. Kate Bonnet; the romance of a pirate's daughter. paring for me tocome back to Bridgetown. If this be so, urgehim rather to come here. I had not thought ofyour seeing him. Dickory, and I did not writeto him. but you will know what to say. Youhave heard that woman talk of me, and you wellknow I cannot go back to my old home. Oh, I will say all that! he exclaimed. It will be the same thing as if you had writtenhim a long letter. And now I must run back,for the boat is i-eady to take me down the riverto the port. Dickory, said she. and she put out herhand—he had never held that hand before— 115
. Kate Bonnet; the romance of a pirate's daughter. paring for me tocome back to Bridgetown. If this be so, urgehim rather to come here. I had not thought ofyour seeing him. Dickory, and I did not writeto him. but you will know what to say. Youhave heard that woman talk of me, and you wellknow I cannot go back to my old home. Oh, I will say all that! he exclaimed. It will be the same thing as if you had writtenhim a long letter. And now I must run back,for the boat is i-eady to take me down the riverto the port. Dickory, said she. and she put out herhand—he had never held that hand before— 115 KATE BOXXET you are so true, Dickory, you are so noble;you are going— it was in her mind to say youare going as rny knight-errant, but she deemedthat unsuitable, and she changed it to— you aregoing to do so much for me. She stopped for a moment, and then she said: You know I told you you should not call meKate, being so much younger; but, as you areso much younger, you may kiss me if you like. Like! 116 CHAPTER X CAPTAIN CHRISTOPHER VINCE. T was truly surprising to seethe change which came overthe spirits of our young KateBonnet when she heard that the King and Queenhad sailed from Kingston port. She was gay,she was talkative, she sang songs, she skippedin the paths of the garden. One might havesupposed she was so happy to get rid of theyoung man on the brig which had sailed yet, the news she might hear when thatyoung man came back was likely to be farworse than any misgivings which had enteredher mind. Kates high spirits delighted heruncle. This child of his sister had grown morelovely than even her mother had ever been. Now came days of delight which Kate hadnever dreamed of. She had not known that therewere such shops in Spanish Town, which, al-though a youngish town, had already drawn toitself the fashion and the needs of fashion of thatprosperous colony. With Dame Charter, and 117 KATE BONNET often also with her uncle in company, this brightyoung girl hove
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