Sturdy and Strong

d into the room after seeing her two visitors off. "It's very kind of him, isn't it

idently a gentleman of delicacy and refinement of fee

ought I was a fool not to take money when he offered it for getti

liked to take money,"

. Andrews

tly," he corrected himself, seeing that Geo

s open the basket; it's almost as

of jelly, a great cake, two dozen oranges, some apples, a box of preserved fruit, some almonds and raisins, two packets of Everton toffee, a dozen mince-pies, and fo

jolly collection, isn't it? I think Miss Pen

, smiling. "I do not think any grownup person would have c

es, you see, she put in currant-jelly to make drinks, and there are the o

said, "lots of them in the mar

-rate, I ca

ts of tin," Bill said a

urst int

hat off, Bill, and you will find the toffee inside. Now

going to open the wine. We will put that by in case

er, or I expect you would be wanting to put

ll agreed. "What

r melted togethe

een years old. Now I must clear this table again and get to work; I promised these four

reman came round on Saturdays with their wages. Mr. Penrose called again

asking about the boys; "but I have a motive for asking if your son has

nces at that time obliged me to remove him; but I have since done what I could my

to continue to work in the shops. I will have him moved from shop to shop so as to learn thoroughly the various branches of the business. That is what I should do had I a son of my

. Andrews said gratefully; "though I sa

e he has rendered me, to do everything in my power to push him forward. His friend, I hear,

George taught him to read before I came here, and he has worked hard ever since. No one could be nicer in the house than he is, and had I been his

foreman of a shop-by no means a bad one for a lad who has had such a beginning as he has had. After that, of course, it must depend upon himself. I think, if you will allow me to suggest, it would be as well that you should not tell the

e to them, sir; but at the same time I do

e men were coming out of the shop, an

this winter, and when someone started the idea there wasn't a man in the two shops that didn't agree with him. I am the treasurer, I am, and it's come to just thirty pounds. Now I don't know what you two boys would like, whether you would like it

I am sure George would like anything

for having saved the factory, and so kept them at work for months just at the beginning of winter. That's what seemed to me that you would like; but if there is anything you woul

rimstone on th

know what George and me would like bette

hat is i

get, was a piano for George's mother. I heard her say that we could get a very nice o

w a chap as works at Kirkman's, and I expect he w

n, Mrs. Andrews and George were astonished at seeing a cart stop before the h

red. He had been apprised of the time that the

ll Smith for putting out the fire and saving the shops. If it hadn't been for them it would have been a bad winter for us all. So after thinking it over and finding out what form of testimonial the lads wou

fected. "I shall indeed be proud of your gift, both for itself

will just bring it in;" and the deputa

do it without telling me!

to stood speechle

ey mean by saying that we would rather have it than watches. Of co

ve been your kin

no was what we should like better than anything else, and I didn't say anything about it, beca

Bill by the hand; "why, there never was such

which had long ago been decided upon as the best place for the piano when it should com

e to George Andrews and William Smith for their courage and presence of mind, by which t

drews' eyes rendered it difficul

et Home." "It has a charming touch," she said as she rose, "and, you see, the air was an appropriate one, for your gift will s

their mother and with the neatness and prettiness of the villa, and was, indeed, considered derogatory to the respectability of Laburnum Villas in general. Upon this evening they were still further mystified at hearing the notes of a female voice of grea

five shillings a week, much less than that of many a mechanic, but ample for them not only to live, but to live in comfort and even refinement. No stranger, who had looked

en an event happened which, for a time, cut short all their plans. The word had been passed round the shops the first thing in the morning th

dust were swept up from the floors, although when the machines had run again for a f

g, mortising, and performing other work to prepare the wood for builders

about her own age, accompanied the party. They stopped for a time in each shop while

t in the details of the machinery, wandered somewhat away from the rest of the party, chatting among themselves. George had his eye upon them, and w

