Beadle's Half Dime Library, No. 103 — page 2: what you’re looking at

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a ¢ ait savawhat the skippe a "9 An es ao Tee sligtitest” traées of fier fbatiires ‘niv steele heii the rest, enough; and he we Wras\ lack—red face, r \eut through t 2 — EEE = —_—- The Lion of the | Sea. nificent ” Dey, in the shape of ransom for their | ** No sail.” captive subjects, or to buy protection for their flag; and so daring had tnese sea-brigands be- come at the time of which we write that hardly a ship, other than a man-of-war, no matter what flag she carried, dared to attempt to navi- gate the “Mediterranean without being prepared to pay ransom, or else, being well armed, to fist a passaze through. “Mutters being in this state, it was strange th:5 a smail, two-masted lugzer, little more tuan a fishinz-boat, illy manned, not armed at all, sailing due south, skirting Minorca’s isle, leavitig Majorca’s high cliffs far behind, should boidly “steer straight for the African shore! ag mean 5 hanoriie aociailioes boat, by areow ,’ eountry bump i" essay it 3 naires ot a cout i, Ad p- ‘ecious in the sight of men’s eves. A precious cargo, although not a pound of it wagthere on pease no ead tt an ounc¢ of the villainous cro.v carr ied in the capaalous F hockets of their bar ler trowsers. “4 Lo pr ecious article was a woman, a young, #971 shapely girl—with that graceful ’ bearing ee Wehiow “contour that ‘mankind at large f- 1. $1553. She was closely vailed—so carefully, ‘eGuide not. could & ‘on, and yet there Wak Adt a Wah bh: id of Tir¢ rate who would Fil "have ah ok “phat the vailéd’ tad ed sie ot oe 4 pris Tie i, aly ear pad aradise wait to r li $x ( © Rgatuet “therm, after’ Thea hie of ‘th ‘Prive, to ie resins of het Sheptg Va TAdy ot Sa Suse 6 ‘crew tixd -n i Tek et 8" tabs ee inka ats of ‘Httte Who the sou thet past of BB as ite ss hf if tar a ith 16 é resided there, ae eat rom he, Bette fey niet, thi the, am om 6 of San a igs ne, ff seeee ‘in the’ Be ON eas. Shraight from the French coast to the south- ern African land the craft had laid her course. The lady, listless and melancholy; spent art her time in gazing at the blue waves rippling ust, and spoke not, save wie, the skipper ad- se rassed some remark to her, She knew not whither = was going, aye did ° charms, for, from}, she care; life for her had fe her ear ‘ly childhood, shen fortune’s prey: ih And the skipper! he\\ ese passing mention; a tall, mars dressed, like a commonyg certain something abo Phas man used to command )~HE WAS. ge and anyone but handsom r nes and mpscular) bull-dog-like t to his beauty, although they ue been mis- WS as ore than a wia® man, roughly- aml yet ‘with that will: ye nee gris all f Tut tert go rt so Wicd =th a 4 ’of a. remarkable st ty isk Lape pot tanned’ by . res re # ih the. poe, al y Ks) a f § ) Abra par’s side—his and -wi of air bes ishman, also, forh¢ talked pitiriLe B e craft in that tongue, & langnage which fire rest did not Adiderstand, f for they~were- alk; outoast bravoes*from the Latin-Jands. The lady was sae OVer ver the -prow_ of the. craft matcper the ba break as the vessel to the conversation. baboon epi an anxious watch: the s : “heen keeping out ahead at the -bow,—an owhen his e 4 as the orbs of the falcon, Sah sigh of an object, rising dimly alon soa ern horizon, which as yet none ofa had noticed, he pte his position antl'S¢ ed ca relessly to e stern of the craft. “ Well?” Beka. the helmsman. cs *T ind,” replied the other, , Iaconically, | “And mo sailPrris ot. ; ce, SPORT] a CATO uy believes can.’ only, -eome with * gentle - bid the face; for his | oi that theirSowner was a be wey A eat 4 Solent td.beho oer Ah apidity it bore don —_! : pet arty eantly:" é ‘* That is strange!” “Yon they should have overhauled us an hour ago. “What does it mean?” ‘IT know not; some misunderstanding, I pre- sume; perhaps ‘they did. not weigh anchor in time, or the wind may have failed them.” “It is a good wind.” ‘For us, yes, and should be so for them.” ‘““These vermin do not suspect,” and as he spoke the speaker glanced carelessly at the crew, four men in all, now congregated ina knot by the foremast, thro wing dice and jabbering furl- ' coaalal roing, nor r does she seem fo.care = omen arestrange animals,” exclaimed the Other, with a very expressive shrug of the shoulders. ‘ What will they do with these fel- lows when !they: att them ¢ Pr oo ea tp ne pon *. ’ replied he sg con- temptuou béggiit's will stop a cannon- ball or dull She aan of a cutlass as well as bet- ter men. Ali, Pasha Bluebeard, will be glad to ‘get therm; the bigger the rascal the better he likes him, He says that no man will fight better than the rogue w ho knows that he will be nged if ‘he is captured.” ‘Just then one of the gamblers lifted his head, |} Maneéd around him, and, happening, be a ohh arp sighted scamp, noticed, the, dim, ‘dyll gray m6 Ate slowly. out. of the water. 