Roanoke of Roanoke Hall: A Romance — page 91: what you’re looking at

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Roanoke of Roanoke Hail. 85 came on with altogether unusual rapid- ity. I retired cautiously to the west end of the house, presuming that he would land at the ateps before the great door, so that by peering round the corner I should be able to survey him without myself being detected. I had not long been in position before the boat appeared shadowy and indefinite, and a minute afterwards I heard her bump against the stone wall. I saw the man get out, and heard the rattle of the chain as he fastened his skiff to a ring, though the haze was too dense for me to do more than distinguish a blurred, sombre mass, but I was not long left in doubt as to his identity, While still engaged in preparing to disembark, he began crooning over, in a low, contented fashion, the lines of a song I knew too well : ‘A moonless sky and a cloudy night, A bright lookout for the signal-light, And hey for the king’s embargo! A barrel to broach, and a gauger to fight— A blood-red stain on the sea-sand white Is all you will find of the cargo.” My blood ran cold as I recognized the sing- ( 1OIOY | © comichbooks.com