. Kate Bonnet; the romance of a pirate's daughter. though someof your provisions may be taken by these pirates,I here promise, as an honourable gentleman, topay you the full value of all that they seizeupon. The captain of the Black Swan had no oppor-tunity to make an answer to this most extraor-dinary statement, for at that moment a navalofficer, shouting at the top of his voice, camerushing towards the respectable gentleman whohad just been making such honourable pro-posals. Almost at the same moment there wasa great shout from Captain Ichabod, who, draw-ing his cutlass from its sheath, rais
. Kate Bonnet; the romance of a pirate's daughter. though someof your provisions may be taken by these pirates,I here promise, as an honourable gentleman, topay you the full value of all that they seizeupon. The captain of the Black Swan had no oppor-tunity to make an answer to this most extraor-dinary statement, for at that moment a navalofficer, shouting at the top of his voice, camerushing towards the respectable gentleman whohad just been making such honourable pro-posals. Almost at the same moment there wasa great shout from Captain Ichabod, who, draw-ing his cutlass from its sheath, raised the glit-tering blade and dashed in pursuit of the navalgentleman. Hold there! Hold there! cried the pi-rate. Dont you touch him; dont you layyour hand upon him! But Ichabod was not quick enough. Dickory,swift as a stag, stretched out both his arms andthrew them around the neck of the amazed Now the pirate Ichabod reached the two; hisgreat sword went high in air, and was about todescend upon the naval person, whoever he was, 336. DELAPLAINE LEADS BOARDING PARTY who had made such an unprovoked attack uponhis honoured passenger, when his arm wascaught by some one from behind. Turning, witha great curse, his eyes fell upon the face of ayoung girl. Oh, dont kill him! Dont kill him! shecried, he will hurt nobody; he is only huggingthe old gentleman. Captain Ichabod looked from the girl to thetwo men, who were actually embracing eachother. Dickory s back was towards him, but theface of Mr. Delaplaine fairly glowed with de-light. Oho! said Ichabod, turning to Lucilla,1 and what does this mean, bedad ? I dont know, she answered, but thegentleman in the uniform is a good man. Per-haps the other one is his father. 1 To my eyes, said Captain Ichabod, thisis a most fearsome mix. The Mander family, and nearly everybodyelse on board, crowded about the little group,gazing with all their eyes but asking no ques-tions. Captain Ichabod, exclaimed Mr. Dela-plaine, holding Dickor
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