1” “he Kee calling the attention v) i esi tes to the sight Tana” ‘they, al pple leotuly. AR ' Tike and- ghiloke?” HY ng ant ‘time | cht ne orce, must Teen ie theiy own precious stlves and Wy dich shore where red wine coguld be rat iiss WwoOn,, and there were | fat ae coul “ eR ee ease wit ays t 16 “Foyer Jon eat glee, and repeated the name of the far- amed Spanish city; but, had they not been dull-pated scoundrels, they might at once have oticed the difference between the low shore, -hardly-a fathom’s hight above the sea which they were approac hing, and the bold eliffs which. mark the site ot the anciént town that he Roman, Sc i6, gladly couquered two hun- ars ore Christ, and electrified the seven-hilled city. with the: t dines that he was pat of, the richest town a ibe e&world. It issayord fi —Se1p . , : tone PT + “a arm n ae | = » wee ae .* oe 4 a a ° 7Atel ™m a a8 ~ - A — Jou think so?” thet sé mn Hed. * <r A e water, and SO could oe! peer ting th en Blow et tof Sey ympass we hav é Pare > ti Ving. to Inake a harbor Ts 3 lady asked “the “other, signifi. | wT of se ee Pathe > form tmhal . alli and as~>-Eyil. ‘ - —— --.- ‘‘'We must conceal her below; it is not likely that we will be searched when they discover who and what we are.” Then the skipper went forward, and explain- ing his fears to the lady, conducted her b aon, he unknown craft came up, hand-over-hand, as the saying is, and the sailors, noticing her at last, sought the iin ae and speculated vigor- ously in regard to her, One conclusion was reached by all. and that was that she was no honest craft. Twenty minutes more and she came so near that her decks could be plainly distinguished, crowded with men—armed men, too, for the glint of the sun on the steel of the weapons wv oy be seen. | e craft less favored than the men nan oher, for a couple of brass pieces epad ott < forward ports bow-chasers iece, amidships, showed ew off the be, sores as a sam Tom of the ““detw bias k ” | Nateers schooners, and of the hardy Y ankee pri- vateers. cd ‘- IA single shottthetétranger firédas a signAl for the lugger tosknawerto—no empty menace in the shape of a blank cartridge, but a well-aimed solid ball that went skipping playfully over the Ww 7 only ayard or two ‘ahead of the Jogger’ s The crew of the little Craft omderetood the meaning of the signal well enough, and, without waiting for orders, thoroughly frightened, they skippec , jabhering like so many monkeys, to the TO es, Ate down came the sails on a run, he lugger' Tost "her' Headway almost’ imme- diately, ‘and’ ‘laty’ like a tog om the surface of the wa The! stranger cog By ther, and as she did so owered a boat wi t prompt alacrity and ready*skill ‘whieh so hat pr tdld Be practiced seamanship, and at the same instant a ball of bunting went up to the dtranger’s peak; she bad peur ioualy disp tine S| ho colors. on the ha was fixed on the ee dhe yma oe for it wen tlaak, and not a ‘soul there, but ,expeetedy to see there displayed the, Death’s Head and ross-bones,' ever: the pi- emg favorite nn from time immemorial; uut they were disappointed, for wh en the wind shoo] banda «lL. to the wreeze, there, On a black ground, a w hite lion’s -heacPWas seen, the mouth open and the tusks gleaming, see mingly in anger. A cry went up trom the lips of the helmsman. ‘‘Tt is the Lion of the Sea, master!” he ex- claimed; ‘‘the boldest and most merciless sea- rover that ever fired a gun in these waters!” ‘* A Greek pirate?” quoth the other. thé rogties, By Ss 4 ' ease, re- ‘** Faith! no one knows whether he is a Greek red ‘cha ber ve - moment | or what he is, for no mortal ever sees his face; user th ey’ ve sii . enews of it he con a most wiley ane las you will see Africansevast.’ / i comes in person OPA AB. ~y AS me *\cried Hidenly, in += Pheyboat soon made fas if; 2. “ rer’s side, ‘thid’ear 6 Rhee hiefiy ad ds o NK 4 aagsinien wp roe the deak, ‘Oy. nd, lightly . Ang iy s WEB NEH, tere: way Bvoncealedy Teaped some Balto: ihe were dress- Y SORE wy a therto Seu THe JLe gally worn by en’ hidden | iY ath: great all ingwwe ie pefttgoat trow- =a? = sore ? “A t mace, Who so.pbt Ma was more thin. siginiely aid PA mexe aman, had performed geds.. In tha m1 nt hn century, | “quite the iat humans coulg abet com- tet eI lend OF darkness, diid-by_ his aid mderful. deeds. en the church Tr ed Tie idea)and. Warned its children in he wont lemy atiner that-they. niust not with “the Acnshir of All ait tt 0 qui d_ searching ee The Titon “ap cance around h oved a OboL Lom achat hese And at this extr eme] xclamation, (o— cwiar for aif on *Boatd kiew Rude then ik y had gone (E(0) (ECOMAAIICE! CONE) (E cS