The Yankee Champion — page 40: what you’re looking at

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7 i - -” -: Gein ¥ Ure 2S ie i : 4 ‘an. et. ’ bd be 4 nae e* THE YANKEE CHAMPION. Pate: For a moment Nixon hesitated. He had not an- ticipated this dilemma, but his wits soon came to _ his assistance. ‘Ryan is here, but he went to Salem yesterday, and last night he rode nearly the whole of the night on horseback in the cold damp air, and he has got such a hoarseness that he can hardly speak at all; but he has the papers all ready, with such intelli- gence as he could gain all written out.’’ For some moments there appeared to be a consul- tation going on upon the forecastle of the brig, and the Americans could see by the occasional flashes of the lights through the port-holes that her men were hurrying up from below, and it was soon apparent that nearly the whole of the crew were upon deck. This was rather unfortunate, for it betokened that there must be a pretty equal contest, and our hero had no particular desire to lose too many of his men. —“*T’m afraid they won't let us board,’’ whispered Cummings. ‘Then we'll board without their letting,’’ calmly returned Nixon. ‘‘We can run under her bows so that they can’t bring but one gun to bear upon us, at any rate.’’ : ‘“Come alongside,’’ cried the captain of the brig. The hearts of the Americans leaped. with excited joy as they heard the summons, and deep-drawn, heavy breaths were heard from beneath the mats and bags. The scow was not now more than half her own length from the brig, and she had got worked around so that she was heading directly along under the other’s weather beam. A couple of sweeps were got out, and in a few moments the scow’s head grated against the Englishman’s bend. The bags and mats began to move, and a slight mn “S a ae | ts: EOmMmicboo co