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and yet not enough so to excite the suspicions of those aboard a ee THE BLUR CLIPPER. <2 scsistiie of the ringbolts below, which were polished to shine = like silver, were so clean that they fairly glistened’ = Having dismissed his men, Wand now had cloud upon. cloud of canvas piled upon the schooner, which tore through — the waters like an arrow, scattering, in showers, the silver oe spray about her bows. : = << Soon the cutter was lost sight of, far astern. = Wand then tacked, staii(ling north-west. He enjoined sile throughout the vessel, as it was his intention to beat up New Orleans, and he might pass the cutter on his way. — There was a thick mist now upon the water. The a%, heard, right ahead. So “ Keep off !? whispered Wand to the helmsman—“ carefully s my man—there, that’s it ’'—us the vessel fell off a couple of ' aa points. Re The captain then ran forward, jumping upon the bow. cas All was as still as death, aboard the schooner, the d crew standing as motionless as statues, by tacks and | ready to obey the slightest command. Suddenly Wand started as if he was shot. Right ahead at him, he beheld the tall masts and huge black hull of an Amer- ican frigate ! lap Immediately, however, he recovered his self- possession, for, e while, from her enormous hight, the frigate was to him pls ‘* visible, it was evident that the schooner, owing to her blue | color and smaller size, could not be- ae seen To? te war-vessel, Springing to the helm, he kept the schooner off another : point, so that he would pass diagonally away from the wo -: “ Ahoy, there! what vessel's that?” came in a rough ge from the larger craft. | “The Roianp, United States cutter,” answered wes, through his trumpet. : = “ Heave to, if.you please ; wil senda boat aboard” SESS, ay!” . + See es > _ Tom Bend, the Cape Cod man, aboard the echoomer, sto a ys ear nt ¢ ra Sete ea oe 200k: S5.com