6 ! i.i|i m'i J 'i—Hwi 11 m ii'" THE LOVES o_f the LADY ARABELLA By MOLLY ELLIOT SEAWELL (Copyright, IMS, Co.; SYNOPSIS. \t M years of age Admiral Sir Peter ltawksbaw's n< phew fill deeply in love at first sight with Lady Arabella. Stor iriont, who spurnod his intentions. The lad. Un orphan, was klvcii a berth as mid shipman on the Ajax by his undo. Giles Vernon, nephew of Sir Thomas Vernon, became the boy's pal. They attended a theater where Hawkshaw's nephew saw />ady Arabella. Vernon met Philip Over ton. next in line for Sir Thomas Vernon's estate. They started ,i duel which was in terrupted. Vernon. Overton and liawfc shaw's nephew found themselves attract ed by pretty Lady Arabella. CHAPTER lll.—Continued. The Frenchmen thought they had us. We heard afterward that a prize crew was already told off to take us into Corunna, but no man or boy on the Ajax dreamed of giving up the ship. The Ajax was cleared for action in eleven minutes; and, with four ensigns flying, we headed for the ship of the line, which was waiting for us, with her topsails shivering. The Ajax had been lately coppered, and, with all sail to royals set, legged it at a lively gait, in spite of the heavy sea, which occasionally caused our lower-deck guns to roll their noses in the water. As we wallowed toward the ship of the line, which was the Indomptable, the frigate, the Xantippe, was maneuv ering for a position on our starboard quarter to rake ns. Seeing this, the Ajax came up a little into the wind, which brought our broadside to bear directly on the Xantippe, and she hedged off a little. Tho steadiness, coolness, and pre cision with which the ship was han dled astonished my young mind. I knew very well that if we were de feated Sir Peter Hawkshaw would stand no show of leniency, for there was no doubt that, owing to our new copper, we could easily have outsailed the Frenchmen; but Sir Peter pre ferred to outfight them, even against desperate odds. The officers and men hud entire con fidence in Sir Peter and in tlie ship, and went into action wi'.h the hearti est good-will imaginable. The people were amused by two powder monkeys coming to blows in the magazine passage over which one would be en titled to the larger share of prize money. The gayety of the men was contagious. Every man's face wore a grin; and when the word was given to take in the royals, and send down the yards, furl all staysails and the flying jib, they literally rushed into the rig ging with an "Aye, aye, sir," that seemed to shake the deck. The admiral, who had been on the bridge, loft it and went below. Pres ently ho came up. He was in his best uniform, with a, sword, his order of the Hath on his breast, and lie wore a cocked hat. As he passed 1 me, Mr. Buxton, who was stepping along briskly, said: "Pardon me, Sir Peter, but a French musket wants po better target than a cocked hat." "Sir," replied Sir Peter, "I have al ways fought in a cocked hat and silk stockings; as becomes a gentleman; and I shall always fight- in a cocked hat and silk stockings, damme!" Mr. Buxton passed en. laughing. Now, I had taken the opportunity. after we had sighted the Frenchman, to run below and put on my newest uniform, with silk stockings, and to get out several cumbric pocket hand kerchiefs; and I had also scented my self liberally with some attar of rose, which I ftad bought in Portsmouth. Sir Peter, putting ills, lingers to his nose, sniffed the attar of rose, and, speedily identifying me, he surveyed me calmly all over, while I blushed and found myself unable to stand still under, nis searching gaze. When he spoke, however, it was in words of praise. "Nephew, you have the right idea. It is a holiday when we meet the ene my, and officers should aress accord ingly." Mr. Buxton, who was standing near, sneaked ofT a little. He had on an old coat, sucli as I had never seen him wear, and had removed his stock and tied a red silk handkerchief around his neck. He certainly did not look quite the gentleman. The In domptable, being then about half u mile distant, bore up anil fired a shot to windward, which was an invitation to come on and take a licking or give one. The Ajax was not misled into the rashness of coming on, with the Xantippe hanging on her quarter, but luffing up suddenly—for she answered her helm beautifully—she brought the frigate directly under her guns; and hat fetched the Indomptable as i'asi she could trot. The Ajax opened e ball with one of her long twenty lis. Sir Peter hiiViself sighting and pointing the gun: and immediately aft or the whol?' broadside roared out. Had