel, which at his personal papenee he was aine, _ The captured pirate schooner he had gen- or turned PB a0 to the Government, it was Such were the rumors flying about M—— a _ few days after the arrival of Clifford Kane in _ port in his shot-torn schooner. aad gone off on a chartered schooner on a ————— es —— es oe “Se ig : iy t r oa aes a i r f The Sea Shadower. The next day the little sloop belonging to the young Wizard Sailor had been seen to go out to sea, with a dozen seamen on board, and it was learned that Clifford Kane had sent bis officers, and the men loaned by the cruiser’s captain, to aid him work the schooner into port, to Boston, to await bis coming. It was also known that the Wizard Sailor was shipping a crew right from M——, securing the best young men and sailors in the port, and that when he received his full complement he would sail in the little schooner for the place where his own vessel was then being fitted out. Under all these rumors the town of M—— was almost wild.-with delight, and the mother, son and daughter, who had so long been regarded as a mysterious trio, and looked upon with awe, were now regarded as shining lights in the com- munity, And these stories quickly found the way to an elegant old mansion below the town, situated upon a lofty hill, and with grounds sloping down to the waters of the harbor. This was Harborage Hall, the home of the old sailor, Commodore Carr, and his beautiful daughter, Creola, They heard of the coming into port of a strange schooner, and soon after that Clifford had been the commander. Not a word had the young sailor said of his cruise, or his exploits, but the news quickly came in from Boston, telling the whole story. Then the Commodore and Creola had gotten into the family carriage, and driven away to Overlook Cliff. Since his daughter and nephew had been saved by the prompt courage of Clifford, and his sister’s aid, there had been a warm spot in the commodore’s heart for all of the mysterious trio at Overlook Cliff, What feeling had been in the heart of his lovely daughter she wisely kept concealed, for Clifford was but a poor sailor, an unknown waif as it were, who called himself in truth a Sea Gypsy. The commodore and Creola found at Overlook Cabin the mother, her son and daughter and Mrs. Henshaw, for the sloop had already sailed for Boston with Harvey and Clarence Lynn on board, and the sailors loaned by Captain Chadwick. The schooner was anchored under the cliff, in the inlet, with the five mutineers on board, who had expressed an earnest desire to'serve un- der the young captain, and there were also on the vessel half a dozen young seamen of the town, whom Clifford had already shipped for his privateering cruise. The commodore and Creola were warmly welcomed by all, and Kate was congratulated upon her rescue, when her story was told, and the old sailor spoke warm words of praise for Clifford on his daring exploits at sea. But not a word was said to show that Bazil the Buccaneer had ever been known before to the trio of Overlook. That was a secret to be kept, Captain Chad- wick alone knowing the true story. In regard to her having been kidnapped, Kate had said that a strange man, evidently wearing a false beard and wiz, had come to the cabin one afternoon, with a professed message from her brother, and thus had allayed any suspicion of harm, ‘ He had seized her unawares, bound and gag- ged ber, after which be had carried her to his boat and rowed away in the darkness down the harbor, passing her mother in her skiff, return- ing with her Saturday evening purchases from |. the town. ; Out in the offing the skiff had been met by a smack, into the cabin of which she had been placed, and the little craft had run to a desolate, rocky point where the smugglers had a retreat. There she had been left under the care of a smuggler, who also had another captive there, Mrs, Henshaw, whose sad story Kate would not ‘* And you have no idea who your kidnappers were?” asked the commodore. ; “They were both disguised, sir, so that I Could not see their faces,” was the evasive reply. “And their motive?” asked the commodore who had not noted the evasive reply. ‘To force my mother to pay @ large ransom for me, sir,” “Ah, yes; and I am only sorry that your brave brother here cannot capture and hang the villains,” the commodore said, and then came Kate’s significant reply: ‘‘He may, some time, sir.” It was not very hard to get Mrs. Henshaw to consent to remain at Overlook, and Clifford was glad to have her with bis mother and sister while he was away, and he urged them to take a house in the town for better security. But this Mrs, Sweegan, for she had taken her pirate husband’s middle name, would not listen to, preferring to remain in the isolated cottage upon the cliff. So it was that Clifford sailed away in the little schooner, after two weeks’ stay at home, carry- ing with him three-score gallant young seamen from M——, who were glad to follow the lead of the young *‘Sea Wizard,” and after putting into Boston port for his two gallant officers, Harvey and Clarence Lynn, and the good men and true they had shipped for him, he would head for the Kennebec, where ais vessel would be ready for him to hoist the Stars and Stripes above her decks. CHAPTER XII. THE CAPTAIN’S MASTER. TERRIBLY anxious at what he had heard from his first officer, for so Red Ralph considered his position on board the schooner, Kenton Carr was vexed at the delay of the men coming off, so that he might set sail. He kepta man aloft, watching the channel out to sea for any incoming vessel, and was de- termined to get up anchor the moment the echooner of Clifford Kane was reported in sight. He would leave Red Ralph and his men ashore, for he could not afford to take the chances of losing his vessel and getting into trouble himself. He well knew that if Kate had recognized him as her kidnapper, and her brother knew the fact, he would have his papers revoked at once by the commodore in charge of the squadron in those seas, and more, he would be brought to face the angry brother who was known to bea very dangerous foe, 3ut at last the boats were seen coming off with the extra stores and men, and Red Ralph soon stepped on deck. . ‘The schooner is not in sight,” said Red. Ralph. ‘No, and it is well for you she is not, for [ should have gone to sea the moment she was re- ported.” ** And left me and the men?” ‘Yes, for I would have left some one to tell you where to come and join me; but self-preser- vation is the first law of nature, you know.” ‘* Yes, captain, and it is the Jaw Lam acting on: but it would have hardly done for you to desert me, ** Now when do you sail?” * At once.” ‘Then I shall go on deck and give the neces- sary orders?” ‘* No, Red Ralph—” ** Hold! my name is Ralph Rogers now, cap-" tain.” ‘* Well, I must tell you frankly that it will not do to make you my first officer, for there are men aboard who know you as Red Ralph the Smuggler.” ‘What do I care?” “But I care; 1 will, however, make you my boatswain.” “Captain Kenton Carr, Privateersman, I thought you knew me better than attempt to play a deep game upon me,” ** What do you mean?” : ‘“‘T mean simply that while dwelling on Pine Point at M——, I was supposed to be a fisher- man, while in reality I was secret chief of a band of smugglers. “One night, when I was playing the gentle- man in Boston, I saw you lose far beyond your ability to pay, at a gambling den, and I helped you out. ; ‘* More, we became allies in smuggling, and no one ever suspected the nephew of Commodore Kenton when he was,cruising in his yacht, of runving in smuggled booty.” “Why recall this?” “You went beyond your means, you secretly hypothecated your fortune, held for you by Seg uncle, and you got large sums from smug- gling. ; “Then, recognizing the Sorceress of Overlook Cliff as the wife of Bazil the Buccaneer, whose lieutenant I once was, I told you how we could kidnap the girl and makea large sum in ransom, for the woman must have pirate treasure hidden away. 7 ‘You kidnapped ber and our little game failed, so the girl comes back with her brother and knows who were her kidnappers. \ “T also know that your cousin Creola refused. you, and to get her irane you upset her pur- posely that day off Overlook. ‘But you very nearly got drowned yourself, ©
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7 at SS 25a ee Pry - 8 —_- Pa The Sea Shadower. and but for the young Wizard Sailor both of you would have been drowned. ** Her death would have killed her old father, and you would have been heir to all the Carr estates. “ Now, as a last venture, you have this schooner, and when we talked it over I told you I was to be first luff. ‘* Now, as one time naval officer, a gentleman born gone to the bad, as a pirate lieutenant and experienced as a coaster, there is no better man on a ship’s deck than I am, though I do say so, ‘* Now you are ready for sea, and you coolly tell me that you will make me boatswain.” ‘* Well, after all this talk, what are you going to do about it?” ‘Simply tell you that Iam to be your first officer, or 1 will proclaim myself captain, and as I shipped every man on board this schooner they will obey me, not you. ** Now, Kenton Carr, what do you say?” **T am wholly in your power, so must yield.” **-You should have done so gracefully and not forced me to make you yield under threats, for, I swear to you, if I had to hang myself, I would let them have me, if in no other way I could send you to the gallows, did you play me false. * You own the schooner, or your uncle does, and have a right to command her; but I havearight | to claim the berth of first officer, and you will find that my varied experience will help you.” *T do not doubt that, Ralpb.” “As boatswain I certainly could not share the cabin with, you, and more, when I shave off my beard and cut my hair, I will not look so much like a pirate as I now do, ‘¢ Now let me tell you that we have just fifty- six men all told on board, and we can, this very night, get half a hundred more, and they are Bazil’s buccaneers; but we must play a bold game to do it.” ‘*T am ready.” * Ah! [ feared you would not be; but let us et out of this harbor first, and then we will ave nothing to fear,so go on deck, Captain Carr, and tell the men that I am your first luff.” ** But I promised Burton the berth.” “What dol care? Simply tell him that I had a prior claim, and if he is not satisfied let him go ashore, ** He’ll drop into second place, never fear, for he is as anxious to leave town as we are, I have learned.” “Why?” ‘‘He is suspected of a forgery, and is to be arrested to-morrow, as [ just hinted to him.” “All right, he must drop down to second of- ficer; but we cannot be proud of our lieutenant, knowing him to be a forger.” ‘*No more than he and the crew would be of their captain and first luff, did they know us as we really are,” Kenton Carr flushed under this shot and went on deck, where be quickly told officer Burton that Ralph Rogers was to be first lieutenant, he taking second place. ‘*Captain Carr, Ido not understand this ac- tion, sir, and I protest,” was the angry reply. “ Very well, sir, if you do not care to go as my second officer, I shall have to obey the orders sent me from the shore to arrest you and send ‘you under a guard to the town jail, ona requi- sition—” ‘“No, no, Captain Carr, I did not refuse, sir, ‘to be second officer, and L accept the position, with real pleasure, sir,” replied Burton, now thoroughly alarmed, for he did not doubt but that such orders had come off for him, ** Then to your posts all! “ First Officer Rogers, get up anchor and set sail at once, sir!” and Kenton Carr gave the order ia a tone that was heard by all on the ship,so the question was settled and Red Ralph had tri- umphed, CHAPTER XIII. RED RALPH’S BOLD GAME, THE reason that the new privateer, Scape- grace, got out of Boston Harbor and to sea, without meeting Clifford Kane’s schooner com- ing in, is already known to the reader, as the om sailor had gone to the port of M—— in- 8 It was when they had dropped Boston Height astern that the captain and his first officer drew a breath of relief, and putting the schooner un- der the charge of officer Burton, the two pals, rather than friends, adjourned to the cabiv for supper. They occupied the cakin together, the other officers having the ward-room, so that, after dis- missing his steward, the captain could talk at ease with Ralph Rogers. ‘’We were lucky not to meet the schooner, Rogers,” he said, as the two sat at the table smoking after finishing their supper. ‘* Yes, for that young fellow is not to be fooled with, and he would have signaled the Castle to turn us back, or sent a vessel in chase, and if we had run for it, then we would have been out- lawed. ‘* But as it is we sail under special papers, and so are all right.” “Yes; but your game to get Bazil’s crew, what is that?” ** Ah, yes, “T told you that they were to be sent to New York?’ ve Why?’ ‘* Because the fleet here expect to sail daily on some special mission, and do not care to be ham- pered with prisoners, and the schooner Red Scorpion is in the docks, so cannot care for them.” ‘* Why not send them to the Government prison or the town jail?” ‘“‘The former is being enlarged, and its pris- oners are temporarily held in the town jail, so that it is crowded, and so they are to be sent by the packet sailing to-morrow -night to New York” os Well?” ‘* She is a large packet schooner, and this trip is to take no passengers but the prisoners, forty- seven in all.” “ Yes,” “She has a crew of ten men, is fast, and yet she can be overhauled.” ‘*Do you mean that I shall overhaul the packet and take those men off?” e Yes.” ‘“‘And be outlawed at once by the Govern- ment?” **Oh, no, we must not do it in that way.” * How, then?” ‘7 ll expiain my idea to you exactly.” ‘‘T wish that you would,” ‘‘ Well, those pirate prisoners are going to New York, and some of them will be hanged, and others sent to prison for life in ball and chain.” oe Yes.” ‘*1f we rescue them, then they will he our de- voted slaves, and make the best of sailors.” ‘** Granted,” ‘*We will bave then a splendid craft, well equipped, heavily armed, and manned by a hua- dred desperate fighters.” “Tf understand.” ‘* With such means we must win riches,” “True; but what will the present crew say to being allied with pirates?” ‘“*T selected those men, and from what I hinted, I do not believe there is one of them that does not believe that we intend to cruise for gold, rather than for patriotism, and they are in for anything.” ‘* Say that we get the pirate crew, what re- port can I make?” ‘* Make none, for why should you?” ny The men may report it when we return to rt. . ‘Now see here, captain, we have just been too anxious to get out'of port to wish to enter it again. ‘You can capture prize3, and send the man who hypothecated ycur fortune for you the ‘amount you owe him, and this will make you solid with your uncle, who will then never know what you did. ‘* You can alsosend in word of your numerous captures of prizes, to keep on the good side of the old man, and so square yourself with Govy- ernment, should any detrimental reports go in, you see,” ‘*- Yes, all this can be done; but how to get hold of this pirate crew I cannot see,” ** Pll tell you at once. “The packet sails to-morrow night, and she goes and comes through Long Island Sound. “This gives ycu twenty-four hours start of her, and the wind is fair for you now, and may not be for her to-morrow night, and that will give you more time. “We can run to an inlet I know of in the Sound, and I can metamorphose this schooner into a temporary brig rig, or which will pass muster as such at night. ‘There are in one or two boxes I brought out alot of stfiped shirts and red caps, and any quantity of false beards, for I prepared for this emergency, and more, I have a black flag all ready also.” ‘A black flag?’ “Yes, for we are to play pirate, you know, run down upon the schooner, bring her to, release her pirate crew, and go on our way. , mbity is AB ubiitiibe.; ahs “We will be reported as an ally of Baz perbaps as Bazil himself, as he escaped, yo know, and no one will ever suspect us of being the privateer Scapegrace.” a tt is a splendid idea, if it is not found out.” *“ Bah! if it should be why you cap simply say that you needed a crew and knew these pirates to be the very men, and if it comes to the worst, you can hang all that are left, to please the Government.” ‘* After they have served me faithfully.” ‘“‘ After Thad served you faithfully you in- tended to play me a shabby trick, andI am not so sure that you would not now cut my throat. ** But you save the devils from the gallows, and give them a chance to die on your decks as American patriots, “Tf they don’t die thus—efter getting the chance, then they must not blame you if/the Government demands that they be strung up at the yard-arm. “Ts not my reasoning good?” ‘‘It is the perfection of deviltry, but, of course, good reasoning. ‘‘Now, I am going to. take your plot and carry it out, Red Ralph.” _* There you go again, calling a respectable lieutenant of an honest privateer, Red Ralph,” ‘“T beg pardon, Rogers, I will not offend again.” “No, for I will at once send for the ship’s barber and be metamorphosed from Red Ralph, smuggler, to Ralph Rogers of the American Privateer Scapegrace.” And those who saw the officer on the deck an hour after would never haye recognized him under the remarkable change that had come upon him by the shaving off of his beard and cutting off of his long red curls, CHAPTER XIV, BAZIL’S BUCCANEERS, Ir was just as the cunning smuggler, Red Ralph had said—there was to be a change of the pirate prisoners from Boston to New York. Red Ralph had been a gentleman, and nothing delighted him more than in going up to the city now and then and enjoying himself as a man about town. He had rooms there, for his smuggling had enriched him, and he dressed like an exquisite, His frock-coat, patent-leather shoes, high hat and glasses, with an immaculate shirt-front and diamond pin in his gay scarf changed him com- pletely. Then, too, his long beard and hair were care- fully dressed for the occasion, and as he spent his money freely, he was a general favorite, known to his associates as Ralph Royal, which was often changed to *‘ Royal Ralph.’ In this way, meeting naval and army officers ataclub, he had gleaned the intelligence as to the removal of the prisoners, and his fertile brain and daring nature at once determined upon a rescue, and adding them to the crew of the Scapegrace. Into an inlet on Long Island, not far from Sag Harbor, the Scapegrace ran, and began to be changed to carry out tho bold plot of her first officer, All during the day they worked upon her, sending two guns below, to cut her battery down, and hereby add to the deception, so that she could not be reported as having thirteen _ guns, her complement, Her tall topmasts were replaced by shorter ones, ber long, needle-like bowsprit had another one put in its place, and the rig of a schooner gave place to that of a brig, How ske ‘vould sail under the change was a } question, but her speed was so great under her real rig that her captain had little fear on that score. P The crew were changed into a bearded, vil- lainous-Icoking crowd, 10 striped shirts and red caps, and then the disguised vessel moved to a position just after nightfall to meet the coming racket, The wind had changed, and coming from the westward the packet would have to beat on her way to New York, so it was not expected she would be along very soon, : It was sunset of the nextday when a sail was sighted, and Officer Rogers, who had noted ber well in port, said that it was the packet schooner, : She came along on easy tacks, running close inshore, on the port tack, little dreaming of danger, when out from tbe shelter of the fim. ber-fringed inlet gige the privateer, | She bent gracefully to the breeze, which was, blowing about eight knots, and was gliding along at a pace Which showed that the change ~
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Ad not altered her speed to any yery great ex- tent. So like an apparition she had glided out of the shadowy shore, that she was not sighted by those on the packet schooner until she was only a quarter of a mile away. Then, quick asa flash the schooner fell off, placing the breeze abeam and shot away in flight. But those on board the Scapegrace saw that though the packet was known to be a very fleet sailer, their own vessel not only held her own, but in spite of the obstacles she labored under, she was creeping up. Captain Carr did not wish to fire a gun then, for he knew not what cruiser might be lurking in the Sound to come to the scene, upon hearing the report. So he held on, while the packet, finding that her pursuer was guining, put away directly be- fore the wind to run back the way she had come, and which was her best point of sailing. On this course she held the pursuer, or if the Scapegrace gained it was very slowly. Secing this Kenton Carr fasked Rogers what was best to be done, “Bring her to with yourg uns, end the matter and run for it, for we can renew our old rig out at sea.” So the black flag was run up and the glare of the gun forward revealed it to those on the packet, and told them what they had to ex- ct. PSThe gun did not bring the packet to, so a shot was fired directly over her decks. But not until a dozen had struck her did the plucky captain of the packet come to. t Down rushed the disguised vessel, rounding to not far cistant, and then Ralph Rogers hailed: ** Ahoy, the schooner!” "Ho, the pirate brig!” came the sullen re- sponse. ‘Is that the Boston and New York packet schooner Whirlwind?” “ Yes,” * You board?” ** Not one.” ‘‘You have below decks in irons forty men pirate prisoners of Bazil, the Buccaneer’s crew.” No answer was returned, and Rogers called out: ** Answer, or I will send a broadside into you.” ‘** Yes, they are here.” “IT want them, sosend them aboard in your boats.” “Why don’t you send after them?” or ra to have you send them aboard. “Knock their irons off, put them in your boats, with one of your men in each boat to earry it back.” ‘*Wecannot manage them if we take their irons off.” ‘ ‘They shal) not harm you, nor will we do you any damage if you obey.” * Are you Captain Bazil, the Buccaneer, who ey the other night?” ce es,” have a number of passengers on ‘*T thought so, and you have done quick work of it to get afloat and retake your crew.” ‘*T want no compliments, but actions. ‘* Do as I order you, or I will fire upon you.” ** Ay, ay, sir, I have given orders for the re- lease of your bloody a In a short while after, the hum of voices was heard upon the deck of the packet, and then came a wild yell, rather than a cheer, as the pirates learned the situation. Soon after one, then another and a third boat put off from the schooner’s side full of men, and they pulled swiftly toward the disguised vessel, As the first man stepped on deck he asked quickly: ‘* Where is our glorious captain?” ‘In the cabin, sir; but are you an officer?” “Yes, the second luff of the Red Scorpion, ‘and the only one who was not killed, now that Captain Bazil escaped, “ T am Officer Harold.” “Tam glad to nieet you; but are all your men here?” 4 ‘Yes, sir, that boat now coming alongside has the rest of us.” “Allright, order the boats back again, for I Suppose the schooner sent a man in each?” Yes, sir,” and the order was given, the boats pulling slowly back to the schooner, Then ogers hailed again: ‘‘ Ho, the Whirlwind!” Ahoy the gentleman pirate, for I bow to 2 Eee The Sea Shadower. you, sir, as you have not harmed my vessel or crew.” ‘You can go on your way, and simply say tbat Bazil the Buccaneer is afloat again,” and Ralph Rogers gave orders to get the Scapegrace under way and head for the open sea. The pirates meanwhile were buddled amid- ships, hardly able to realize their escape, and congratulating each other upon their rescue from death, Officer Harold was led to the cabin by Ralph Rogers and there be was told the situation as it was, and that the pirates had been rescued to fight on an American privateer. ‘“*I shall give you a berth, Mr. Harold, asa junior officer, and your men can go to duty as the other seamen; but if there are any who re- fuse, I must know it now.” ** None will refuse, sir, and all are ready for duty I assure you, except the half dozen who are more or less seriously wounded, “Hor my part, sir, and for the men, I thank you, Captain Carr.” The officer then went on deck, joined his men amidships and told them why they had been rescued, and that by serving faithfully as privateersmen they would stand a chance of being pardoned as pirates, They were, or some of them were, sorry that they did not get the chance to sail under a law- less flag, but glad to have escaped as they had, they readily agreed to serve the man who had rescued them. And so the next day, changed back to her real rig, and with a full crew on board, the Scapegrace started upon her cruise as a priva- teer. But with such a commander and crew it was a question in the minds of a few on board whether she would long remain under the Stars and Stripes, CHAPTER XV. A PIRATE AT LARGE. SurRGEON HuGH CARROL of the Red Scorpion had half told the truth when he said that he was a pirate from force of circumstances he could not avoid, He had been taken on board a prize, and as he had shown himself a skillful surgeon he had been offered a berth as such on board the Red Scor- pion and had accepted, intending to mdke his escape when opportunity offered. But plenty of plunder, good quarters and ra- tions, against which he had only poverty and hard luck to remember in the past, and the chance of escaping if the pirate was taken on the plea that he was forced into piracy, had caused him to remain and bury any conscientious scru- ples he might have for what he did. So when the chief was placed in his hands, and supposed to be dying from the wound given him by Clifford Kane in their personal encoun- ter, Surgeon Carrol soon saw it was by no means fatal, and in truth not serious, But he helped the chief along in his ‘‘ dying act,” so well played, and when the schooner dropped anchor in Boston port the two had all their arrangements made to escape, Two life-buoys had been secured by the sur- geon, and at the proper moment, when no one was in the cabin, or likely to come for some time, the two slipped down the rope out of the cabin stern- ort, and swam noiselessly away for the shore, Bazil had been in the town recently several times, and had an agent there, so knew just where to go, They reached a deserted part of the shore, landed, and keeping in the shadow of the streets, made their way toward a shop which was kept by the buccaneer’s agent for the disposal of pi- ratical plunder. That worthy was seated in his shop, which was a curiosity in its way, for second-hand goods of every description could be found there, when the two men slipped into the door, their clothes dripping wet. He started up, expectiag customers, and put on his most benign smile, which Bazil cut short with the remark: , “Come, Samuel Slick, get US into’ a spare room, and bring us dry clothes, for we are wet and wretched, as you see.” . “Captain Bazil!” and Mr. Samuel Slick stood with mouth wide open, in amazement. “Do you wish to betray me, Slick, and hang with me?” sternly said the chief. “No, oh, no! ‘I'll close my shop at once,” and he sprung to the door, closed it with bolt and bar, and then turned to his two unexpected visitors, and asked: ; ‘Can I believe my eyes, captain?” ‘*Tell me how I ean convince you and I'll eee do so, if it’s,to let you feel the weight of my hand,” ‘**No, oh, no; but then I had not expected to see you.” **But Iam here and you must take care of me; yes, and of my friend. ‘“Now take us toa room, bring us a drink of your best brandy first, then dry clothing, with supper and cigars to follow, and then [ can talk and you can make some money.” The shopman at once took up his !amp and . led the way through a rear door into a hall- way. He ascended a pair of steps and halted at what appeared to be a window in an upper ball. But it opened at his touch, and they stepped into a narrow passage leading through a door, into a large and comfortably furnished room beyond. ‘**This is a secret rooni, captain, and you and your friend are welcome as my guests. ‘**The fire is all ready to light in the hearth, as you see, and will not be unpleasant, so set it going while I bring you a decanter of brandy, and tell my wife to prepare supper for you.” ** And the dry clothes, Sam, for I just got up from a dying bed, and am not the strongest in the world.” ‘** Tl get them at once, captain,” and the man disappeared, while the two fugitives set about making themselves comfortable