..Under the crown, American history; . an jump at New Haven, Jan whis-pered, as the boys stood watching the loading. It isnt likely that he will put in at NewHaven at all, at least now that he is getting afull cargo, Diedrich answered. Jan was silent for a time, but he had a defiantlight in his eyes which showed the desperateplans he was turning over in his mind. What-ever shape these may have taken, they were 52 STEVENSEN AND VAN HORNE. thwarted by an unexpected event; for the risingeasterly wind made it impossible for CaptainNielsen to sail through the Sound that night,with no lighthouses to


..Under the crown, American history; . an jump at New Haven, Jan whis-pered, as the boys stood watching the loading. It isnt likely that he will put in at NewHaven at all, at least now that he is getting afull cargo, Diedrich answered. Jan was silent for a time, but he had a defiantlight in his eyes which showed the desperateplans he was turning over in his mind. What-ever shape these may have taken, they were 52 STEVENSEN AND VAN HORNE. thwarted by an unexpected event; for the risingeasterly wind made it impossible for CaptainNielsen to sail through the Sound that night,with no lighthouses to guide his course, andbeating is very slow work in a square rigger. Instead, he conceived the simple plan ofrunning back through Hell Gate, passing the town after dark, andgoing through theNarrows and out tosea by Sandy Hook,which is to-day thecourse of the greattransatlantic steamersEven if he were seen,J the very daring of thescheme would preventsuspicion. So, as soon as histrading with the In-dians was over, hecrowded on full sail,. DRIVING BEFORE THE HEAVY WIND. and driving before the heavy wind, plungedboldly through Hell Gate. The strength of the gale and the speed of hiscraft made this course safer than the wild watersseemed to promise, but to Diedrich and Jan STEVENSEN AND VAN HORNE. 53 there was a terror in the spray which brokeeven over the high sides of the Steadfast. The sun had set, and the darkness of thenight was relieved only by the faint light of amist-covered moon. The rugged shore on bothsides slipped rapidly by. When they were well toward the city, wherethe channel led them close to Allertons ware-house, Diedrich and Jan found themselves aloneon the high poop-deck, with Captain Nielsen atthe tiller. To him the boys, in so far as hethought of them, were only troublesome. Hemay have intended to drop them as soon asoccasion permitted; for he could hardly usethem in his crew, and he certainly was toothrifty to take them as passengers. Yet to dropthem, to let the


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