, a revolving-band had caught Nelly Penrose's dress. In an instant she was dragged f

t side of the room came to a standstill. For a moment no one knew what had happened. Mr. Penrose and some of his friends rus

the machinery?" and for the first time he looked round the shop. There was a little group of men a few yards away, and, having handed Nelly

the ladies out of the shop. I am a

is the matter?" M

r daughter was in, and shoved his fo

nrose exclaimed, as he pus

as death, lay in their arms. One of his feet was jammed i

tone, "his foot must be completely crushed! H

I did that

y seized spanners and were unscrewing the bolts of the bearings in order to enable the uppe

save Nelly's life, and is, I fear, terribly hurt. Williams, send off a man instantly for the surgeon. Let him jump into one of the cabs he

between the cog-wheels. He had on very heavy, thickly nailed working boots, and the iron-bound sole threw the cogs out of gear and bent the shaft, thereby stopping the machinery. George felt a dull, sickening pain, which seemed to numb and paralyze him all over, and h

porting his head, while on the other side knelt Bill Smith, the te

tter?" Then the remembrance of w

afe; was

not in vain," Mr. Penrose answered with quivering lips, for

ecause, if so, will you please send home for mother? I

badly crushed, but otherwise you are unhurt.

ed. He had already been informe

ff?" Mr. Penrose asked in a low voice a

e ankle. Nothing can save it. He had better be taken home at once. You had best send to Guy's and get an operatin

will send off at once for one of their best men. Yo

er, he has youth, strength, and a good constitution, so we must hope for the best. The chances are all in his favo

someone go on before and tell mother. Bill had better not go; he would

nrose replied. "I will pre

doctor said; "that will warm you and

was placed on this and covered with some rugs. Four of the men raised it onto th

t would break. "If it had been me it wouldn't have mattered," he kept on exclaiming-"wouldn't have mattered a bit. It wouldn't have been no odds one way or the other. There, we have always been together in the shops till this week, and now when we ge

at the back door, took off his boots, and was about to

exclaimed, and the tear

ll have to lose his foot, poor boy," she added with a sob that she could not repress, "but we should feel very thankful that it is no worse after such an accident as that. The doctor says that his thick

p to him, M

ere for the present for both your sakes. I w

y didn't keep quiet, and when he would be allowed to go up. Once or twice the nurse came down for hot water, but Bill

y boy, that it's all over. They gave him

it awful?" Bill as

was when they were going to begin. They will be going away directly, and then you can come

ge's room. It was a long struggle, and had George caught his muttered remonstrances to himself he would have fe

and a-blubbering like a gal! Call yerself a man!-you are a babby

r took away his breath, then polished his face till it shone, and then went and sat quietly down till Mrs. Andrews came in and told

rily, but in a somewhat lower voice tha

He was stil

n't make much odds, you know. I shall soon be about again all right. I expect they will be able to put on a

jammed my head in between them wheels cheerful, that

n't hurt me a bit coming off. No, nor the squeeze either, not regular hurting; it was just a sort of scrunch, and then I didn't feel anything mo

n here quiet, and you are to try to go off to sleep." So saying he sat down by the bedside. George asked one or two more questions, but Bil

ent down by Mr. Penrose, and that gentleman himself very frequently called in for a chat with him. As soon as the wound had healed an inst

Penrose brought Nelly down to see him. Th

way! I thought so when you saved the mill from destruction. I feel it tenfold more now that you have saved my child. The ways of God are, indeed, strange. Who would have thought that all this could have sprung from that boy snatching the locket from Helen as we came out of the theater! And now about the future, George. I

would rather be an engineer than

ropose is this, that you shall go to a good school for another three years, and I will then apprentice you to a first-class engineer, either mechan

oo much altogeth

part he played at the fire, so I propose, if he is willing, to put him to a good middle-class school for a bit. In the course of a couple of years he will get a sufficient education to get on fairly with, and then I propose, accordi

ws relating to Bill than at his own good fortune, great as was the

e George rapidly regained strength, and when, after a stay there of two months, he returned to town, he

th him he remained five years and then went out for him to survey a railroad about to be constructed in Brazil, and remained there as one of the staff who superintended its construction.

ill is still his right-hand man. Mr. Penrose has been in all respects as good as his word, and has been ready to assist George with his persona

with her son at the earnest request of his wife, who is often left alone during George's frequent absence abroad on professional duties. As