by lighting “the fire. By the time it was blazing cheerfully Slick returned with a large bundle of wearing ap- parel and a decanter of brandy and glasses. ‘*Mrs, Slick is at work for you, captain, and will have supper before an hour, and in the mean time make yourselves contented. This the two proceeded to doin a free-and-easy way, and after they bad driven the cold out with brandy, put on dry clothing, and eaten a very tempting supper, they lighted their cigars and were in a humor to talk. So it was that Mr. Samuel Slick, ‘‘ Second- Hand Dealer,” as his sign had it, heard the story of the capture of the Red Scorpion and the es- cape of her chief by bis clever ruseof pretend- ing to be adying man. * Tt?s well you were able to play the game, captain, for you would have been yard-armed sure,” ‘““Without any manner of doubt, Sam; but how do we stand financially?” ‘*'You have money due you on the last two sales.” **So I supposed, but how much?” “Five thousand five bundred.” ‘Tt should havg been more, but we'll not quar- rel’ about that, for as my crew are prisoners I have no one to divide with but my surgeon here, so we'll go halves, as I owe him my life, and you can keep the og@d five hundred for taking care of us,” ‘Thank you, captain, it will come in handy, for my profits are small and risks great.” “You mean your risks are small and your profits great, Sam; but I shall want mofe money, and I have some gems with me for you to value.” “All right, captain, I bave friends who can raise any sum on good collateral.” ““You old fraud, you have the money your- self, you mean, for you are a rich man, ‘*But I must have another craft and get a crew, so give me on this bag of gems just fifteen thousand dollars,” and Captain Bazil took from his belt a small buckskin bag of precious stones. *‘T can hardly give so much, captain,” said Slick, after glancing over the gems, ‘¢ See here, Slick, every one of these gems has the stain of a human life upon it, and do you suppose I have been a pirate for a score of years not to know the real value of precious stones? ‘Task you for the sum I want, and give you what you will get twenty thousand for, so as you refuse I will go elsewhere to-morrow,” **T do not refuse, captain, and you shall have the sum you wish.” i ““Good! and give it to me in Boston bank- notes, which I can carry with me, with what | gold we can stow away between us,” “Then too you must rig us up disguises which our master, Satan, would not recognize us under, for we must get away from here.” ‘*T ean do that, captain, and no mistake. ‘‘ What do yeu say to turning farmers, for I can get you a horse, wagon and all, and the cap- tain there might play old woman, and you randpa.” : ‘The very thing, and we can drive to some seaport where you can charter a craft to carry us up to Maine,” “ Going down East, captain?” “Yes, while I was in a dying condition I MET TRESS
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eer ee eee eg BPO SET ——— - ee a : TAP eere BO I perme ak ~ 10 The Sea Shadower. heard talk of a schooner which was about ready then to go to sea, and [ thought she would do me; but you must get me a crew, and at once, if you pay bounty, and send them after me in a vessel you charter for the purpose, ‘* You must get me men who ship blindly, for I want only those who will obey orders, and never care what color the flag is that I raise above my decks.” “‘T understand, captain, and I can book you in a few days just the men you wish; but I may have to pay bounty.” “Do so, if necessary, but don’t rob me, Sam, for Iam down now.” ** No man is down who has money.” ‘* What does a few thousands amount to? * But don’t be a leecb, and hold on because you can, and circumstances make me a victim,” ‘If you think, Captain Bazil, that I would rob you, you had better—” * Bah! I don’t think, Sam, I know, for I put a spy on you and know that you got just double for a lot of goods which you gave me one-fifth of, “Now, if I cut throats for gold, I wish to get the money. ‘“‘Tf you have to pay a bounty do so, but don’t charge me with a hundred dollars and give the man twenty-five. * At another time I would say nothing, but just now I do.” “Pll do right by you, captain.” **TDo so, and you'll get other chances to add to your wealth, for in Bae? of your old second-hand curiosity-shop here, I know that you are one of the richest men in the town, and all from selling smauggled and pirated goods, ‘* Now, we wish to get away to-morrow even- ing, and we'll drive to Salem, and from there can take asmall coaster for the Kennebec.” ‘* And the men?” ‘‘ Begin at once to get them charter a schooner to-morrow, and send them to John’s Bay.on the Maine Coast to await my coming, or if I ar- rive first I will remain until they put in an ap- pearance.” ‘* How many, captain, did you say?” “From eighty to a hundred, but nothing less.” ‘* Now begin work to-night, by a tour around the sailors’ taverns, for I am tired and wish to rest, and thus dismissed Mr, Slick left the room and the two fugitives were soon after sleeping the sleep of men who have no consciences to keep them awake, CHAPTER XW. THE SEA GYPSY SETS SAIL, Tue shipyard where Clifford Kane was having his vessel built upon the Kennebec, was securely located, and the builders, Sars Kip & Deer- ing were known to be the most expert men who ever laid a keel. They had been delighted with the model which had been,furnished by Clifford Kane, and had told him that it would prove to be as a vessel all that he could wish. A skillful wood cutter he had carved out his hull, spars and prs ining about the craft just as he wished it, and the builders had followed his orders and plans to the letter and they felt proud of their work, Some years before an English frigate had been wrecked on the Maine Coast, and as wreck- ers the builders had recovered its magnificert battery, and from it the schooner Clifford Kane had been armed. The finishing touches to the beautiful vessel, which had been named the Sea Gypgy, had just been put on when a small craft sailed up the Kennebec and ran alongside of the pier at the shipyard of Messrs Kip & Deering. here were upon the little sloop but a dozen men, and two of these\landed and went at once to the office of the builders. Mr. Kip was there, and one of the two stran- gers introduced himself as Lieutenant Lynn, and stated that he came as the envoy of Captain Clifford Kane. ‘“T had the pleasure of meeting Captain Clifford’s first officer, Mr. Lynn, who came here with him at the time he ordered his vessel,” said Mr. Eip. ‘““My brother that was, sir, for there are two of us serving under Captain Kane; but I am here, Mr. Kip, to pay you for the schooner, the balance due, | mean, and to take her to Boston, as Captain Kane is detained getting his cruising papers arranged to his satisfaction.” *T am sorry Captain Kane could not come, Mr. Lynn, for [ had a confession to make to him, and agreat favor to ask.” “Any favor I can grant for him, Mr. Kip, it will give me pleasure to do, sir,” \ — —S ee ——___. — No, I will not ask it now, sir; but when do you wish the vessel?” ‘“* At once, if ready, sir.” ‘*] promised her upon the thirteenth of this month, and she was all ready on the evening of the twelth.” *“Ab! you are prompt indeed, sir; but now let me know just what is due according to your account.” Mr. Kip turned to his books and after figur- ing awhile said: ‘** He paid me in advance three thousand five hundred dollars, and the schooner’s contract price was to be fifteen thousand, with ten thou- sand more for her armamentand all complete.” ‘Yes, that is the sum he named, sir,so I am to pay you, twenty-one thousand five hundred?” ‘* Exactly, sir.” The officer took off his belt and counted out the money, less a couple of thousands, which his companion took from his belt, making the sum complete, Then Mr. Kip led the way to the basin where the schooner lay, with two watchmen on board of her, and both officers attered an expression of delight and admiration at her beauty. Going on board they went from stern to fore- castle, below decks, into the cabin and even aloft, and Clarence lynn said with enthusiasm: “Mr. Kip, this is tbe most beautiful craft I ever beheld, and no other vessel is like her that floats the sea. ‘*T am glad the captain had her painted snow- =_ with this girdle of crimson around her ull, ‘Her battery too is just what she needs, and she is a beauty, sir, a perfect sea witch and I am proud of her,” “ As we are, sir, of our work, and if she does not show her heels to any vessel now upon the seas I will be wonderfully mistaken.” After some further conversation the crew of the sloop, excepting two men, were sent for, and were loud in their praise as they went on board the splendid craft. “*T have a light crew to run her to Boston with, but the captain has ninety more good tars there,” cried Clarence Lynn. Then the anchor was gotten up, sail set; and with the little sloop following, the Sea Gypsy headed down the Kennebec. Once past Seguin Island, and half an hour after nightfall, she hove to and the sloop came alongside. A transfer of some stores was thev made, the ne was scuttled, and taking the two men on board the schooner, Clarence Lynn left the little craft to settle lower and lower, and to sink into the ocean depths. Then the Sea Gypsy squared away upon her course, and under a fair wind soon disappeared in the distance, The next morning two vessels stood into the mouth of the Kennebec and headed up the river. One was a small schooner, and her decks were crowded with men. The other was a rakish-looking sloop, having the appearance of a gentleman’s yacht, And her decks also were crowded with men. The wind was blowing a seven-knot breeze, and the little sloop led the way up the river to the shipyard of Messrs. Kip & Deering. Those two gentlemen had noted the approach of the vessels and met the party as they landed upon the pier, for Mr. Deering, absent the day before, had returned that morning, As a tall form sprung ashore from the sloop and advanced toward Messrs, Kip & Deering, the senior partner called out: “Why, Captain Kane, you here, and without your vessel?” ‘*T have come for my vessel, Mr. Kip, and I hope you have her ready for me, as you prom- ised me you would,” and the young sailor shook hands with the two sbipbuilders, while Mr. Kip asked in a dazed way: “ Ready for you? Why, yes; but did you not meet her?” ‘* Meet her? How could I?” ‘* But she sailed yesterday afternoon.” ‘‘Sailed? On a trial trip?” ‘No, for Boston.” “It is strange, Mr. Kip, when I was to come here for her,” “So I thougbt, sir, but when you sent your lieutenant, Clarence Lynn, after her, I could not but let her go.” ‘Lieutenant Clarence Lynn is with me here, sir, and this gentleman is Lieutenant Harvey Lynn, my first officer,” and Clifford Kane re- ferred to Harvey Lynn who had just come ashore from the schooner. ‘* Lieutenant Clarence Lynn is with you, sir?” gasped Mr, Kip. Without answering Clifford turned and hailed the schooner, ordering Lieutenant Lynn to at once join him ashore, ‘* Now, sir, you see that the officer you say came for my vessel is here, with me,” **T see, yes; but my God who wasit you sent aftey her?” ‘No one, I have come myself.” ** My dear Captain Kane, a sloop came here feo ra) with two officers and a dozen men on oard, ‘*One of these officers introduced himself as Lieuteuant Clarence Lynn, and said that he came from you to get the schooner, as you were > pare in Boston getting your papers made out, ‘“‘ He paid me the amount due in bank notes, twenty oue thousand five hundred dollars, and I at once turned the schooner over to him, as he seemed anxious to get away, and he sailed with- in the hour, his sloop following in the wake of the Sea Gypsy.” “*Mr. Kip, describe that man, yes, both of them.” ‘*The one who had little to say was a stoutly formed man of thirty, dressed in an undress uni- form, and the one who claimed to be Clarence Lynn was older, and had a splendid physique and strangely handsome face, while he was dress- ed also in uniform,” ‘*Had he gray hair on either temple, and a mustache that was streaked with silver, and very long?” rT Yes, sir.” “Then, Mr. Kip, you have sold my vessel to Bazil, the Buccaneer, whom I captured five weeks ago, and who with his surgeon, the’ man you describe as being with him, escaped just one month ago to-day.” ‘*T have sold the vessel to Bazil, the Bucca- neer? My God!” and the poor builder seemed fairly staggered at the news he heard from the lips of Clifford Kane. CHAPTER XVII. SHADOWED AT SEA, » THatT Bazil the Buccaneer was a man in emer- per pe the reader has seen, and he possessed a old genius for wickedness. He had, while supposed to be lying in an al- most comatose state from his wound, in the cabin of the schooner, heard Captain Chadwick and his officers talking of Clifford Kane as a hero, and that he would win a great name for himself, once he got afloat in the vessel he was building down in the Kennebec, From various things said the chief learned that the new vessel was to be built upon a special model, and was expected to be a wonder in fleet- ness, while she was to be turned out from the builder’s hands complete in every detail, from Salem, whither he and Surgeon Carrol had gone in disguise as farmers, and the little sloop, with its crew of a dozen men, was headed for the Kennebec. Surgeon Carrol had discovered that Clifford’s two officers were brothers, and that their name was Lynn, and thus armed with a sure data to go upon, and the money to pay cash for the schooner, the bold buccaneer decided to make the move to secure the young sailor’s vessel, He did think some of waiting for the crew which Samuel Slick was to secure for him, and sail into the Kennebec and boldly cut out the craft. : ] But he might bave to wait too long, as every moment was precious, for Clifford Kane might go after his vessel at any time. _ Then, too, there was a fort at the mouth of the river, and it was being strengthened against cruisers from England entering during the war then opening. ; So Bazil decided that it was best to sacrifice his money, and boldly played his game on Kip & Deering and won, He had not expected that the sum would be so much, so had to draw upon his surgeon fora part, as has been seen; but once the beautiful craft was in his possession he cared for nothing, and after scuttling the little sloop he had char- tered, he set sail for John’s Bay to await the coming of the schooner with his mongrel crew of cut-throats, The capture of his schooner by Clifford Kane, his inability to find out where his wife was, and his narrow escape from death had imbittered the buccaneer captain more than ever, and he had a longing to one day capture the youn sailor for reveng9, and force from him the trut about the treasure he had lost on his schooner that had been wrecked, for he did not believe that it was lost. As the schooner felt the breeze and bounded So it was that the daring buccaneer set sail ,
