The Yankee Champion — page 93: what you’re looking at

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86 | (HE YANKEE CHAMPION, until that time without being seen ourselves. Then I mean to hail the Englishman with the British flag at our peak, give him the name this brig bore be- fore we took her, and run the risk of being detected. After that we can drop astern, and lay our plans for cuting out our victim. What do you think of it?” “T think it will work,’ returned Baker, after he had given the subject a few moments’ thought. ‘The brig is a good deal altered, but if we don’t get alongside the frigate till about dusk I don’t believe she’ll notice it.’’ ‘‘Nor do I,’’ said the captain. ‘“‘Then it will soon be dark, you know, and we can operate without danger; for even should the frigate detect us in the act of taking her charge, she couldn’t do us much harm, considering the darkness and the distance.’’ Nixon’s plan was finally settled upon, and pre- parations were made for carrying it into execution. About half an hour before sundown the topgallant- sails and royals were set, the English flag hoisted, and then the Yankee Champion was put before the wind. In fifteen minutes the heads of the frigate’s courses were brought in sight, and soon afterward her double-banked hull wasup. On flew the impu- dent Yankee, with a careless, saucy air, directly down upon the towering frigate. and no one could have dreamed that she meant any harm. Eomicbooks.cor ies : ai | : = 1 at akan ae A} >< ¢d