it struck the frigate full, it would have soot,her to tlie bottom; but by hauling quickly by the wind, she only received about half the discharge. That, however, was terrible. Her mizzenimißt was cut off, and hung over her side in a mass of torn rigging; her mainmast was wounded; and it was plain that our broadside had killed j and wounded many men, and had dis ; mounted several guns. Her wheel, ! however, was uninjured, and in an in ! conceivably short time the wreck of I the mast had beon cut away; and wearing, with the wind in her favor, she got into a raking position on our port quarter, and gave us a broadside that raked us from stern to stem. The savage which dwells in man had made me perfectly indifferent to the loss of life on the French ship; but when a man dropped dead at my side, I fell into a passion of rage, and, I must honestly admit, of fear. My sta tion was amidships, and 1 recalled, with a dreadful sinking of the heart, that it was commonly known as the slaughter house, from the execution generally done there. I looked down and saw the man's | blood soaking into the sand, with | which the deck was plentifully 1 strewed, and I, Richard Olyn, longed to desert my station and run below. But as 1 turned, I caught sight of Giles Vernon, a little distance away from me. He was smiling and waving his hat, and he cried out: 1 "See, boys! the big 'un is coming to take her punislynent! Huzza!" The Indomptable had then ap proached to within a quarter of a mile, j and as a heavy sea was kick ad up by ' the wind, and all three of the ships were rolling extremely, she luffed up to deliver her broadside; and at that ' moment three thundering cheers broke frofn the 900 throats on the Ajax, and they were instantly answered by a t£r" ~ We Were So Near That Every Shot Told. i cheer as great from the Frenchman. Owing to the sharp roll, most of the French shot went a little too high, just above the heads of the marines, who were drawn up in the waist of the ship. My paroxysm of fear still held me, but when 1 saw these men, with the one proud word "Gibraltar" writ ten on their hats, standing steadily, as if at parade, in tho midst of the hur ricane of lire, the men as cool as their officers, shame seized me for a:y cow ardice; from that on, I gradually j tered my alarms. I here mention a strange tiling; as long as I was a coward at heart, I was also a villain: for if one single shot could have sent the Frenchman's body to the sea and his soul to hell, 1 would have tired that shot. But when 1 was released from tjie nightmare of fear, a feeling of mercy stole into ioy soul. I began to feel for our brave enemy and to wish that we might capture him with as ! little loss as possible. The cannonade now increased; but ! the wind, which is usually deadened, continued to rise, and both the heavy j ships were almost rolling their yard arms in the water. The Indomp- I table's fire wa3 exceedingly steady, but not well directed, while, after ten minutes of a close lire, it was seen that we were fast shooting her spars out of her. The frigate, much disabled by the loss of her mast, had fallen off to leeward, and never got close enough again to be of any assistance to her consort. The Ajax's people began to clamor to get alongside, and alongside we got. As we neared the Indomptable, oc casionally yawing to prevent being raked, his metal began to tell, and we were much cut up aloft, besides hav ing been hulled repeatedly; but we came on steadily. The man at the wheel had nearly all his clothes' torn off him by a splinter, but with the spirit of a true seaman, ho stood at his post unflinchingly, never letting go of the spokes for one moment.- When we wore within a couple of pistol shots, the Frenchman opened a smart musketry fire. Sir Peter had left the bridge for a moment and was crossing the deck, when a ball went through his hat, knocking it. off and tearing it to pieces. He stooped down, picked ii up, and then called out to a powder boy who was passing: "Goto my cabin, and in the upper drawer of the locker to the left of my bed-place, you will see two cocked hats; bring me the newest one. Hanged if I'll not. wear a decent hat, in spite of the Frenchman!" And this man was ruled by his wife! We hove to about a cable's length from the Frenchman, and then the fight began in earnest. We were so i near that every shot told. The French man made great play with his main CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1909 derk battKry, and flur s&iti'.Vnd rigging soon were so cut. up that when we came foul, a few minutes later, we