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away on her course to John’s Bay, Captain Bazil was loud in his praise of the beautiful craft, and felt that he again held his destinies in his own hands, He offered Surgeon Carrol the position of first officer, but that cunning man of medicine, re- calling that life was uncertain at best, and especially the life of a pirate and how he had escaped before, deciced to remain as surgeon, knowing that he would still be the best of friends with his captain, and if taken could once more try the same bold game to escape the yard- arm. John’s Bay was reached after a very rapid run, and the Sea Gypsy went into hiding there to await the coming of her crew. ‘ It was some days before a vessel was sighted coming in, and she carried the signal agreed up- on at her fore, it could be seen when she drew ‘near enough. é : An hour after Captain Bazil received the commanding officer in hiscabin. _ He was a young man, once a ship captain of Portland who had tried to add to his income by smuggling, and having been caught in the act, had fled to sea before the mast, A good sailor he certainly was, and a bold, bad man as well, the very one to hold the posi- tion of first officer under Bazil, the Buccaneer, who at once appointed him to that berth, great- ly to his delight. Officer Kamsey had brought as fair a lot of Villains with him as ever Bazil could wish to command, and Samuel Slick had told nountruth when he said in his letter: ** You will find every identical man of them a born devil, and if the truth were known I guess all of them are in hiding from justice and half of them at least have been pirates, so the good work you have in hand to do will not be new to them,’ “T am delighted with the men you have brought me, Officer Ramsey—how many in all?” “Ninety, sir; and if you have aot already ap- pointed your other officers, there are several [ could point out as well worthy of the places.” ‘© We will look them over, and then set them to work to-morrow, “T shall remain here until they are drilled at‘ the guns and got used to the ship, for when I get my anchor up now it will be to go at once to work upon the high seas, “Now, about the schooner you came in?’ ** She is to return, sir, with her own crew.” ‘*T was wise, then, to head you off in my gig and bring you aboard, and not let the schooner’s crew see this vessel. “Now return to the schooner and bring the men off in her boats, which can then be taken back, and you can let the skipper start back at once upon his return to Boston. “You had no difficulty getting out?” ** None, sir.” ** Ts there any news?” **T have the latest papers for you, sir, and you will find that your escape created the greatest excitement.” “* Doubtless.” “* And I learned that your captor, whom they call the Wizard Sailor, started with his crew to get his vessel from the Kennebec.” The chief laughed, and said: ‘* Well, as I have her here he will have to hunt another craft, and be can never match this one ag he builds another, which will take a long me, “There is not a craft afloat, Officer Ramsey, that is the match for this one,” “Tem glad to hear it, Captain Bazil,” was the reply, and Officer Ramsey rowed back to the craft that had brought him there, and which was ancaored down the bay a mile distant, and the men were sent to the Sea Gypsy in the boats of the chartered vessel, and after they were sent back to her she got up anchor and headed away upon her return, It was ten days before the buccaneer chief felt that he could go to sea in safety, for he was determined to have his crew know their captain and their vessel. ; He drilled them himself at the guns, and in all other duties, and discovered that Samuel Slick was right in his surmise that half of them _ had been pirates, for many of them well under- _ stood the handling of the battery, -_ At last, two weeks after his having so cleverly Kotte ssion of the beautiful craft, he got up anchor and stood out to sea one pleasant af- oon, — Acalm came on when he was @ league off- _ shore, a fog followed which at dawn was blown Bt pei bya storm, and loud rung a hail from ~~ ; 0) : : \ * P ~ * Sail, ho! sail, ho!” le" » “T cannot make ker out, Captain Bazil.” ar “Nor I.” reese. <. ‘There is no vessel the counterpart of this one afloat?” ‘*No real Mag no, for that boy had this one built from his own model, and she was just ; ready for him, as you know, when I got posses~ 1s ae sion of her.” ; an “ Well that craft, sir, isa perfect likeness,, that is certain.” aes ‘Yes, and she neither gains or loses a ship's ae. length, while she copies our every movement, te It is like watching one’s own movementsina == mirror to see her,” " ‘ot ee “Tt is indeed, sir.” Bee ra Bazil the Buccaneer arose from thetableand , 9 glanced out of the stern port. at ‘ At There lay the weird craft, two miles away ei and with the baleful glare hovering about her, 3 and which gave the crew an idea that she was % not of oaeinly origin. \ CHAPTER XIX. err _ IN VAIN, ’ Ces weet Wuen Captain Bazil returned tothedeck he = still saw the baleful light that marked the = position of the weird schooner. ne The men were crouching down under the bul- warks, out of the fierce wind and driving spray, = and he noted, as he walked forward thatthey were talking in subdued tones, like those deeply _ Ae) impressed at their position. ke His officers, too, were uneasy, even those who a a
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ee I aT —— == — te ee TR eam - - vs - 12 The Sea Shadower. ** A shadow ship and a shadow crew!” erie } were off duty not having turned in, but remain- | Ramsey, and we will see what our Shadower mr. ing on deck, as though to watch the strange | will do. the pirate, in dismay. After a moment’s study) The Shadower, “Tf he runs, all right, and if we cannot stand | of the white vessel he descended to the deck. word As the hours passed on and the tempest still | a little canvas, we can strip her to bare poles.” The other kept pace with him, and disappeared] ‘J raged, Captain Bazil decided to get again under ‘Yes, sir,” and the men were startled by the | from sight as he did, &“ k way and slip away from bis pursuer in the | order that would bring them nearer to the ‘“Well, Taunton, what did you se3?’ asked] Th darkness. Shadower, the chief. “That light reveals her to us, Ramsey, but Thoy hesitated and officer Ramsey called out: “You saw the white form, sir?” No f she certainly cannot see us, as I have ordered “Tt iseonly to see what our Shadower will do, “Ves,” nigh! mi not a light shall be shown.” lads,” “Well, sir, on the quarter-deck, as.you are alllall, u } SS "Ves; Sit,” This relieved their minds, and a minute after | here, I saw other forms in white, with men for- gun y “Well, we will just slip away from her, and | the bows of the schooner fell off until they were | ward. Captain Bazil, yonder craft reflects us| ‘} ° if ever Isight another craft like her, I’ll never | pointed down the gale, and she went driving | like a looking-glas.” the t } jet her get within a couple of leagues of us.” along at a frightful pace, while huge seas rushed Bazil made no reply but turned away and] To f “Tt would be well, sir.” on astern as though to hurl themselves upon her | entered the cabin, ' and **T believe if it had not blown too hard to | and sink her forever from sight. There he paced to and fro, and even in his | thro | carry more sail we could have run away from ‘* See, captain, see!” strong face the strain was beginning to tell It i her.” It was Surgeon Carrol who uttered the cry, upon him. disa af ‘* We might have done so, Captain Bazil.” and he pointed to the baleful light that marked At dinner he ate but little, as also did the O1 “Which means, Ramsey, that we might not | the position of the Shadower. surgeon, while the other officers and the men | her: : have done so?” She, too, had changed ler course and was | hardly touched their food. » | drea { “Yes, sir.” scudding under the same sail carried by the Sea | Toward evening there was a prospect of a] T i “Well, get the men up and we'll go ahead | Gypsy. breeze and all hailed it with joy. daw t, once more, under reefed mainsail and fore-stay- It was a relief to see the Shadower fly before The motion would be such a relief to the dead | Sea 5 sail alone, for that will drive us as fast as we } them, though in any case she had simply fol- | calm about them. dare go.” : ’ lowed their iead. Darkness would come, and then what would J “Yes, sir, and on which course?” ‘* We must strip her to bare poles, Ramsey,” | follow? b “Give her a full on the port tack, for that | cried the chief, and it was done, As the sun touched the horizon the wind be- T will carry us away from her.” Then came the words from the surgeon, who | gan to ripple the waters and Captain Bazil came B ‘Ay, ay, sir,” and the orders were given by | never took his glass off the stranger: out of his cabin. the chief officer in a low tone. ‘*Our Shadower has done the same, sir, for she “Mr, Ramsey, clear that pivot-gun forward re i Tae men, only too glad to run away from the } also has stripped to bare poles.” train if upon yonder craft and let her have a Pa ty mysterious stranger, obeyed orders noiselessly And thus the two white schooners, looking | shot, for it will reach her!” or : and promptly. like huge sea ghosts of departed vessels, held on He spoke sternly and the officer gave the : 4 They seemed to feel that even at thatdistance, | for several hours, when the wind began to | order, but, not a man moved to obey. i F and amid the roaring waves and howling of the | slowly lull and the sea to become less wild. ‘Gunner, did you hear the order?’ roared foe f wind, the stranger might catch the sound of a Sail was set upon the schooner again, and just | Bazil, his eyes aflame. ; a: f creaking block. before dawn, as the gale had tired itself out and “Ay, ay, sir, but I cannot fire upon a sea But as the buccaneer craft swung off on her | dropped to a six-knot breeze, the Sea Gypsy was | ghost,” came the answer. be course once more, her weird, spectral counter- | put under clouds of canvas and once more began With a fierce imprecation, Bazil drew a pistol Br 5 part, or shadower, with the baleful glare still | her flight. from his belt and shot him dead. " “ay hovering about her, did the same, to the horror The Shadower followed suit, as though obeying A cry of terror went up from the crew, while i ! of the outlaw crew. the order issuing from the lips of Bazil the Buc- | the chief roared: pet A groan seemed to run through the crowded | caneer. ** Now man that gun!” bal 4 deck, for how could mortal eyes see the Sea And there she hung, still the same distance Not a man moved and Surgeon Carrol whis- an } Gypsy in the darkness, and still follow in her away, with the same canvas set as had the Sea | pered: er wake? Gypsy, and once more following in her wake, ‘* Don’t ask it of them, sir it i - << j ,Captain Bazil did not know what to say or do. he greenish halo faded from about her as day | gerous.” CF basta Pn * ey : The man who had risked death a thousand | dawned, and as the sun rose the wind died utter- “I shall fire the gun myself, you cowards. Ke we times, whose whole life was a wicked blot, whose | ly out and a calm fell upon the sea, Here, Ramsey, Taunton, Carrol, aid me!” mt hands were red with the blood of his fellow- And there, with her graceful bull rolling upon The officers obeyed; the gun was charged, G. { beings, and whose iron nerve had been always | the swells, ber snow-white sails flapping in the | swung round to cover the Shadower, and Bazil ; the admiration of his men, now felt a chill creep- | listless air, just as lay the Sea Gypsy, the Shad- | himself sighted the piece and applied the port th q ing over him, a cold sweat breaking out upon | ower could be seen, still the same distance | fire, 4 his forehead that threatened to unman him. away. The discharge shook the schooner from stem es ji He was brought face to face with the super- Not a soul was visible upon her decks, the | to stern and caused her to keel slightly. he ao; natural, something he could not account for or | black field flag with its red arm and band clasp- The shot flew onward and seemed, to those st Uy explain. ing the golden cutlass, hung limp at the foretop, | who held glasses, to strike the strange craft n bis desperation he would have gone back | and the sable ensign of the pirate was at her | fairly amidships; but, not a sound of crashing and fought the Shadower, even in that wild sea | peak, also lifeless, timbers was heard nor cries of men in agony: fe and wind. In vain had the buccaneer craft sought to | and, just then, from a pivot-gun mounted as But he knew that not a man would yo to the guns at his order to do so. They might have gone to fight a craft double their size, but not to fire upon the Shadower in their wake, They were well drilled, and a brave lot, he believed; but he wished that he had had a chance elude her mysterious pursuer,and as Bazil the Buccaneer sat in his cabin gazing out upon his Sea Shadower, hisface haggard and eyes sunken, he said, with a groan; * “My God! lam a haunted man.” was the one on the Sea Gypsy, came a great white puff of smoke. No sound of the discharge. was heard, no whistling shot came near—only the puff. of smoke, that was all, Bazil saw that it impressed the crew the more; it was but the act on board his vessel repeated— ye to thrust them under fire, to let them see him in CHAPTER xx a shadow shot, it seemed to be. ny» omges action, and feel the perfect confidence in ¥ Then he called out savagely: ' ‘him that his men in the past always had. THE FIRST SHOT, “Throw that body into the sea, and to your But now he had to face a danger not seeming- As though the wind had utterly exhausted it- | posts all!” ly tangible, and be cculd not run from it, The wild sea, the fierce wind made it