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22 “Sail ho!” ‘* Whereaway ?” ‘*Dead astern, sir” “Ay, ay; it is tle Dolpbin, yes, and the frigate and brig two, and they have sighted us,” said the Mad Mariner, coolly. But he kept The Disowned on her course, without an increase of sail, until he saw that they were gaining upon him, when he shook out the reefs in the fore and mainsails, and sent the schooner forward at a pace that more than held aer own. “The yacht is standing directly across the frigate’s bows, sir,” said Mark Moran, the new second officer. “By Neptune! but you are right, sir,” cried the Mad Mariner. ‘* He is signaling the frigate, sir,” “True; Carl Carter is determined to take the risk, and deliver my letter in person; he is a noble man.” And so it was, for Carl Carter had boldly determined to say that the schooner had brought him to, and bade him carry a letter to the Commodore of the Chesapeake fleet, from the Mad Mariner. The letter was received by the commodore, who kept on in chase, allow‘ng the Mischief to go on her way, little dreaming that there was any connection between the pretty pleasure yacht, as he believed it to be, and the daring pirate. All through the day the chase continued, and after nightfall a severe storm swept down again upon the Chesapeake; but the schooner and her pursuers held their course, though un- der shortened sail. When nearing Cape Charles, the fleet, though over a league astern, and out of range, began to fire from their heavy guns furiously, the frigate even discharging a couple of broad- sides, and then al] keeping up a running fire, as though hoping to damage the schooner. “They are firing to warn the blockading fleet,” said the Mad Mariner, with a grim smile, Then he added: ‘It will do no good, for my prow is pointed for open water now, and to open water we go.” He called the men to their guns, and soon after the glimmering lights of the fleet ap- peared in sight, ranged across the entrance to the bay. ‘ There are six in sight,” he said, calmly. “But with this gale from the northward, I have no fear of them.” And he proved his words by holding straight on for the Atlantic. But the fleet was now alert; for the guns above had warned them, and now the three vessels in pursuit were sending up rockets rapidly to place them on their guard. With no hight visible on board, Tbe Disowned rushed for the blue. waters of the Atlantic. But suddenly the Heavens joined in the loud cannonading, and a vivid flash of lightning dis- played the gallant schooner to all on board the blockading fleet. Instantly they headed toward a common center, and soon their guns opened fiercely up- on the flying craft, for the corvette had already made known who was the commander of the captured schooner. Loudly, rapidly, and savagely the guns pealed, and the iron hail burtled through the air And fearlessly the little schooner replied. Once sbe was obliged to change her course, or receive a broadside of a ship of the line, and she squared away directly before the wind. Then suddenly her course was again changed, and she put back toward the Chesapeake, and all felt that ber capture was certain. All the time firing, she ran back until the frigate Dolphin, and brig were in range, and upon each one of these she luffed up and sent a broadside. Then her course was again changed straight } (or open water, though now, surrounded by half a score of huge foes, some of them within a mile of her, it seemed impossible for the Mad Muriner to But suddenly the heavens, as if anxious to join in the mad chase, turned loose their peal- ing artillery, and sent down vivid flames of red lightning, to suddenly cease, and let the blackness of the darkest night fall upon the sea. And with the ending of the thunder the last gun was fired upon the schooner, while, for the moment the fleet had to look to their own safety, for the tempest was upon them with tenfold fury. — — . — a — The Mad Mariner. But they rode out the storm, and cruised landward and seaward over the wild waters, until the dawn appeared. Then every eye anxiously scanned the waters in search of the schooner, or of a wreck, for they had believed it impossible she should escape unmarred the fierce tempest. But nowhere visible was the daring craft, and at last one feeling pervaded the hearts of all who had been in the hot chase and hotter fight, and that was that the Disowned bad gone down beneath the waves, and carried with her the Mad Mariner and his crew. * CONCLUSION. TRvE to his promise, Carl Carter had de- livered the letter of the Mad Mariner to the American commander, and then, disposing of the Mischief for a good price in Baltimore, had gone, via stage, to his home in Massachusetts. Selling the cottage of poor Clarice Bond, Carl had gone, with his wife and child to other scenes, where he invested in a swift coasting schooner and plied a lucrative trade, until the breaking out of the 1812 war, when he became noted as a privateersman, and his captures and escares are the talk to this day of the bold fishermen on the iron-bound coast of Maine. And Hillside Hall, the old house of the Gregorys, held for years one owner. That one was Grace Townsend, whom all men seemed to fear and shun, and who lived on to old maidenhood alone with her servants until she had passed three-score years. Then she died one night of storm, though seemingly not ill,-and Hillside Hall was left in her will, with all the rest of her property, to found an asylum for unfortunate children. Of The Disowned nothing more was heard after that fearful night in the Chesapeake, when she boldly ran into the death gantlet, and yet there were many seamen that said the Mad Mariner had not gone down that night, but had escaped, and was none other than the com- mander of the famous Crewless Corsair of the Gulf of Mexico. 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