The story of Martha's Vineyard, from the lips of its inhabitants, newspaper files and those who have visited its shores, including stray notes on local history and industries; . Driftinff. 148 MARTHAS A tisU iii>uii(l and iloiks ou the bcacli, Lamberts Cove. Butler, believingthat all men were atleast equal on shore,stamped his foot im-patiently and cried:I command you tosurround my table,and the officer thenrepeated the order. They related thatthey had been sentout from a Britishbrig then stationedin the Sound, tochase a vessel, but were unable to overtake her, and night,with a h
The story of Martha's Vineyard, from the lips of its inhabitants, newspaper files and those who have visited its shores, including stray notes on local history and industries; . Driftinff. 148 MARTHAS A tisU iii>uii(l and iloiks ou the bcacli, Lamberts Cove. Butler, believingthat all men were atleast equal on shore,stamped his foot im-patiently and cried:I command you tosurround my table,and the officer thenrepeated the order. They related thatthey had been sentout from a Britishbrig then stationedin the Sound, tochase a vessel, but were unable to overtake her, and night,with a heavy, cold northwest wind, coming on, they weredriven ashore nearly perished. In the afternoon the men wereallowed to return to the brig. In the meantime news hadreached Holmes Hole that a boatload of men from the hatedNimrod had landed at the Cove, and a party came over totake them prisoners. The seamen had departed, however, be-fore the party arrived, and it was fortunate that the adventureturned out as it did, as the captain of the brig stated that, hadhis men been captured, he would have laid the village in ashes,a thing he could easily have done, as the islanders had no means of defense. FROM LAMBER
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