terrible for the schooner when under way. If he could only scud before it, then it would not be so bad. He dared not lay to again, for then would the ‘Shadower do the same and be negr him when dawn came once more, ‘Tf the stranger was not to leeward of him he would scud, but with the Shadower where he was it would carry him down upon him, and he was too near already. In his quandary the chief stood clinging to the ‘taffrail, for be could not move about. ‘ His beautiful vessel was plunging wildly, and threatening to pitch her sticks out of her, She would keel over ata frightful angle, and yet she had a little sail as she dared carry, un- less she could scud. Not a man would dare go aloft to house Me it self in its fury the night before, the deadest of calms followed, and all day long the two white vessels lay upon the sea, which not a ripple dis- turbed, in strange contrast to its anger. The pirates were ill at ease, and kept their eyes almost constantly upon their mysterious foe, if such they could call her. The officers paced the quarter-deck, glass in hand, and also watched the stranger, Not a sign of life was visible on board except under strange circumstances, The high bulwarks of the Sea Gypsy hid her crew from sight, and even her officers were hardly visible, So it might be with the other yessel, and Cap- tain Bazil sert an officer aloft with a glass to view the decks of his enemy, As he stepped upon the bulwarks a form was visible in the same place upon the Shadower, The officer ascended the ratlines, and at the ee... Se ee Ne ee eee The gunner’s body was tossed overboard, and a cry broke from the lips of Surgeon Carfol, who was still watching the Shadower through his glass. ‘* What is it, sir?” «They threw a white-robed form overboard also, Captain Bazil,” was the startling response, “Quick! crowd this craft with every stitch of canvas alow and aloft that will draw a capful of wind! Here comes the breeze. We can get twelve knots out of it, and run away from that fellow at last!” ‘“* Captain Bazil!” “Yes, Ramsey.” ‘“‘The breeze has passed the stranger, sir. He has all the sail set we have, and is setting more as we are doing.” “* Well?” ‘¢ He does not move, sir.” ‘Great Heavens! You are right. In Satan’s iF 9 if masts and thus relieve her a little of the weig same pace the form on the Shadower did the | name, what can that craft be?” { : Ws of the spars. same, ‘* Heaven only knows, sir. Weare feeling the 4 So there was nothing to do for it but hold on, But a thrill went through the pirate craw at | wind now, sir, and move ahead lively.” i's “This is frightful, Ramsey, and I am almost | beholding the strange form clad in white, “Yes, and our Shadow is moving now that we D3 ‘tempted to lay to again.” The officer reached the main cross-trees, and | do, and in chase,” almost groaned the buccaneer ; : ** Why not sceud, sir?” stood there, clinging with bis arm around a | chief. Le ** And run down upon yonder craft?” stay and his glass leveled at the Shadower, Twilight had fallen now upon the sea, and the Bt, fy “She might follow suit, sir, and scud too.” The white form did the same, his glass being | two vessels were distinctly visible to each other, ‘a “ By Heaven I have half a mind to try it.” turned upon the buccaneer. the Shadower with the same baleful glare about ‘5 é ** Tf she does not, you can lay to, sir.’ The pirate officer og uneasy under this | her as on the night before, Lr ia * Yos, I will do it. espionage, and what he beheld in broad day-| She did not gain, she did not lose, but held ber “* Put her away before the hurricane, Mr | light. own—no more, 00 less. Te ah ee pat aoceal weet eErocé MSO
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\ ave a red dantern three times in a circle, geir, Ramsey.” udyj The are sked order was obeyed, and soon after came the words: ‘* The Shadower responds, sir.” “Try a green light now!” This was done, and as before, the mysterious vessel responded to the signal. Not a soul on board would turn in for the night, and the strain was beginning to tell upon jail, until some of the men began to envy the dead gunner, “He has solved the mystery, Tom has,” said the boatswain, and all agreed with bim, Toward midnight a haze crept over the sea, j}and soon after a cry came from a hundred throats in chorus. It was a cry of joy, for the Shadower had disappeared. On sped the Sea Gypsey, at once changing her course, and her crew held their breath in read. a The hours dragged slowly along, and at last dawn cay me but, nowhere in sight was the 0 ad | Sea Shadower. ie ud CHAPTER XXI, oF, SEEN FROM OVERLOOK OLIFF. tid THE war with England was a decided fact. British cruisers bannted the American shores a, | from Maine to the Mississippi, and battles at “? | sea had aroused the whole country to a pitch of ® | enthusiastic defense of their land: } If crushed_by England in this war, then the © | war of the Revolution had been for nothing, ,q_ | 8nd Concord, Lexington, Bunker Hill had been fought in vain. i But news came in after many months had passed that the Americau cruisers were proving 1 themselves more than a match for those of Great | Britain. Then two American privateers were also win- ning a name, and the towne? of M—— were most enthusiastic over the many prizes sent in by the young Wizard Sailor, who had, * | after all, secured a vessel and gone to sea, That he had no inferior craft was proven by “ | bis captures, and that he was a gallant and daring commander was known from the fact that * | he had fought several foes bis superior in guns | and men, and sent them in as prizes to the i Government, ; Not a wont segpee — him, more ean through his prizes, an ese were wont toa rat anchor in M—— Harbor in the nets ings, the crews in irons, the Stars and Stripes | ho above the British ensign, and a note | stating that the vessel was— “ 4 prize of the United States Privateer f 1 ** CLIFFORD ang Gypsy, ** Midshipman Commanding.” Thus far not a prize had come in, that an _ one had heard of, taken by the privateer whic had sailed under the command of Captain Kenton Carr, _ His uncle had not had a word from him, and the eee nr regarding his vessel was: to the effect that three of his crow had deserted when becalmed off a southern port by swimming _ | ashore, and had reported his vessel in her law- er of having, in disguise, brought to the _| packet schooner from Boston to New York and | taken from her, by force of arms, the prisoners in irons from the vessel of Bazil the Buccaneer. They had also reported that Captain Kenton | Carr, under the influence of his first lieutenant, - @man once known as Red Ralph, had not de- _ voted himself to the capture of British prizes alone, but would run from every cruiser and take any unarmed vessel that crossed his path _ | m0 matter what the flag she carried. | _ Not wishing to be hanged as pies some day | inthe near future, the men had deserted at the | wisk of their lives, and making their way to ee re n had told their story to the commandant. | ‘with the men, and when eturned home he | had said to Creola; ‘einen “My child, your cousin Kenton has turned gentleman pirate, and the sooner he is hanged at the yard-arm the better, Let us never refer : Wenge ac again.” : ie i pane rumors were also coming in "deeds of Bazil the Buceaneer. > hed It had become known how he got a vessel it was said that she was constantl; rhovering e ' aa modore Carr was notified, and had a talk de Palas ican ahh PRR ates toe t) The Sea Shadower. going tora drive with him to Overlook Cliff, for their outings generally ended there. In fact, Creola began to think that her father was falling in love again, and with the sad- faced, lonely woman who had once been known as the smuggler’s wife, and who still made her home at Overlook. And there was another male visitor to the Overlook’ Cottage now and then. One day the schooner Red Scorpion, Captain Chester Chadwick commanding, had come into port -badly crippled, and towing a prize she had taken in a large British schooner-cf-war. The battle bad been a desperate one, and Captain Chadwick had been twice badly wounded, While his vessel was to undergo repairs, he was taken to the town inn in M——, and among his first visitors was Mrs. Sweegan, one time known as the Sorceress, and who had known him in the long ago. She, Mrs. Henshaw and Kate had proven his devoted nurses, and when the gallant captain was able to go out again, be was wont to extend his walks to Overlook. One day he had blurted out in his blunt way: “Celine, I dare not tell you I love you, be- cause you are still a wife; but, I shall go to sea, as soon as my vessel is ready for me, hunt down Bazil, and shall make you a widow. That done, I shall come back and marry you.” From this remark it may be seen that the captain had never gotten over his first love, and that Celine Chetwyn, as she had been known in her girlhood, had sadly repented her act in marrying Bazil, a pirate, and casting off Chester Chadwick, there was no doubt, Of course the captain, and commodore, too —for they were old friends, and often met at Overlook—talked of the career of Clifford Kane, and wondered at his never showing himself in ort. . Kate was the one who always discovered his prizes anchored off the inlet, and reported them to the authorities, who took them in charge. ‘** He still remains a midshipman, when, if he came into port, he would find here a captain’s commission awaiting him,” the commodore said, and all wondered why he remained away. So had nearly a yea be by, and one day vessels coming in repo d having seen the white schooner of Bazil, the Buccaneer, Tn fact, the next afternoon he appeared boldly off the Hag of M-——, and seemed about to run in, bol y fying his black flag, when, suddenly, he put about and stood seaward with all haste, Then, coming around a headland was visible the cause of the pirate’s flight—a snow-white schooner, the very counterpart of the other, and with exactly the same sail set as had the buccaneer! At the fore was a like flag to the one on the pirate, and from the peak waved the sable en- si n. away went the two vessels, under full sail, until at nightfall, to the watchers from Over- look Cliff they appeared like white specks upon the ocean, “A pirate chasing a pirate,and may they destroy each other,” said the commodore, who was there with Creola. ‘* Yes, and one was Bazil, the Buccaneer; but the other?” Captain Chadwick responded. No one knew, and the scene was indeed a strange One and a mystery. . CHAPTER XXII. A STRANGE FATALITY, WHEN Bazil, the Buccaneer, had stood in to- | staggered on directly upon her death, while the — ward the port of M——, he had in his fiendish iia | lll Bonne * The morning dawned, but there was no differ- ence in the position of the two vessels. The wind was fresh, and fair for their course, and they reeled off ten knots to the hour, Night again fell,and a second day dawned; but still no difference in the position of the two vessels, The Sea Shadower was not to be shaken off, but followed as persistently as a shadow. So several days and nights went by and the , chase had been from northern to southern lati- tudes. Captain Bazil was heading for the Bahamas, hoping to shake his relentless shadower off there among the islands, or that a tornado would come, and in its fury he could throw him off bis wake. The men had become almost unnerved, and the officers little better. As for Buccaneer Bazil he was pale, haggard, and really suffered. Again he felt, more truly than before, that he was a haunted man, that the specter of his crimes was pursuing him, One afternoon, when nearing the Bahama range of islands, the skies suddenly became over- cast with inky clouds, causing it to appear as though night had already fallen. The pirate still carried his press of sail, for not a stitch had been taken in during the long run from the nortb. ‘ The Shadower carried the same canvas and still held her position. As night in earnest settled down, the wind, pice had held good in the long run, suddenly ulled. It was the same precursor of a terrible storm, The two vessels now lay upon the sea, and canvas was rapidly taken in, and only the small- ést sail set to meet the hurricane. The moon was at its full, yet did not cast a glimmer of light through the inky clouds that mys seemed to sweep the seas as they bar along. There lay the Shadower, like a ghost upon the black background, and with the same gweird light about ber, ) Suddenly she disappeared, for the tornado had enveloped her, i A few moments after and with thrilling winds. and roaring waters, el tornado had struck the pirate. |. The schooner met the shock bravely, bent low to its prey and then bounded away like a fright- ened monster. As she drove along all eyes were turned astern. and a yell of terror broke from four-score men. There, now within a few cables” length away, came the Sea Shadower. She was under the same sail that the pirate carried aud coming right in her wake. Extra canvas, which the buccaneer craft could ill-bear was spread, and she went tearing along like mad, ‘ But the same canvas was’ set upon the pur- suer and she came on at the same mad pace, So the hours , one, two, three, until the tornado seemed as if if would never spend its fury. | Then a vivid, blinding flash of lightning rent the inky clouds, and revealed ahead of the pirate, 7 under her very bows, a wall of white oam, Rie ay: It was a reef, and beyond were visible the rocky walls of an island. In mad terror Bazil gave the order to go about; but the tornado held the schooner too firmly in its grasp for it to easily obey, and she_ pirates beheld the Shadower wear round nature, knowing the town to be defenseless, in- | and stand away from the fatal end that was be- tended : thereby to his name, But suddenly a cry came from aloft that fairly } beat her way around, a huge wave frightened him in its earnestness. “* Sail, ho! sail, ho! it is our Shadower!” Then the Sea Gypsy was put about, and crowding on all sail, went flying seaward, shap- ing. her course down the cast. he buccaneers had not seen the Sea Shadower, since they had lost her that night in the mist, nearly a year before, and now they were as much startled as then, About the same distance divided them as then, and though Bazil sought again to open fire, his men, though now wholly under his influence in all else, refused to man a gun. to fire upon it, to add greater terror | fore them. Another bound, and, as she was beginning "28 the splendid craft and hurled her upon the reef with a force that split her from stem to stern, tore her sticks out of her and swept her shricking crew away to death against the cliffs not far . beyond, And the Sea Shadower, the relentless craft — which had driven the buccaneer to his doom? She wore around in the teeth of the tornado, and plunging, reeling though she did, she ed, away from the danger and swept around the island, guided by the lightning’s glare, Then, under the lee of the island she beat close in, her anchors were let fall and she rode And so the chase went on until the sun went | out the tempest ia comparatively quiet waters, down. ; There was 4 moon near its second quarter, | and the light revealed the pursuer and pursued, The moon set, but the stars revealed the ere ‘again surrounded by the baleful After midnight the winds went down, and when day dawned a gentle breeze only was blowing and the mad sea was resting after its madness. f 4 ' As the sun arose two boats were lowered from the white schooner, filled with men, and they "
