The Yankee Champion — page 29: what you’re looking at

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99 | THE YANKEE CHAMPION, “Gideon Ryan.” “Ryan! ?”’ repeated Walter, in a thoughtful mood. “There is an old Tory by that——”’ ‘Say no more, sir,’”’ quickly interrupted the boy, while a painful Teak passed over her face. ‘The man to whom you allude is my father. Now you know all. Iam not to blame that he is a Tory, though the thought is saddening. But now to the brig. I must be expeditious, for I have to recross AeAle, Pa Ee" a wee eg) ae aaa CIA ake oo 7 eRe £085 ae re jn’ “+ - Fe sine S ae oes om ae a ay: Peas = ¢ uA : - % pa A" J se PANS ‘ . os P ‘ bs ~*~ 4 os “ le . -~ * p. Cl agers avs ¥) by. the river to-night, and no one must know where I have been. This is the first opportunity that I have had to do the colonists a service, and I was deter- mined not to lose it; and in this I do a double work.”’ “There are few, my young lad, who will have “done a greater service than yourself,” said Walter, who now began to feel a warm affection for the boy. ‘‘You say you have been on board the brig. Did you ascertain how many men she had?”’ “Yes, sir. She has fifty-eight, all told.’’ ‘“That’s good; if there are no more.”’ - “That is her full complement, sir, I am gure, for I heard the captain say so.”’ ‘‘Now to your plan,’’ said Nixon, as he set a chair for the boy, and took one himself. ‘‘T have no plan, exactly,’’ returned Gideon; ‘‘but I can give youa piece of intelligence that will at once enable you to form a plan to suit yourself. But first, you must give me your solemn promise that you will not betray me—that you will not mention to a living soul how you gained the intelligence.”’’ “The pledge is yours, my noble boy. I will not lisp it.’’ “And you will not betray my father? for were the people of Newburyport to know the part he is ., comicbooks.com_