. Kate Bonnet; the romance of a pirate's daughter. now. This they do when they want someparticular thing, such as food or money, andcare not for the trouble of stripping the ship,putting all on board to death, and then settingher on fire. The cook never does any boardinghimself, so he says, but he stands on the deckhere, armed with his great axe, which likes himbetter than a cutlass, and no matter what hap-pens, he defends his kitchen. * From his looks, said Kate, I should im-agine him to be the fiercest fighter among themall. But that is not so, said Dame Charter; he tells me that he is of a
. Kate Bonnet; the romance of a pirate's daughter. now. This they do when they want someparticular thing, such as food or money, andcare not for the trouble of stripping the ship,putting all on board to death, and then settingher on fire. The cook never does any boardinghimself, so he says, but he stands on the deckhere, armed with his great axe, which likes himbetter than a cutlass, and no matter what hap-pens, he defends his kitchen. * From his looks, said Kate, I should im-agine him to be the fiercest fighter among themall. But that is not so, said Dame Charter; he tells me that he is of a very peaceable mindand would never engage in any broils or fightsif he could help it. Look! look! she cried, theyre running out their long brass guns; anddo you see that other ship, how her sails arefluttering in the wind? And there, that littlespot at the top of her mast; thats her flag, andit is coming down! Down, down it comes, andI must run to the cook and ask him what willhappen next. 22 329 CHAPTER XXXI MR. DELAPLAINE LEADS A BOARDING PARTY. upon its decks the happy Man-der family and our poor friend Dickory, carry-ing with him his lifelong destiny in the shape ofthe blood-stained letter from Captain Vince. The sackcloth draperies of Lucilla, with thered cord lightly tied about them, had given placeto a very ordinary gown fashioned by her motherand herself, which added so few charms to heryoung face and sparkling eyes that Dickory oftenthought that he wished there were some busheson deck so that she might stand behind themand let him see only her face, as he had seen itwhen first he met her. But he saw the prettyface a great deal, for Lucilla was very anxiousto know things, and asked many questions aboutBarbadoes, and also asked if there was any prob-ability that the brig would go straight on to thatlovely island without bothering to stop at Ja-maica. It was during such talks as this that 330 DELAPLAINE LEADS BOARDING PARTY Dickory forgot, when be did forget, the blood-st
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