OUR

the Isle of Wight. The prospect was a lively one, for in those days ships of war were constantly running in and out, and great convoys of mer

ithead, and when he needed a talk with his old "chums" could get into his boat, which was lying hauled up on the sand, and with a good wind arrive in an hour at the Hard. He was sitting at present on a portion of a wreck thr

lo,

old man clasped the boy in his arms in a way that showed the close r

p, with a gale or two in the right quarter. We only arrived in the river on Mo

d sailor said. "It's the duty of every hand

rd, and told the captain that another cargo was ready, that the ship was to be unloaded with all speed, and to take in cargo

le speed. I know what it will be. You will be going out with the paint all wet, and those lubbers the stevedores will ru

arged at once and a fresh gang taken on board, so I asked him directly the news came round if I might have fo

join a king's ship. I suppose you've got over your silly idea about sticking to the merchant service. It's all very well to learn your business there as a boy, and I grant that in some things a merchantman is

icer has been very kind to me, and I hope in the course of two or three years to pass and g

ailor said, "for a man ought t

en to do their duty to the

all hanker after the higher wages and loafing life on board a merchantman, and hate to keep themselves smart and clean as they must do in a king's ship. If I

power, and I have in my pocket a letter from the first officer to you. He told you when you went

lp his majesty, for a time at least, against his enemies. Look at me. Why, I served man and boy for nigh fifty years, and was in action one way and another

ys in the merchant service. I might command a ship by the time I am thirty, and be my own master

with Mounseer?" the old ta

g eighteen, as well as her twelves, and when the Frenchman found that we could play at long bowls as well as himsel

ou hit,

the lady passengers. We had a strong crew, and a good many were sorry that the skipper did not hide his teeth and let the

nd while in a sailing ship you only get a chance if one of these privateers happens to see you, in a king's ship you

some fighting in the West Indies. There are, they say, several French cruisers in that direction, and although we shall have a considerable convoy the Frenchmen generally have the legs of our

re's so much traffic in the Channel that a solitary lugger does not attract the attention of the coastguard as it does where the sea's more empty. However, I don't trouble myself one way or the other about it. I may know a good deal

y to prevent the king being che

hat he got it, but there's no saying where this money would have gone. Besides, if the spirits hadn't been run,

like, but you know as well as I do that smuggling's di

id feel as it were going to be my duty, I should let all my neighbors know it, and take mighty good care that they didn't say a

"as I passed. Mother looks as hale and heart

aid. "I have been so thoroughly seasoned with salt w

epared. Rashers of bacon were smoking on the table, and a large tankard of beer s

ngley said, "that the boy is to le

d hoped that you would be with us for a bit, my boy, for we're

"Father was just saying that he's so seasoned that even time cannot

does come down, he generally falls sudden. However, we w

had retired from the service, and had settled down at Hayling, but for two years longer he had kept Harry at school. Then he had apprenticed him to a firm of shipowners in London, and one of the officers under whom Peter had served had spoken to the heads of the firm, so that the boy was put in a ship commanded by a kind and consid

e channel to Portsmouth. Most of the men-of-war he knew in an instant, and the others he could make a shrewd guess at. Generally when alone with Harry he was full of talk of the sea, of good advice as to the lad's future bearing, and of

ou may not find us both here when you come back, it is right that I should tell you a little more about yourse

loved the honest tar and his good wife as much as he could have done his natural parents, still, since he had known that he

he facts, as no one can say when they start on a voyage in life what craft they may fall aboard before they've done. It may be, Harry, that as you intends to stick to the merchant service-saving, of course, that little time you mean to serve on board a king's ship-you may rise to be a skipper, and perhaps an owner. It may be, boy, that as a skipper you may fall in love with some taut craft sailin

ew of one before. But she had been, I believe, a merchantman captured by the pirate, and was such a beauty that he hoisted his flag on her, and handed his own schooner over to his mate. Somehow or other he had altered her ballast, and maybe lengthened her a bit, for those pirates have a rendezvous in some of the islands, where they are so strong that they can, if need be, build a ship of their own. Anyhow, she was the fastest ship of her class that ever was seen on those seas, and though our cruisers had over and over again chased her, she laughed at them, and would for a whole day keep just out of reach of their bow-chasers with half her sails set, while the cruisers were staggering under every rag they could put on their masts. Then when she was tired of that game she would hoist her full canvas and leave the king's vessel behind as if she was standing still. Once or twice she nearly got caught by cruisers coming up in different directions, but each time she managed to slip away withou

down that hill as if he were running a race. He isn't

racing the middies'; which, indeed, was true enough, for the first lieutenant was a