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ae sager-,, _ , pulled with strong stroke around the island, passed in through an opening in the reef where the pirate schooner had struck and gone to pieces, and headed for a break in the rocky wall of the island, One boat led, and in her stern sat Clifford Kane, his face stern now, but calm, ‘* He seemed to know the waters, and turning, as he sprung ashore in a small inlet called out: ‘“Whata strange fatality, Harvey, for this is the very island which I sought in our cruise in the little schooner, and where Bazil’s treasure is buried. ‘**T recognize it now, and here has his ship met destruction, here has he met his death. We shadowed him to his doom.” “Tt is indeed a strange fatality, Captain Kane, and believing that we were a specter shadower, as surely they did, you have your re- venge in the horror they suffered in their last moments, if revenge you wished,” responded Harvey Lynn. ‘* Yes, I had reason for revenge against that man; but I forgive him now,” was the low reply. The rocks and the beach were strewn with dead bodies and wreckage, and the schooner was ordered around, other boats sent ashore and the pirates were buried. Search was made for the body of Bazil, and it was found, his right hand stili clasping his cut- lass, his left clinging to his belt of precious jewels, while his face wore a look of horror. **T shall bury him in the grave from which I take his treasure, his legacy to my sister and myself. ‘**My mother and I buried the treasure there long ago, and its resting-place will bea grave for the freebooter,” said Clifford. Into the treasure-pit the body of Bazil the Buccaneer was laid to rest, while the treasure was removed on board the Sea Shadower, where, most prized among all was an iron box taken from the wrecked vessel on the Cuban coast, of which Clifford and his sister Kate were the sole survivors, This hox held papers and other things proving that Clifford Kane’s father was the younger son of a noble family, who had, by the death of his elder brothers without heirs, come into the title and estates, and was on his way to England with his wife,an American, when they were lost by the vessel being driven off of her course and wrecked, “T may be the heir, and doubtless am, but I am an American, heart and soul, so when I will claim my parentage I will resign the title and estates,” said Clifford to’ Harvey and Clarence Lynn, who were in the cabin looking over the contents of the box with him. After a couple of days spent on the island, when it was found that not a soul of the pirate crew had escaped, the white schooner sailed for home, Clifford Kane remarking: * A year agoI made a solemn vow not to drop anchor in an American port until I had captured or slain Bazil the Buccaneer. ‘*Now that my oath has been kept, we will sail for Overlook Cliff, Then there is one other that I will hunt down,” **- You refer to Kenton Carr?” ** Yes, Harvey.” ** Sail, ho!” The lookout had sighted a vessel at anchor in a small cove, for theschooner was running along close inshore on the Carolina Coast. “ Head her into the cova, Mr. Lynn, for that craft is the very one I seek,” said Clifford Kane, and the schooner was run into the little bay, and her coming was not seen on board the stranger until she was within half a mile of her. CHAPTER XXIII A COMPACT UNTO DEATH, THAT the schooner in the basin had not ex- pected a surprise was as certain as that there was great surprise among her crew when the white schooner was sighted. Her boats were ashore getting water, and not half of her crew were on board, So up to her peak went the Stars and Stripes, and in response the American colors were shown on the white schooner. Then the signal was given for the captain of tke schooner at anchor to come on board the white vessel. Soon after a boat left the side of the stranger, ‘and when it came alongside of the Shadower, a man wearing the uniform of a United States naval captain was shown into the cabia, where Clifford e awaited his coming. ‘* Captain Kenton Carr, I believe?” ¢ ee — = ar 20 <a The Sea Shadower. ‘© My God! you are Clifford Sweegan?” ‘My name, sir, is Clifford Kane, though I was known to you as Clifford Sweegan, and my rank is that of a midshipman ia the navy of the United States, at present commandiag a vessel- of-war.” “And I, sir, am a captain, and if you care to see me, you will find me upon my vessel.” ‘*Hold, sir! You are a pirate, as I well know, and I have special orders to hunt you down— Stay, you are not my prisoner, and you shall have every chance, I assure you. As soon as you hear whatI have to say, you can return on board your vessel, and when you are ready to, come out and fight me, ship against ship, if you care to do so. **T sir, have just driven to his doom Bazil the Buccaneer. He wronged one whom I have known as my mother; be sought to make mea pirate, and last he went to the Kennebee and got possession of a vessel which I had built there, ‘* Fortunately the foreman of the ship-build- ers had been discharged; but be had my model and secretiy duplicated the vessel in every par- ticular, a fact known to my builders only the day before I arrived to find my vessel gone, “ They were glad to arm her for me, as I was to buy her, and so I sailed in chase of Bazil the Buccaneer and drove him to his doom, ‘* T knew his superstitious nature, and baunted him day and night until I lost him inafog. But we met again at last, and I had my revenge. ‘*T know of your career. ‘You are a pirate, not a privateer, and I will fight you to the death. You kidnapped my sis- ter, you sought to take the life of my cousin, you squandered your inheritance and then turned outlaw, “*T will not let those who love you know your evil career; but I shall give you combat, vessel against vessel, crew against crew, man against man, asking no mercy, receiving no mercy, and sparing none. ‘* Tt must be a battle to the death, until one of our vessels go down, and if it be yours, then I will have freed the seas of a monster. ‘* Tf it be mine, then your career of crime can go on until it end at the yard-arm. ** Now, sir, goon board your vessel, which is a trifle larger than mine, carries two more guns, and must have fully an equal crew. ** Tf you do not come out to attack me within | three hours, I will come in and attack you. ‘* You know my terms, Kenton Carr. Do you agree to. them?” ‘‘IT do,” and the man wheeled ,and left the cabin, He rowed back to his schooner, on board of which the boats had been recalled from the shore by a gun, and at once preparations were begun for a combat, while the white schooner, which Clifford had also named the Sea Gypsy, stood out of the bay, her drums beating to quar- ters. * Ralph, yonder craft is commanded by the Wizard Sailor, and it is to be a battle to the death between us,” said Carr, as he entered his cabin, followed by his officer. “*So be it, and we will win though he is a dan- gerous man to fight. The wind is fair, and with night coming on if we get worsted we can run for it,” replied the daring lieutenant. ‘* Very well; get the craft in fighting trim, and we'll stand out and fight him, as soon as darkness comes on.” Just at sunset the outlaw craft stood away from the anchorage, her men at their guns, as she headed out of the little bay. The Sea Gypsy drew off until she got a good offing, returning no fire of the other until she had ample sea room, when she sailed straight down upon the pirate, firing with great rapidity and doing terrible execution. For an hour the battle raged, the firing on Carr’s craft ceasing several times and signals being waved; but, as Clifford Kane paid no heed to either cries or signals, but kept up his awful cannonade, his enemy would again open and the combat would be renewed. At last the foremast of the black schooner went down, and she became a wreck; but the guns of the white craft did not cease their dead- ly rain. Soon all the top-hamper of the foe was shot away, and she lay a complete wreck upon the waters, Kenton Carr lay dying upon her decks, but Red Ralph with tue devil roused in him, now fought on, shooting or cutting down any man who cried for mercy, until at last the sinking, shot-riddled craft with a sudden lurch went down beneath the waters, while the Sea Gypsy crippled badly, with many dead and wounded upon her decks, sailed serenely on her way northward, a victor and an avenger, — rs re aF 4a thea hoary, Clifford Kane had shadowed his foé their death. : é CONCLUSION, THE arrival of the Sea Gypsy in the port of M—— some two weeks after her battle with Ken ton Carr’s pirate schooner, was an event. She came in crippled, partially shot-scarred, and: with two-score wounded men, while her crew had been sadly thinned by death. But she was welcome, and the hero midship- man who commanded her had honors showered upon him, Only Harvey and Clarence Lynn, besides him- self, knew what the craft was that the young captain had so savagely fought to the death. So the secret was safe, lt was reported that Ken ton Carr’s schooner had been sunk in action with a British craft—that was the rumor long after. With Bazil dead, his wife was willing to listen to the pleadings of Captain Chester Chadwick, and after the war she became Mrs, Chadwick forever burying her past lite and the name of Sorceress, Harvey Lynn won and wedded the beautiful Kate, who, like her brother, relinquished all claim to their English inheritance, her fortune being the legacy of the freebooter, Bazil. As for Clifford: Kane, he won a name that will long live in romance as well as history, and what he valued more highly, he won the heart and hand of beautiful Creola Carr, and found a haven for life in Harborage Hall, where the old commodore still lived, and after the war enjoyed being addressed by his young son-in-law by the honorary title of Admiral, THE END, Beadle's Dime Library. BY EDWARD WILLETT, 129 Mississippi Mose; or, a Strong Man’s Sacrifice. 209 Buck Farley, the Bonanza Prince. 222 Bill the Blizzard; or, Red Jack’s Crime. 248 Montana Nat, the Lion of Last Chance Camp, 274 Flush Fred, the Mississippi Sport. 289 Flush Fred’s Full Hand. 298 Logger Lem; or, Life in the Pine Woods. 308 Hemlock Hank, Tough and True. 315 Flush Fred’s Double; or, The Squatters’ Leaguo, , 827 Terrapin Dick, the Wildwood Detective. 337 Old Gabe, the Mountain Tramp. 348 Dan Dillon, King of Crosscut. 368 The Canyon King; or, a Price on his Head. 483 Flush Fred, the River Sharp. BY COLONEL DELLE SARA, 53 Silver Sam; or, The Mystery of Deadwood City, 87 The Scarlet Captain; or, Prisoner of the Tower, 106 Shamus O’Brien, the Bould Boy of Glingal, MISCELLANEOUS, 6 Wildcat Bob. By Edward L. Wheeler. 9 Handy Andy. By Samuel Lover. 10 Vidoeq, the French Police Spy. By himself. 11 Midshipman Easy. et, Captain Marryatt. 82 B’hoys of Yale: or, The Scrapes of Collegians, 60 Wide Awake, the Robber King. By F. Dumont. 68 The Fighting Trapper. By Capt. J. F.C. Adams. 76 The Queen’s Musketeers. By George Albany. 78 The Mysterious Spy. By Arthur M. Grainger. 102 The Masked Band. By George L. Aiken, 110 The Silent Rifleman. By H. W. Herbert. 125 The Blacksmith Outlaw. By H. Ainsworth. 133 Rody the Rover. By William Caneton. 140 The Three Spaniards. By Geo. Walker. 144 The Hunchback of No tre Dame. By Victor Hugo, 146 The Doctor Detective. By George Lemuel. 152 Captain Ironnerve, the Counterfeiter Chief, 158 The Doomed Dozen. By Dr. Frank Powell, 166 Owlet, the Robber Prince. 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rt of Ken Tred, » he ship- vered him- bung . So Ken © tion long sten | ‘ick, ick 2 of iful all une ie 1 " BEADLE’S*] Published Every Tuesday. Each Issue Complete and Sold at the Uniform Price of Five Cents. ¥ F; hoe ky § *» RMT ome: ALF-DIME*]IBRARY. No Double Numbers. BY PHILIP 8. WARNE. 67 Patent-Leather Joe; or, Old Rattlesnake, the Charmer. 175 Captain Arizona; or, Patent-Leather Joe's Big Game, 198 Captain Mask; or, Patent-Leether Joe's Deteat. 219 Despard, the Duellat; cr, The Mountain Vempires, B88 A Tough Boy 3 or, The Dwarf’s Revenge. 868 Little Tornado; or, The Outcasts of the Glen. 878 Little Jingo; or, the Queer Pard. : 888 Little Oh-my 3 or, Caught in His Own Trap, 401 Little Shoo-Fly y or, A Race fora Ranch, 408 Little Leather-Breeches 5 or, Old Jumbo’s Curse, 481 Little Ah Sin3 or, The Curse of Blood. 451 Colorado Kate. A Tale of the stines. 480 Three Jolly Pards. 517 Jim Gladden’s Deputy. 527 The Jolly Pards to the Rescue, 4? Sandy Andy3 or, A Good Man Down. 656 Lariat Lil; or, The Cast for a Life. 574 Old Weasel-top, the Man with the Dogs. 598 Keen Clem, the Ranch imp. 599 Jim Dandy the No-Name Sport. 618 Billy Blazes; or, The Skeleton’s Legacy, 685 Oklahoma Hi, the Blue-Coat Scout. 648 Happy Marry’s Big Find. : BY CAPTAIN FRED. WHITTAKER. 15 The Sea-Cat; or, The Witch of Darien. 29 The Dumb Page} or, The Doge’s Daughter, 48 Dick Darling, the Pony Express Rider, 150 Lance and Lasso; or, The Children of the Chaco. 154 The Sword Hunters; or, The Land of the Elephant Riders, 159 The Lost Captain; or, Skipper Jabez Coffin’s Cruise to the Open Polar Sea. 006 The Boy Bedouins}; or, The Brothers of the Plumed Lance, 14 Wolfgang, the Robber of the Rhine, 249 Milo Romer, the Animal King; or, The Round the World Wanderer. 265 The Tiger Tamer or, The League of the Jungle. 