to her in the manner I have just mentioned.
spouts, occasionally ceasing, and then returning in streams.
I would gladly have exchanged places with him, any time that night.
clouds, as nearly to drown us on deck.
with the fortunes of my owners, and those of some forty human beings.
And this, too, before I was quite twenty years old.
gone, I ordered sail made on our course.
to which they had thus suddenly returned.
us; and everything conspired to render this an advantageous land-fall.
intelligence, no time was lost, but we were under-way by ten o'clock.
with as little of a shock as possible.
plunge of a pack of hounds, as they leap through a hedge.
general among them that we intended to quit the island for Canton.
maledictions in low French, that it is scarcely worth while to repeat.
_1st Witch_. "Lesser than Macbeth, and greater."
_2d Witch_. "Not so happy, yet much happier."
great relief that they were no longer prisoners.
had been pregnant with incidents of great importance to myself.
carry into effect on the coast.
quarters, and cleared ship, but made no effort to avoid the stranger.
saving clauses. Such is war, and its concomitants!
consequently struck on the spot.
probable nothing was ever said on the subject.
station a little suited to his attainments.
late, and, indeed, of their present position.
come to recover his ship?"
or the schooner, on the night of the tropical tempest.
beautiful weather, I never met at sea."
was left concerning Marble's fate.
round that of a female.
countenance, he was surprised and pleased.
an interest I wished she had not manifested.
London, Wallingford, you will get six or eight hundred pounds for it."
"I shall never sell it, sir--at least, not as long as I can avoid it."
Neptune can _you_ do with such an ornament?"
them, that I never could feel in any ornament that was purchased."
do you obtain for money, in your part of the world, Wallingford?"
"And how much is sixty pounds sterling, when turned into dollars?"
pearl necklace that he cannot use."
"But it cost me nothing, sir, and of course I can lose nothing by it."
should I marry, I would certainly give it to my wife."
blushed slightly, but she complied.
it--can it be possible, she is now thinking how happy a woman Mrs.
pleased and yet doubting expression?
take charge of your treasure."
compliments to the father, and withdrew.
deprive, him of that pleasure.
"What of the boat?--Is any one overboard?"
"'E whale-boat, sir!--Poor Captain Marble--'e whale-boat, sir!"
little time before I could learn the cause.
full, but a strong and an animated crew.
to windward, on its next tack.
and he wishes to send letters or messages home."
as I see the boat itself!"
better off though more prepared for the interview.
just as happy as if I had done it myself!"
the benefit of all hands.
"We cruised for you, within five miles of the spot, for a whole day!"
men could do, to find you."
are every inch of five hundred miles from the place where we parted."
am I to see her once more in so good hands."
"Who put that bloody poop on her, you or the Frenchman, Miles?"
the cabin is very convenient for the Major and his daughter."
with a bloody supernumerary cabin!"
who has so fairly won it! If I do, may I be d----d!"
sense--nay, even your duty to the owners--will cause you to get rid."
"You never were more mistaken in your life, Master Miles Wallingford,"
laws of recapture and salvage."
in at Canton, and there are heavy interests at stake."
a different thing when it comes to figures and calculations."
odds and ends; and then you sail for Canton?"
the v'y'ge in the ship, as you alone have a right to do."
"Pretty Poll," with our old second-mate for his first officer.
Till the sturgeon leaps in the light moonshine."
ourselves, we made the best of our way for the island.
of the durable things around her.
memorials of my youthful adventures.
always thought him a humane man.
"_Captain_" Wallingford and "_Captain_" Marble to breakfast.
natur' or art never meant me for a captain."
human beings, as I was set adrift."
your history; and then all will be plain."
struggle, and will considerably relieve my mind."
"You have only to name it, sir, to be certain it will be done."
you and me. Call me Marble, or Moses; as I call you, Miles."
promised to give me, by the way, any time these two years."
you know to what I owe my names?"
life, I'm in truth York born."
"And is this all you know of your origin, my dear Marble?"
all, if ever human being did!"
melancholy. "It must be a great comfort to love and respect a mother!
ways, to my heart's content."
again, to use his chisel."
lay, as near the grave as a tomb-stone, when I was just a week old."
"It was an odd selection, that your 'sponsors in baptism' made!"
much as I was, myself."
to threaten him with the grave at the very outset."
to sea several years before the revolution."
transferred to the Connecticut 74--"
for John Bull to pay the Yankees."
and that is not to be done by idleness."
be, alone in the world, without a relative of any sort?"
had not even the power to examine evidence.
design at least, "though a little separated by time and accidents."
"Four, from father to son, and all of us Miles Wallingfords."
myself old in my sphere."
and Moses, and the names!"
favourably disposed her father might prove to the last."
certainly never enjoyed during poor Captain Williams's time.
conduced to the satisfaction of my present visit.
will deny that they were sufficiently "country-laid."
father rather dull work, at her time of life."
Prince of Wales of this island, with such company!"
made me look foolish; and I know it caused Emily to blush. Poor girl!
continuing the discourse as if nothing out of the way had been said.
other amusements? We should not have even a church."
French forgot half a dozen, in their haste to cheat the Spaniards. Oh!
and be ready to abdicate."
"Nor I," interrupted Marble, with emphasis.
rendered productive, without much labour?"
received with a general laugh.
persuaded Emily to put on her hat and stroll--the other way.
he spoke of it daily."
while, and they would set about building a boat, in which to be off."
surrounded by my nearest and dearest friends."
here, I acknowledge, and it would be pleasant to found a colony."
their presence would make a desert island pleasant?"
Chancellor. Then he has a daughter--"
knew you had but one. Now as to Rupert--"
but did not know the name. Now, proceed on to the next--"
yonder feeding the chickens, and will save his passage money."
was the name, I think?"
ceremony, should it ever be required."
of the most delightful tropical abodes I had ever been in.
which he had himself called his "quarter-deck."
of his, to sour him with the world."
almost made up my mind to remain behind, here, when you sail."
own misfortunes behind the mantle offered by my success.
look for me, so I shall hear of you all, every four or five years."
"Gracious heaven! Marble, you cannot be serious in so mad a design?"
discovered, I look upon as my own."
with you so often and so long, has become of their old ship-mate?"
"Tell 'em that the man who was once _found_, is now _lost_,"
or the poisoning of a mother and six little children."
the year round, and there must be seasons when the trees do not bear."
No more for all that thou hast riven!
The things thou never yet hast given.--"
should in bestowing a child for life.
undecked vessel very well could be.
purpose. His hand actually trembled, the whole time it grasped my arm.
well as e'er a man in the Crisis, I'd have you to know."
sea, and come on board again, and take your old place as master."
"Miles, my dear fellow, you must let me hear from you!"
the fish, fowls and pigs to talk to. To tell you the truth, Miles.
to understand why I was called Moses."
with a good, able-bodied crew of forty men on board her."
understood that you did so at my persuasion."
interests of the owners any longer.
dear boy! God bless you--God bless you!"
called at daylight, and the ship unmoored.
precaution to strike the launch's masts.
little hope of finding it there.
circumstance that the bird had flown.
conversation naturally turned on the disappearance of our old friend.
and joined another ship had he thought it necessary."
Wallingford from the encumbrance of our presence."
of you, Miss Merton," I rejoined in haste.
board the first English ship that will receive us."
had, in no degree, lessened.
were on, and the ship was once more ready for sea.
scruple about saying as much.