Hero tales of the far North . and badly dam-aged, he was for boarding her at once, buthis men refused to follow him. In thedelay the Osel backed away. Captain Wes-sel gave chase, pelted her with shot, andcalled to her captain, whose name wasSostjerna (sea-star), to stop. Running away from a frigate, are you ?Shame on you, coward and poltroon ! Stayand fight like a man for your King and your flag! Seeing him edge yet farther away, heshouted in utter exasperation, Your nameshall be dog-star forever, not sea-star, ifyou dont stay. But all this, he wrote sadly to theKing, with much more which was
Hero tales of the far North . and badly dam-aged, he was for boarding her at once, buthis men refused to follow him. In thedelay the Osel backed away. Captain Wes-sel gave chase, pelted her with shot, andcalled to her captain, whose name wasSostjerna (sea-star), to stop. Running away from a frigate, are you ?Shame on you, coward and poltroon ! Stayand fight like a man for your King and your flag! Seeing him edge yet farther away, heshouted in utter exasperation, Your nameshall be dog-star forever, not sea-star, ifyou dont stay. But all this, he wrote sadly to theKing, with much more which was worse,had no effect. However, on his way back to join thefleet he ran across a convoy of ten mer-chant vessels, guarded by three of the ene-mys line-of-battle ships. He made a feintat passing, but, suddenly turning, swoopeddown upon the biggest trader, ran out hisboats, made fast, and towed it away fromunder the very noses of its protectors. Itmeant prize-money for his men, but theircaptain did not forget their craven conduct.
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