881 Black Stok. the Demon Rider, 895 California Joe’s War Trail. BY BUCKSKIN 8AM (Major Sam.-8. Hall.) 284 Old Rocky's ‘*Boyees; or, Benito, the Young Horse- ow) or, Giant George’s Revenge. i 818 Ker-whoop, Ker-whoo}; or, The Tarantula of Taos. S27 Creeping a B64 Snap- BIS Chiota, the Creek 3 or, The Three Thunderbolts. 881 Bandera B Frank to the Front. 892 Romeo and the Reds; or, The Beleaguered Ranch. 404 Little Lariat; or, Pecan Pete’s Big Rampage. 414 The Dalsy from Denver, 427 The Three Trallers; or, Old Rocky on the Rampage, 442 Bluff Bill; or, The Lynx of the Leona. 455 Little Lone Star: or, The Belle of the Cibolo. 684 Cache Carl, the Chico Giant. BY EDWARD WILLETT. 167 Asa Scott, the Steamboat Boy, 199 Featherweight the Boy Champion of the Muskingum, 228 Ozark Alf; or, Featherweight Among the Outlaws. R282 The Type Detective 3 or, Weasel, the Boy Tramp. 295 Fearless Phil; or, The King of Quartzville. 811 The Roving Sport; or, The Pride of Chuckaluck Camp, 822 Nemo, the Yetective; or, Kit Kenyon's Vendetta, 840 Clip the Contortionist; or, Tha Montana Vigilantes, BY J. ©. COWDRICK. 860 Silver-Mask;, the Man of Mystery. B6Y' Shasta, the Gold King; ag va Seven Years Dead. 420 The Detective’s / ppren tee; or, A Boy Without » Name, 424 Cibuta John}; or, Red-Hot Times at Ante Bar. 489 Sandy Sam, the Street Scout. 335 oc nse he Debs Dude. q roadway + the Bootblack Bravo. 606 Redlight Ral “8 the Prince of the Road. 514 Broadway Billy’« Boodle. ® 624 The Engineer Detective, 586 Broadway Billy’s ‘Ditikilty.” 548 Mart, the Night Express Detective. 557 Broadway Billy’s Peath Racket. 571 Alr-Line Luke the Young Engimeer. 679 The Chimney Spy; or, Broadway Billy’s Surprise-Party, 592 The Boy Pinkerton. 605 William 0’ Broadway; or, The Boy Detective’s Big inning, 615 Fighting Harry the Chief of Chained Cyclone. 625 Broadway Billy’s Dead Act. 640 Bareback Beth, the Centaur of the Circle, 647 Typewriter Tilly, the Merchant’s Ward. BY JO PIERCE, 897 Bob o’ the Bowery; or, The Prince of Mulberry Streets 415 The Vagabond Detective; or, Bowery Bob’s Boom. 452 plowrene. Bob, the Street-Boy Detective, 460 The Lawyer’s Shadow; or, Luke’s Legacy. 472 Jaunty Joe, the Young Horse-King. 494 Surly Sim, the Young Ferryman Detective, 504 Five Points Phil. 509 Jack Jaggers, the Butcher Boy Detective, 516 Tartar Tim; or, Five Points Phil’s Menagerie, 526 North River Naty, the Pier Detective, 588 Wreatling Rex, the Pride ofthe Sixth Ward, 541 Jeff Flicker. the Stable Boy Detective, sek Hie Nettle, the Boy Shadow. 59 Harlem Jack, the Office Boy Detective. ped rooklyn Ren, the On-His-Own-Hook Detective é av Ran Witeewake ine the Under-Sea Prospector, iT - 628 Buck Bumblohee 689 Sunrise Saul, the -Train Ferret. 649 Gamin Bob, the Bowery Badger; or, Seooping a Slippery Set. hig a ae B. STODDARD, Ex-8cout. 06 Neck-Tle Ned; or, Th 846 Rapier Raphael or, The Seg hn ss Zacatecas. 891 Kid-Glove Kit, the Dandy of the Rockies 898 Kid-Glove Kit and Pardy or, The Gold King. 406 The Mad Man-Hunter; or,’ The Mystery of Molden ulch. 505 Powell’s Pard; or, The One-Armed Giant, BY WM. G. PATTEN, as9 The Diamond Sport; or, The Double F, Captain Mystery ; or, Five in One, sce of Bed Rock. Dale Dare the Sport from Denver. ld Bombshell, the Ranger Detective, reern the Man of Fire. 0 Detective; or, The Double @rip Witness ‘Kame, the Velvet. ES) . 1 Dave's Dandy 8 ipl w x Et The Gold-secker uide: 2%, The Lost Mountain, BY ALBERT W. AIKEN, 11 The Two Detectives; or, The Fortunes ofa Bowery Girl, %6 Abe Colt, the Crow-Killer. 7Y Sol Ginger, the Giant Trapper. 288 Joe Buck of Angels and His Buoy Pard. 447, New York Nat. A Tale of Tricks and Traps in Gotham, 458 New England Nick; or, The Fortunes of a Foundling, 464 Nimble Nick, the Circus Prince. 498 Taos Ted, tne Arizona Sport. 510 Cool Colorado, the Hall-Breed Detective, 518 Cool Colorado in New York. BY GEORGE WALDO BROWNE, 86 Dandy Rock the Man from Texas. 90 The Dread Rider; or, The Texan Duelist. 99 The 'liger of Taos; or, Dandy Rock’s Angel. 115 The Mad Miner; or, Dandy Rock’s Doom. 181 The Golden Mand; or, Dandy Rock to the Rescue, 164 Dandy Reck’s Pledge; or, Hunted to Death. 178 Dandy Rock’s Rival; or, The taunted Maid of Taos BY CAP'1. J. F. C. ADAMS, 84 Oregon Sol; or, Nick Whiffles’s Boy Spy. 46 Glass-Eye, the Great Shot of the West. 54 Ned Hazel, the Boy Trapper. 56 Nick Whiltfies’s Pet; or, In The Valley of Death, 60 The White Indian; or, The Seovt of the Yellowstone 70 Old Zip’s Cabin; or, The Greenhorn in the Wooda. 31 Lightning Jo, the Terror of the Prairie. 85 Buck Bueckram: or, Bess, the Female Trapper, 247 Old Grizzly and His Pets; or, The Wild Huntress, 251 Light-house Lige; or, Osceola, the Firebrand. 257 The Lost Hunters; or, The Underground Camp. 288 The Scalp King; or, The Human Thundervolt. BY ROGER STARBUCK, 25 The Boy Captain: or, The Pirate’s Daughter. 114 The Black Schooner; or, Jib Junk, the Old Tar. 259 The Golden Harpoon; or, Loat Among the Floes. 848 Fire-Heels; or, Old Skinflint, the Death-Shadow. 854 Big Horn Ike, the Hill Tramp; or, The Odd Pards. 861 The Phantom Light-house. 870 Breaker Ben, the Reef-Runner. BY WILLIAM ’”’. EYSTER, 190 Dandy Darke; or, The Tigers of High Pine. 210 Faro Frank; or, Dandy Darke’s Go-Down Pards BY COLONEL DELLE SARA, 108 The Lion of the Sea; or, The Vailed Lady. 186 Cool Desmond ; or, The Gambler's Big Game, BY JAMES L. BOWEN 107 One-Eyed Sim; or, The Abandoned Forest Home. 110 The Black Steed of the Prairies, A Story of Texas, BY ©. PUNNING CLARE. 185 Captain By or, The Boy Spy of the Mountains. 280 The Yankee Rajah; or, The Fate of the Black Shereef. BY GEORGE ©. JENKS. 485 Git Thar Owney the Unknown, 492 Git Thar Owney’s Pledge. 518 The Demon Doctor. 581 Double-Curve Dan, the Pitcher Detective. 59S Flute, the Singer Detective, 608 The Pitcher Detective’sa Foil; or, Double Curve Dan’s Double Play. 616 The Ocean Detective: or, The Last Cruise of the Black Bear, BY CAPT. ALFRED B. TAYLOR UT. 8. A. 191 Buffalo Billy, the Boy Bullwhacker. 194 Buffalo Bill's Bet; or. The Gambler Guide, BY CHARLES E., LASALLE, 50 Burt Bunker, the Trapper. 52 The White Buffalo. A Tale of the Northwest BY JOHN J. MARSHALL, 40 Roving Ben. A Story of a Young American. 97 The Outlaw Brothers; or, The Captive of the Harpes. BY HARRY 8ST. GEORGE, 80 Roaring Ralph Rockwood, the Ranger. 44 Rattling Rube; or, The Nighthawks of Kentucky, 59 Old Hickory ; Ay Pandy Ellis’s Scalp. 108 Daring Davy ; or, The Trail of the Border Wolf, 166 Hickory Harry; or, The Trapper-Brigade’s Spy. 172 Thunderbolt ‘tomt or, the Wolf-Herder. BY MAJOR E. L. 8T,. VRAIN, 292 Sancho Pedro, the Boy Bandit. 801 Leadville Nick, the Boy Sport. 812 Redtop Rube, the Vigilante Prince, 888 Brimstone Bob, and His Lightning Horse Qu 2 Tombstone Tom, the Arizona Boy of “Sand.” 859 Durango Dave, the Youns Chany) n Wrestler, 871 Kingbolt Chris, the Young Hard-Shell Detective. 880 Avalanche Alf, the Foothills Guide, 890 Jaguar Joe, of the Mountain Mail-Line, BY EDWARD 8. ELLIS, 6 Bil. Bidder, Trapper. 8 Seth Jones : or, The Captives of the Frontier, © Nat Todd g,0r, The Fate of the Sioux Captive. rne Frontier Angel. 98 The Boy Minera; or, The Enchanted Island, 182 The Hunted Hunter; or, The Sirange Horseman, 254 The Half-Blood; or, The Panther of the Plains, 271 The Huge Hunter; orf The Steam Prairie Man, BY MAJOR LEWIS W. CARSON, 278 The Three T or, The Mountsin Monster. $38 Indian Joe; or The White Spirit of the Hilis, BY FRANK DUMONT, 120 The Branded The Man of Mystery, 127 Wild-Fire. ike Hann oi ine Road. — 140 Blue Blazes; or, The Break 0’ Day Boys of Rosky Bar. 171 Ebony Dan; or, The Rival Leagues, ' 185 Evil Eye; or, The Vultures of the Rio Grande, » BY CAPT, MARK WILTON, 256 Young K The Red Lasso, 270 Blizzard Hens oc, The Riot at Keno Camp. 286 Josh, the Boy Tenderfoot- BY BRACEBRIDGE tWEMYNG. 89 Island Jim; or, The Pet of the Family. 91 The Captain of the Cin or. The Rival Athletes. 101 Jack Harkaway in New York. BY CAPTAIN MAYNE REID. 78 Blue Dick: or, The Yellow Chief's Ven Th League of Devil's 87 The Land eiretes 4 or, The Sha $07, ’ BY JOSEPH E. BADGER, JR, 2 Yellowstone Jack; or, The Trapper. Black John, the Road-Agent; or, The Outlaw’s Retreat 65 Hurricane BIL; or, Mustang Sam and His Part, 119 Mustang Sam ; or, The King of the Plains. 186 Night-HMawk Kit; or, The Daughter of the Ranch, 144 Dainty Lance the Boy Sport. 151 Panther Paul; or, Dainty Lance to the Rescue. 160 The Black Giant; or, Dainty Lance in Jeopardy. 168 Deadly Dash; or, Fighting Fire with Fire. 184 The Boy Trailers ; or, Dainty Lance on the War-Path, 208 The Boy Pards; or, Dainty Lance Unmasks. 211 Crooked Cale, the Caliban of Celestial City. 810 The Barranca W olf; or, The Beautitul Decoy. 819 The Black Rider; or, The Horse-Thieves’ League, 885 Old Double Fist; or, ‘Ihe Strange Guide 855 The King of the Woods: or Dane: o one’s Last Trak 449 Kit Fox, the Border Boy Detective 625 Chincapin Dan, the Boy Trailer, BY W. J. HAMILTON, 68 The Red Brotherhood; or, The Twelve Avenge: 66 Single Hand; or, A Life for a Life. 72 Mad Tom Western, the Texan Ranger. 887 Ben Bird, the Cave King; or, Big Pete’s Scoop. BY JACK FARRAGUT. 815 Ned, the Cabin Boy. rer 820 The Sea Sorceress; or, The Boy Skipper. BY LIEUT. H. D. PERRY, U. 8. N. 176 The Boy Runaway; or, The Buccaneer of the Bay. 180 The Sea Trailer; or, A Vow Well Kept. 192 Captain Kit; or, The Mystery of Montauk Point. BY HARRY HAZARD. 828 Arkansaw Jack; or, The Scourge of the Mines, 829 Red-Skin Toms or, The Demon’s Trail. 842 The Mountain Devil; or, Yellow Jack, the Outlaw, BY COL, A, F. HOLT, 899 Black Buckskin; or, The Masked Men of Death Cangom. 419 Kenneth, the Knife-King. 485 Little Lightfoot, the Pilot of the Woods, BY J. W. OSBON. 469 The Rival Giants of Nowhar’. 498 Cactus Burr, the Man from Hard Luck, 587 Old Buckeye, the Sierra Shadow. 564 Powder Phil, the Boy Miner. 609 Bolly Dorrit, the Veteran Detective. 620 Little Lightning’s League; or, The Mystery of tne Island 688 Plucky Paul, the Boy Prospector, BY FREDERICK DEWEY. 818 Cimarron Jack, the King-Pin of Rifle-Shote 478 Tangemund, the Desert Detective. 542 The Canyon Parda. BY ARTHUR ©. GRISSOM, 440 Little Foxfoot, the Gold Bowle Kid. 558 The Sure-Shot Parda, / 621 Truthful James, the “ Pecooliar” Man, BY LIEUT. A. K. SIMS, 546 Captain Cactus, the Chaparral Cock, 568 The Dandy of Dodge. 576 The Silver Sport. 588 Saffron Sol, the Man With a Shadow 589 Tom-Cat and Pard; or, The Dead Set at Silver > x 601 fiaepy Hana, the Dutch Vidocq. x < : 611 Bildad Barnacle, the Detective Hercules. 622 Texas Tom-Cat’s Triad. 681 Tom Cat’s Terrible Task. 688 Tom-Cat’s Triumph; or, Black Ivan’s Great Combine. 646 Cowboy Gid, the Cattle-Range Detective. MISCELLANEOUS AUTHORA, 4 The Wild-Horse Munters. By Capt. Mayne Relé a= Frederick Whittaker. 9 Adventures of Baron Munchausen, 12 Gulliver’s Travels. By Dean Swift, 14 Aladdin; or, The Wonderful Lamp. 33 Eoniaees, Sraanp. Leese ndbad the Sailor. is Seven Vo s 22 The Sea Serpent; or, The Boy Robineon Crusoe. By Juss Lewis. 88 The Ocean Bloodhound; or, The Red Pirates of the Carribees. By S, W. Pierce. 86 The Boy Clown} or, The Queen ofthe Arena. By Frank 8. Finn. 88 Ned Wylde, the Boy Scout. By Texas Jack. 61 The Boy Rifles; or, The Underground Camp, By Archie C. Irons. 95 The Rival Rovers; or, The Freebooters of the Mississippi. By Lieut.-Col, Hazeltine. 98 Robin Hood, the Uutlawed Ear); or, The Merry. Men of Green. wood. By Prof. Gildersleeve. 105 Old Rube, the Hunter; or, The Crow Captive. By Captalr Hamilton Holmes. : 112 The Mad Hunter; or, Ihe Cave of Death. By Burton Sare 124 Tippy, the Texans or, The Young Champion, By George erson. 128 The Young Privateers or, The Pirate’s Stronghold. By Harry Cavendish. 148 Shar Sam or, The Adventures of a Friendless Boy, By 3 Alexander Patten. 227 Dusky Darrell, Trapper; or, The Green Ranger of the Ye) poses y weit gate yg 9 - ae 261 Fergus Fearnaug he New Y irk Boy. By G. L. A! 266 Killb’ar, the Guide; or, Davy Crocketi’s Crooked Trail By Ensign C. D. Warren. ‘ 298 Red Claw, the One-Eyed Trapper; or, The Maid of the Clift By Captain Comstock. 817 Peacock Pete, the Lively Lad from Leadville. By Lieu tenant Alfred Thorne. 828 The Sky Detectives; or, A Boy’s Fight for Life and Honos By Maior Mickey Free. u 850 Red Ralph, the River Rovers or, The Brother’s Re venge. By Ned Buntline. 865 Baltimore Ren the Bootblack Detective. By A, P. Morrie 874 Gold-Dust Tom; or, Ben’s Double Match, By George H Moree. 876 California Joe's First Trail, By Colonel Thoma 418 Billy Rombahell, the Cliff Climber, By F,S. Winthrop. #5 The Black Ship. By John S Warner. 4 Comanche Dick and His Three Invincible. & BOS Grae uea Aus tie Deidy Sport, By aie Meals -Ar™m. e in: : ¥ ur Fr. B82 Tha Cowboy Duke. By Eawtn Brooke Ferrest, B52 Ariel the Athlete. By David Druid. BSS Will Waters, the Boy Ferret. By H. Enton. 682 The Dead Detective’s Double. By Gerald Carlton A New Issue Every Tuesday. ‘ The Half-Dime Library is for sale by all newsdealers, fv. eonts per Copy, or sent by mat! on recerpt of six cents each, BEADLE AND ADAMS, Publishers, 98 William Street, New Your