shipman had said. The news that Mr. Jones was coming down the hill, running as if Old Nick was after h

the spray was flying and the oars bending, that the men were pulling as if for life or death. By

as the boat came within call he shouted, 'Wh

ft together round the point of the island some fifteen miles at sea. They're low down on the sea-li

running out of the harbor. The first lieutenant had taken the bearings pretty accurately, and as there was a brisk evening breeze blowing we spun along at a famous rate. By this time it was dark, and we had every hope that we might come upon the pirate before she had finished transferring the cargo of her prize under her own hatches. Not a light was shown, and as the moon was not up we hoped to get within gunshot befo

ange of our bow-chasers, and as yet there was no sign that the pirate was conscious of our presence. The boats were now near him, and no doubt those on board were looking rather in their direction than to windward. Rapidly the Alert tore through the water, the sail trimmers were all ready to take in her light canvas at a moment's notice. The officers clustered on the quarter-deck, and the men stood by their guns with every eye strained at the pirate. Nearer and nearer we came, and our hopes rose higher and higher. We were within a mile now, when suddenly a great movement was seen on board the pirate. The breeze was steady, and the sea quiet, and loud words of command could be heard shouted as a swarm of men ran up the rattlins. It was clear we were seen. There was no further need of concealment, and the captain gave word for the bow-chasers to open

r from getting away, she was by this time a mere wreck above, although her sides were scarcely touched; whereas two of our ports had been knocked into one, and some thirty of our men had been struck down either by shot or by splinters. Pouring a last broadside into her, the captain ordered the Alert to be brought alongside the Seamew. There was no need to call upon the boarders to

at the guns on the starboard side left their places and joined in the fight, while those on the port side continued to pour a fire of grape into the enemy. It was near half an hour before we got a fair footing on the pira

in his face. I got this scar on my cheek, which spoiled my beauty for the rest of my life, but as I had been over thirty years married to the old woman that made but little difference. Never were a crew more glorious than we were that night. E

he water. Its lid seemed to be open, and I thought once or twice that I saw something inside. I slid down to the quarter-deck and reported what I had seen. The third lieutenant, who was doing duty with his arm in a sling, was not disposed to take the men off th

erchantman, and her true nature was ascertained, some mother, knowing the fate that awaited all on board, had put you in an open trunk, had thrown in what ornaments she had about her, and had dropped the trunk overboard, in hopes that it might drift away and be picked up by some passing ship. It was a wild venture, with a thousand to one against its success, but the Lord had watched over it, and there you were as snug and comfortable as if you h

en. So that's all I know, Harry. Every inquiry was made, but we never heard of any ship which exactly answered to the description. You see, beyond the fact that she was a square-rigged ship we could say but little about her. The ornaments found in the box seemed to show that she had come from the East In

of the prize-money that enabled me to buy this little cottage, and went no small way towards paying for your schooling and board. As no one else claimed you, and your

ent, and Harry was som

upon a clew which could lead me to discover who I am, I shall continue to regard you as my real father. Still, as you say, it may perhaps in life be some advanta

friends well?

ble six months since, and his wife, poor old

ing in the

ack has

oved from his o

at Jack trades over in France with his friends. The lieutenant at the coast-guard station has his eye upon him, and I believe that some day they will catch Black Jack as he runs his cargo; but he's a slippery customer.

uld be coming backwards and forwards here, and I wo

ows that old Peter Langley is not the chap to put his nose into other people's business. I don't like these goings on, I must say, and consider they will end badly. However, it is no busines

ach, white heads were beginning to show themselves out at sea, the fishing craft were running in towards Portsmouth under reefed s

must you le

eight. I promised that I would be back on the following morning, and I would not fail in keeping my appoint

t his parents said that he would be back at nine in the evening. He had gone over to Winchester to see a brother who was in a regiment quartered there.

