The Yankee Champion — page 49: what you’re looking at

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~- r 7 ea c Pe f ae ; ak Ses . ees ae Pas ats pe we mag tnt, hye 4 1 ae —s. ee a Oey - ; ; S x — 49 THE YANKEE CHAMPION. — ‘“‘A pirate,’’ growled the English captain. “Shut up, old lop-tail. None o’ your impudence to a Yankee freeman.”’’ ) As Maynard spoke he placed his great brawny fist close to the Englishman’s nose, and snapped his teeth as though he was calculating whether to eat him or not. The prisoner seemed to think it prudent to hold his tongue, and old Jake left him, to take a look at the rest of the ‘‘clipped birds,’’ his prisoners. The Yankee crew were not a little pleased at the acquisition which had thus been made to their number, for they saw in the short, massive frame, and in the Herculean shoulders of the brick-maker aman who would be valuable; and then, too, the very spirit with which he came, recommended him to their respect. The brig’s launch was got out, the Bedee anchor put on board, a sufficient quantity of cable coiled away in her, and then she put off up the river, and let go the kedge afew rods above a point opposite to the dock where the brig was to be hauledin. The vessel was soon walked up tothe spot, then a line was sent ashore, and having hoisted the anchor, she was warped into the desired place. Just after the brig had been hauled into the dock, Walter noticed a party of six men come down upon the bank on the opposite side of the river, where they stood for some time and gazed at the Yankee’s” prize. Our hero could see their earnest gesticula- tions, and even at that distance he could not fail to mark the wonder and surprise they exhibited. He knew it was the old Tory and his league, and as they turned away and disappeared among the . shrubbery, the young American champion felt in comicbooks.com |