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4 A Published Every Tuesday. BY EDWARD L. WHEELER. Deadwood Dick Novels. 1 Deaiwood Dick, the Prince of the Road. 20 Deadwood Dick’s Defiance; or, Double Daggers. 28 Deadwood Dick in Disguise; or, Buffalo Bon 5 Wild Ivan, the Boy Claude Duval. 42 Deadwood Dick’s Bonanza; or, The Phantom Miner. 49 Deadwood Dick in Danger; or, Omaha Oll. 57 Deadwood Dick’s Eagles; or, The Pards of Flood Bar. 78 Deadwood Dick on Deck; or, Calamity Jane; the Heroine 77 Deadwood Dick’s Last Act; or, Corduroy Charlie. 100 Deadwood Dick in Leadville, 104 Deadwood Dick’s Device; or, The Double Cross Sign. 109 Deadwood Dick as Detective. 129 Deadwood Dick's Double; or, The Gorgon’s Gulch Ghost. 188 Deadwood Dick’s Home Base; or, Blonde Bill. 149 Deadwood Dick’s Big Strike; or, A Game of Gold. 156 Deadwood Dick of Deadwood} or, The Picked Party. 195 Deadwood Dick’s Dreamy or, The Rivals of the Road. 201 Deadwood Dick’s Wards or, The Black Hil|’s Jezebel. 205 Deadwood Dick’s Doom; or, Calamity Jaue’s Adventure. 217 Captain Crack-Shot, the Girl Brigand, 221 Sugar-Coated Sam; or, The Black Gown. 282 Gold-Dust Dick. A Romance of Roughs and Toughs, 268 Deadwood Dick’s Divide; or, The Spirit of Swamp Lake. 268 Deadwood Dick’s Death Trail. 809 Deadwood Dick’s Deal; or, The Gold Brick of Oregon, 821 Deadwood Dick’s Dozen; or, The Fakir of Phantom Flats. 847 Deadwood Dick’s Ducats; or, Rainy Days in the Dig- gings. 851 Deadwood Dick Sentenced; or, The Terrible Vendetta, 862 Deadwood Dick’s Claim. 405 Deadwood Dick in Dead City. 410 Deadwood Dick’s Diamonds. 421 Deadwood Dick in New York; or, A “ Cute Care.” 480 Deadwood Dick's Dust; or, The Chained Hand, 448 Deadwood Dick, Jr. 448 Deadwood Dick, Jr’s. Defiance; or, Nickel-Plate Ned, 458 Deadwood Dick, Jr’s. Full Hand, 459 Deadwood Dick, Jr’s, Big Round-Up. 465 Deadwood Dick, Jr’s. Racket at Claim 10. 471 Deadwood Dick, Jr’s. Corral; or, Bozeman Bill. 476 Deadwood Dick, Jr's. Dog Detective. 481 Deadwood Dick, Jr. in Deady ood; or, Moll Mystery. 491 Deadwood Dick, Jr's. Compact 496 Deadwood Dick, Jr’s. Inheritance, 5600 Deadwood Dick's Diegings 3 or, Dr, Death-Grip’s Swoop. 508 Deadwoed Dick’s« Deliverance. 5615 Deadwood Dick’s Protegee. 522 Deadwood Dick’s Three. 529 Deadwood Dick’s Danger Ducka. ’ 534 Deadwood Dick’s Death Hunt. 589 Deadwood Dick Jr. in Texas. 544 Deadwood Dick, dr. the Wild West Vidoog. 4 549 Deadwood Dick on His Mettle. 554 Deadwood Dick, Jr. in Gotham, 561 Deadwood Dick in Boston. 567 Deadwood Dick, Jr. in Philadetphia, 572 Deadwood Dick, Jr. in Chicago, 578 Deadwood Dick, Jr. Afloat. 584 Deadwood Dick, Jr. in Denver, 590 Deadwood Dick, Jr's. Decree. 595 Deadwood Dick Jr. in Beelzebub’s Basin. 600 Deadwood Dick Jr. at Saver island. 606 Deadwood Dick Jr’s Leadville Lay. 612 Deadwood Dick Jr. in Detroit. 618 Deadwood Dick, Jr. in Cincinnati. 624 Deadwood Dick, Jr. in Nevada. 0 Deadwood Dick, Jr. in No Man’s Land. 86 Deadwood Dick, Jr. After the Queer. 642 Deadwood Dick, Jr. in Buffalo, 648 Deadwood Dick, Jr's. Chase Across the Continent, 654 Deadwood Dick, Jr. Among the Smugglers. 660 Deadwood Dick, Jr’s, [naurance Case. 666 Deadwood Dick, Jr. Back in the Mines, 672 Deadwood Dick, Jr. in Durango; or, ‘ Gathered In.” Other Novels by E. L. Wheeler, 26 Cloven Hoof, the Buffalo Demon. 82 Bob Woolf; or, The Girl Dead-Shot. 89 Death-Face, Detective; or, Life in New York, 45 Old Avalanche; or, Wild Edna, the Girl Brigand. 58 Jim Bludsoe, Jr., thre Boy Phenix. 61 Buckhorn Bill; or, The Red Rifle Team. 69 Gold Rifle, the Sharpshovter; or, The Boy Detective, 80 Rosebud Rob; or, Nugget Ned, the Knight. 84 Idyl, the Girl Winer; or, Rosebud Rob on Hand. 88 Phetograph Phil; or, Rosebud Rob's Reappearance. 92 Canada Chet or, Old Anaconda in Sitting Bull’s Camp, 96 W atch-Eye; or, Arabs and Angels of a Great City. 18 Jack Hoyle the Young Speculator. 17 Gilt-Edged Dick, the Sport Detective 21 Cinnamon Chip, the Girl Sport, 25 Bonanza Bill, Miner. 88 Boas Bob the King of Bootblacks, 141 Solid Sam, the Boy Road-Agent. 145 Captain Ferret, the New York Detective. 161 New York Nell, the Boy-Girl Detective. 177 Nobby Nick of Nevada; or, The Sierras Scamps. 181 Wid rank, the Buckskin Bravo. 209 Fritz, the Bound-Boy Detective, 218 Fritz to the Front; or, The Ventriloquist Hunter. 226 Snoozer, the Boy Sharp; or, The Arab Detgctive. 286 Apollo Bill, the Trail Tornado. 240 Cyclone Kit, the Young Gladiator. 244 Sierra Sam, the Frontier Ferret. 248 Sierra Sam’s Secret; or, The Bloody Footprints, 258 Sierra Sam’s Pard; or, The Angel of Big Vista. 258 Sierra Santas Seven; or, The Stolen Bride. 278 Jumbo Joe, the Koy Patrol; or, The Rival Heirs, 277 Denver Dol! , the Detective Queen, 281 Denver Doll's Victory. 255 Denver Doll’ Decoy ; or. Little Bill’s Bonanza. 291 Turk the Boy Ferret. 296 Denver Doll’s Drift; or, The Road Queen. 299 A No, 1, the Dashing Toll-Taker. 808 ’Liza Jane, the Girl Miner; or, the Iron-Nerved Sport. 825 Kelley, Hickey & Co., the Detectives of Philadelphia, B80 Little Q@uiek-Shot3 or, The Dead Face of Daggersville, 884 Kangaroo Kit; or, The Mysterious Miver. 889 Kangaroo Kit’s Racket. $48 Manhattan Mike, the Bowery Blood. B58 First-Class Fred, the Gent from Gopher. 868 Vreka Jim. the Gold-Gatherer; or, The Life Lottery, 872 Yreka Jim’s Prize. 878 Nabob Ned; or, The Secret of Slab City. BS2 Cool Kit, the King of Kids; or, A Villain’s Vengeance. 885 Yreka Jim's Joker} or, The Rivals of Red Nose, 889 Bicycle Ben; or, The Lion of Lightning Lode, 894 Yreka Jim of Yuba Dam. 400 Wrinkles, the Night-Watch Detective. 416 High Wat Harry, the Base Ball Detective, 426 Sam Slabaides, the Beggar-Boy Detective, 484 Jim Beak and Pal, Private Detectives, 488 Santa Fe Sal, the Slasher. 486 Sealskin Sam, the Sparkler. BEADLE'S«H ALF- DIME* LIBRARY. Each Issue Complete and Sold at the Uniform Price of Five Cents. No Double Numbers, BY COLONEL PRENTISS INGRAHAM, ® The Flying Vankee? or, The Ocean Outcast. ‘ 17 Ralph Roy, the Boy Buccaneer; or. The Fugitive Yacht. 24 Diamond Dirk}; or, The Mystery of the atone. 62 The Shadow Ships or, The Rival Lieutenants. 75 The Boy Duellat; or, The Cruise of the Sea-Wolf. 102 Dick Dead-Eye, the Boy Smugzgier. 111 The Sea-Devil; or, The Midshipman’s Legacy. 116 The Hussar Captain ¢ or, The Hermit of Hell Gate. 197 Little Grit; or, Bessie, the Stock-Tender’s Daughter. 204 Gold Plume; or, The Kid-Glove Sport. 216 Bison Bll, the Prince of the Reins, 222 Grit, the Bravo Sport; or, The Woman Trailer, 229 Crimson Kate; or, The Cowboy’s Triumph, 287 Lone Star, the Cowboy Captain. 245 Merle, the Middy ; or, The Freelance Heir, 250 The Midshipman M utineer 3 or, Brandt, the Buccaneer, 264 The Floating F eather; or, Merle Monte’s Treasure. 269 The Gold Ship; or, Merle, the Condemned, 276 Merle Monte’s Cruise; or,“ The Gold Ship” Chase. 280 Merle Monte’s Fate; or, Pear), the Pirate’s Bride, 284 The Sen Marauder; or, Merle Monte’s Pledge. 287 Billy Blue-Eyea, the Boy Rover of the Rio Grande. 804 The. Dead Shot Dandy ; or, Bemto, the Boy Bugler. 808 Keno Kit; or, Dead Shot Pandy’s Double. 814 The Mysterious Marauder; or, The Boy Bugler’s Trail, 877 Bonodel, the Boy Rover}; or, The Fingless Schooner, 888 The Indian Pilot; or, The Search for Pirate Island, 887 Warpath WIL, the Boy Phantom. 898 Seawalf, the Boy Lieutenant. 402 Isodor, the Young Conapirator; or, The Fatal League. 407 The Boy Insurgent; or, The Cuban Vendetta. 412 The Wild Yachtaman; or, The War-Cloua’s Cruise. 429 Duncan Dare, the Boy Refugee. 488 A Cabin Boy’s Luck; or, The Corsair. 487 The Sea Ralder. 441 The Ocean Firefly; or, A Middy’s Vengeance. 446 Haphazard Harry; or, The Scapegrace of the Sea, 450 Wizard WII: or, The Boy Ferret of New York. 454 Wizard WIIl’s Street Scouts. 462 The Born Guide; or, The Sailor Boy Wanderer, 468 Neptune Ned, the Boy Coaster. 474 Flora; or, Wizard Will’s Vagabond Pard. 488 Ferrets Afloat; or, Wizard Will’s Last Case. 487 Nevada Ned, the Revolver Ranger. 495 Arizona Joe the Boy Pard of Texas Jack. 497 Buck Taylor, King of the Cowboys. 508 The Royal Middy ; or, The Shark and the Sea Cat, 507 The Hunted Midohipman. 511 The Outlawed Middy. 520 Buckskin BILL, the Comanche Shadow, 525 Brothers in Buckskin. 580 The Buckskin Bowers. 585 The Buc. skin Rovers. 5640 Captain Ku-Klux, the Marauder of the Rio, 545 Lieutenant Leo, the Son of Lafitte. 550 Lalitte’s Legacy; or. The Avenging Son, 555 The Creole Corsair. 560 Pawnee Bill, the Prairie Shadower, 565 Kent Kingdon, the Card King. 570 Camille, the Card Queen. 575 The Surgeon-Scout Detective. 580 The Outcast Cadets or, ‘Tlie Falee Detective, 586 The Backasakin Avenger. 591 Delmonte, the Young Sea Rover. 597 The Young Texan Detective. 602 The Vagabond of the Mines. 607 The Rover Detective; or, Keno Kit’s Champions, 617 Ralph, the Dead-Shot Scout; or, The Kio Raiders. 644 The Hercules Highwaymun. 650 Butterfly Billy, the Pony Kider Detective; or, Buffalo Bill’s Boy Para. 656 Butterfly Billy’s Man Hunt. 662 Butterfly Billy’s Bonanza. 668 The Buccaneer Midshipman. BY BUFFALO BILL (Ion. Wm. F. Cody). 8 Kanaas King; or, The Red Right Hand. 19 The Phantom Spy: or, The Pilot of the Prairie. 55 Deadly-Eye, the Usiiows Scout. 68 Border Robin Hood} or, The Prairie Rover. 158 Fancy Frank of Colorado; or, The Trapper’s Trust. BY CHARLES MORRIS, 118 WIll Somers, the Boy Detective. 122 Phil Hardy, the Boss Boy. 126 Picayune Pete} or, Nicodemus, the Dog Detective, 180 Detective Dicks or, The Hero in Rags. 142 Handsome Harry, the Bootblack Detective, 147 Will Wildfire, the Thoronghbred. 152 Black Beas, Wil! Wildfire’s Racer. 157 Mike Merry, the Harbor Police Boy. 162 Will Wildfire in the Wooda. 165 Billy Baggage, the Railroad Boy. 170 A Trump Card; or, Will Wildfire Wins and Loses, 174 Bob Rockett or, Mysteries of New York. 179 Bob Rockett, the Bank Runner. 188 The Hidden Hand; or, Wil) Wildfire’s Revenge, 187 Fred Halyard, the Life Roat Boy; or, The Smugglers, 189 Bob Rockett; or, Driven to the Wall 196 Shadowed ; or, Bob Kockett’s Fight for Life, 206 Dark Paul, the Tiger King. 212 Dashing Dave, the Dandy Detective, 220 Tom Tanner: 4, The Black Sheep of the Flock, 225 Sam Charcoal the Premium Darky. 235 Shadow Sam, the Messenger Boy. 242 The Two * Bloods”; or, Shenandoah Bill and His Gang, 252 Dick Dashaway ; or, A Dakota Boy in Chicago, 262 The Young Sharps: or, Rollicking Mike’s Hot Trail 274 Jolly Jim, the Detective Apprentice. 289 Jolly Jim’« Job; or, The Young Detective, 298 The ater-Hound; or, The Young Thoroughored. 805 Dashaway, of Dakota; or, A Western Lad in Quaker City. 824 Ralph Ready, the Hotel Boy_ Detective. 841 Tony. Thorne, the Vagabond Detective. 858 The Reporter-Detective or, Fred Flyer’s Blizzard. 867 Wide-Awake Joe; or, A Boy of the Times. 879 Larry, the Leveler; or, The Bloods of the Boulevard. 408 Firefly Jack, the River-Rat Detective, 428 The Lost Finger; or, The Entrapped Cashier. 428 Fred Flyer, the Reporter Detective. A82 Invincible Logan, the Pinkerton Ferret. 456 Billy Brick, the Jolly Vagadond. 466 Wide-Awake Jerry, Detective; or, Entombed Alive, 479 Detective Dodge; or, The Mystery of Prank Hearty, 488 Wild Dick Racket. 501 Boots, the Boy Fireman: or, Too Sharp for the Sharper, 666 The Secret Service Boy Detective. 596 Jimmy the Kid; or, A Lamb Among Wolves. 627 Tom Bruce of Arkansasy or, The Wolfin the Fold. 655 Plucky Paul, the Boy Speculator. 667 Bob and Sam, the Daisy Detectives. ae —=ng BY OLL COOMES,. 5 Vagabond Joe, the Young Wandering Jew. % The Dumb Spy. Antelope Abe, the Boy Guide. Keen-Knife, the Prince of the P Lasso Jack, the Young Musta 3 The Border King; or, The Secret Foe. Delaware Dick, the Young Ranger Spy. Hawk-eye Harry the Young Trapper Ranger. Rollo, the Bo Ranger. Sure Shot Seth, the Boy Rifleman. Scar-F ace Saul, the Silent Hunter Silver Star, the Boy Knight. Eagle Kit, the Boy Demon. Little Texas, the Young Mustanger. Old Solitary, the Hermit Tra »per. § Little Hurricane, the Boy Captain. 202 Prospect Pete 3 or, The Young Outlaw Hunters. 208 The Boy Hercules: or, The Prairie Tramps. 218 Tiger Tom, the Texas Terror, 224 Dashing Dicks or, Trapper Tom’s Castle. 228 Little Wildfire, the Young Prairie Nomad, 288 The Parson Detective; or, The Little Ranger. 248 The Diaguised Guide}; or, Wild Raven, the Ranger. 260 Dare-Devil Dan, the Young Prairie Ranger. 272 Minkakin Mike, the Boy Sharpshooter, 290 Little Foxfire, the Boy Spy. 800 The Sky Demon ; or, Rainbolt, the Ranger, 884 Whip-King Joe, the Boy Ranchero. 409 Hercules; or, Dick, the Boy Ranger. 417? Webtoot Mouse, the Tramp Detective. 422 Baby Sam, the Boy Giant of the Yellowstone, 444 Little Buckskin, tne Young Prairie Centaur, 457 Wingedtoot Fred; or, Old Polar Saul. 468 Tamarac ‘Tom, the Big Trapper Boy. 478 Old Tom Rattler, the Red River Epidemic, 482 Stonewall Bob, the Boy Trojan. 562 Blundering Basil, the Hermit Boy Trapper. 652 Don Barr, the Plains Freelance. 661 Old Kit Bandy’s Deliverance. 670 Norway Nels, the Big Boy Mountaineer. BY T. ©. HARBAUGH, 28 Nick o’ the Night}; or, The Boy Spy of ’76. 87 The Hidden Lodge; or. The Littl: Hunter. 47 Nightingale Nat} or, Tne Forest Captains, 64 Dandy Jack; or, The Outlaws of the Oregon Trait. 82 Kit Harefoot the Wood-Hawk. 94 Midnight Jack ; or, The Boy Trapper. ave Old Frosty, the Guide; or, The W hite Queen, 128 Kiowa Charley the White Mustanger. 189 Judge Lynch, Jr.: or, The Boy Vixilante. 155 Gold Tr er, the Sport; or, The Girl Avenger, 169 Tornado Tom; or, Injun Jack From Red Core, 188 Ned Temple, the Border Boy. 198 Arkanaaw 3 or, The Queen of Fate’s Revenge. 207 Navajo Nick, the Boy Gold Hunter. 215 Captain Bullet; or, Little Topknot’s Crusade, e281 Plucky Phils or, Rosa, the Red Jezebel. 241 Bill Bravo; or, The Roughs of the Rockies. 255 Captain Apolic, tne King-Pin of Bowie. 267 The Buckskin Detective, 279 Old Winch 3 or, The Buckskin Desperadoes. 294 Dynamite Dan}; or, The Bowie Blade of Gochetopa. BOR The Mountain Detective; or, The Trigger Bar Bully, 816 Old Eeltpae, Trump Card of Arizona, 826 The Ten Pardat or, The Terror ot Take-Notice- 886 Big Benson; or, The Queen of the Lasso. 845 Pitiless Matt; or, Red Thunderbolt’s Secret. 856 Cool Sam and Pard; or The Terrible Six. 886 Velvet Foot, the Indian Detective. 886 Captain Cutlass; or, The Brccaneer’s Girl Foe. 896 Rough Rob; or, The Twin Champions of Blue Blazes, All The Bilken Lasso; or, The Rose of Ranch Robin. 418 Félix Fox, the Boy Spotter. 425 Texas Trump. the Border Rattler. 486 Phil Flash, the New York Fox, 445 The City Vampires; or, Ked Rolfe’s Pigeon. 461 One Against Fifty; or, The Last Man of Keno Bar. 470 The Boy Shadow; or, Felix Fox's Hunt. At? The Exceisior Sport; or, The Washington Spotter, 499 Single rp oe the One-Eyed Sport. 502! Branded Ben, the Night ferret. 512 Dodger Dick, the Wharf-Spy Detective, 521 Dodger Dick’s Best Dodge. 528 Rex rcag Ne tec os peat? Shadows, 58S Dodger Dick, the Dock Ferret. © 548 Dodger Dick’« Double; or, The Rival Boy Detectives, 5658 Dodger Dick’s Desperate Case. 568 Dodger Dick, the Boy Vidooq. 578 The Two Shadows, 582 Dodger Dick’s Drop. 594 Little Lon, the Street-Singer Detective. 610 Old Skinner, the Gold Shark; or, Tony Sherp on Guard. 626 The Champion Pards. ; 687 Dick Doan, the Dock Boy Detective, 645 Kit, the Pavement Sharp. , tam, the Boy Beagle. ser fpr iy r= the Boy Hustler; or, Shadowing the Shadower- ° LATEST AND NEW ISSUES. 678 Ralph Renwood, the Lightning Expreas Detective, By A. F, Holt. —s « we ; SO eT SS KOS SS Sa Se he ee eee AST _ Zz i] 674 The Wizard Sailor; or, Red Ralph, the Rover. By Col, Prentiss Ingraham. 675 Broadway Billy’s Bests or, Beating San Francisco's Finest. By J. C. Cowdrick. 676 Signal Sam, the Lookout Scouts or, The Tussle at the Big Bonanza. By Lieut/ A. K. Sims 677 Chincapin Dan's Second Trafl; or, Tho Baffled Black Hawk’s Fate, By Joseph EB. 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