vs.!re jammed fast; but nobody on either ship wished it otherwise. The ■Frenchman's main-yard swung di rectly over our poop, and Capt. fltiil ford himself made it fast to our miz 7,en rigging. The Frenchman, how ever. was not yet beaten at the guns, and the firing was so heavy on both sides that a pall of smoke enveloped both ships. This was to our advan tage, for the frigate, having got. some sail on the stump of her mizzenmast, now approached; but the wind drifted the smoke so between her and the two fighting ships, that she could not in the dim twilight plainly discern friend from foe, especially as both were painted black, and we swung together with the sea and wind. When the smoke drifted off. the gallant but un fortunate Xantippe found herself di rectly under our broadside. We gave her one round from our main battery, and fche troubled us no more. Of my own feelings, I can only say that 1 welcomed the return of my cour age so rapturously, I felt capable of heroic things. Occasionally I recog nized Sir Peter as he flitted past; he ssemed everywhere at onc«i, and I perceived that although Capt. Guil ford was technically fighting the ship. Sir Peter was by no means an idle spectator. My gun was on the en gaged side all the time, and several of the guns 011 that side became dis abled, and officers were wounded or killed; it brought Giles Vernon quite close to me. Through the smoke and the fast-falling darkness, lighted only by the red flash of the guns and the glare of the battle lanterns. I could see his face. He never lost liis smile, and his ringing voice always led the cheering. Presently the Frenchman's fire slackened, and then a dull, rumbling sound was heard in the depths of the Indomptahle, followed by a roar and streams of light from the forehatch. The forward magazine had exploded, and it seemed in the awful crash and blaze as if all the masts and spars went skyward, with the rags of the sails; and a solemn hush and silence followed the explosion. In another instant I heard Sir Peter's sharp voice shouting: "Call all hands to board! Boatswain, cheer the men up with the pipe!" And then the clear notes of the boat swain's pipe floated out into the dark ness, and with a yell the men gathered at the bulwarks. On the French ship they appeared to be dazed by the ex plosion. and we could see only a few 'officers running about and trying to collect the men. In another instant I saw Mr. Bux ton leap upon the hammock-netting, and about to spring, when a figure be hind him seized him by the coat-tails, and. dragging him backward, he meas ured his length on the deck. The fig ure was Giles Vernon. "After me," he cried to the first lieutenant; and the next moment be made his spring, and landed, the first man 011 the Indomptable's deck. As soon as the ship was given up. we hauled up our courses and ran off a little, rove new braces, and made ready to capture the frigate, which, al though badly cut up, showed no dispo sition to surrender, and stood gallant ly by her consort, in half an hour we were ready togo into action again, if necessary, with another ship of the line. We got within range—the sea had gone down much—and giving the Xantippe our broadside, brought down the tricolor which the Frenchmen had nailed to the stump of the mizzen mast. She proved to have on board near a million sterling, wliich, with the Indomptable, was the richest prizti taken in for years preceding. The admiral and captain got JHl,* 00" Sterling each.' The senior officers received £2,500 sterling eaeh. The juniors got ii 2,000 sterling, the mid shipmen and petty officers £.1,500 sterling, and every, seaman got £7OO sterling, and the landsmen and boys ,€4OO sterling in prize And I say it with diffidence, W'e'gbt much more' in glory; for the two French ships were not only beaten, but beaten in the most seariianlike manner. Sir Peter ever after kept the anniversary as his day of' glory, ..putting cm the same uniform and cocked hat he had worn, and going to.church, if 011 shore, with Lady Hawkshaw on his arm. and giving thanks in a loud voice. (TO UK CONTINUED.) RABBITS ARE HARD FIGHTERS. The Charge of Cowardice a Slander— Defeat of a Ferret. Tell a man that he hasn't the pluck of a rabbit and if he doesn't disprove it by hitting you he is certain at any rate to be Extremely annoyed. Yet the taunt is a libel 011 the rab bit A doe rabbit, will fight like fury in defense of her young. She will charge like a battering ram and use those long sharp incissors of hers to capital purpose. 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