," Jane Langley said; "if thou hast to start at t

Harry said, laughing, "and I shal

to the old couple, and went

heard the sound of voices within. Being curious to see what this mysterious Frenchman was like, Harry paused, lightly lifted the latch of the gate, and entered the little garden. He had intended to peep in at the window, and having satisfied his curiosity to be off; but just as he reached the

The Lucy is a tight craft, and has weathered gales when many a bigger ship

ve sought zat ze earning of five hundred po

one does put one's head into the noose to earn it. However, the su

you zis is ze most important dispatch we have ever sent, and if it gets safe to hand zey cannot grudge us double pay. I have ridden from London wizout stopping, and

that in your pocket are best not kept on hand. You are sure that the Chas

e importance of ze news, which is expected, and which I am bringing zem. Mon

hat it is?" th

it is ze orders zat are to be sent to ze British fleet,

warned them to be in readiness, and I will send them straight d

mind how this all-portant information which was about to be conveyed to the enemy could be stopped. He had made up his mind that the instant the smuggler moved out he would make his way down to the village, tell the tale to half a dozen men, and have the Frenchman seized. He

e two men who were standing on the little garden-path in front, he pressed too hard

Frenchman dashed to the spot, and in an instant had col

has heard what we've said, and our lives won't be worth a minute's purchase if he were to be let fr

zese sings will sometimes be found. Better take him to sea wis you in ze Lucy, and

k my neck on the chance of his blabbing. It's better, as you say, t

zat he must be silenced, but it may be better-my plan

by sight. He's the son of an old man-o

you, or in zeir drink, drop some words which might lead to inquiries. B

near, and was sure that an attempt to give the alarm would insure his instant death. To struggle would have been useless. He was unarmed, and although a stout lad, was but a child in the grasp of a powerful man like the smuggler. He saw

assuring him in a low tone that he would at his first movement plant his dagger in his heart. The sm

we to do? You make us kill you. You push your own head into ze trap. Zat is ze way wis boys. Zey are forever meddling in affairs zat concern zem not, and zen we have ze trouble to kill zem. I would give a hundred po

ing of this lad had brought upon him that he got up and angri

e said briefly. "Come along, mounseer. Brin

id. "As to ze pistols-zey are not of much use. However, I wi

to a sail which he had laid on the ground, wrapped

the boat," he said, "but should I do so I'm

oken between the two men on their way down to the shore. Presently Harry felt by the deadened sound of the footsteps, and by the more uneven motion, that he was b

r ten minutes' hard rowing he felt a shock, and knew that they were alongside of the Lucy. He was hauled up on deck. He heard a few words of command, and then felt the vessel was on her way. A minu

longer and lower, and was, in fact, used for fishing when her crew were not engaged upon other adventures. She was a remarkably fast craft, and had more than once showed her heels with success

he was bound, Harry gained from a word or two dropped by the captain, for the mouth of the Loire, off which she was to be met by the Chasse Marée. Lo

to her time?" the Frenc

nctual as I shall be, the five hundred pounds will be gained. There's one thing-in such a gale as is blowing to-day none of our cruisers who may be

turned over in his mind every possible plan by which he might destroy the tin case which contained, as he knew, such important documents. From what he had gathered he learned that the success of some great undertaking upon which the British fleet were about to embark would be marred if these papers were to find their way into the hands of the French authorities. H

projected, but even then he took the precaution always to keep his hand upon it. During the day Harry was constantly employed in work on board the lugger, hauling at ropes and acting as if he were one of the regular crew. He had shared in the meals with the men, but beyond a curse now and then not a word had been addressed to him

the river. When the moon shone out just now I thought I caught sight of a vessel coming out,

ern above the bulwarks, held it there for half a minute, and then lowered it. This he r

d exultingly, "and the five hundred

ight flash was s

be on board in plenty of time, and whether she gets safe to shore or not matters not much to me. I

enchman said; "you've done you

distance of a quarter of a mile, running

unning tremendously. They will have to throw a rope, and you will have to catch

y?" the Fre

the noose round his body or his neck. The last will be the easiest plan perhaps, for then, if he happens not to be alive when

quickly, for another flash came up from the cruiser; and although in the din of the wind and the toss of the waves it could not be seen where her shot had fallen, the brightness of the flash showed that she had c

k shouted. "There are

t. When she was just upon them Harry saw that his one chance of escape had come. With a sudden rush he knocked the man at the helm from his footing, and put the tiller up hard. The lugger paid off instantly. Black J

lmsman could regain his feet, or Black Jack could seize the tiller, she lay across the course of the Chasse Marée; and in anoth

s jacket he felt that it kept his head easily above the water. He swam as well as he could away from the spot where the Lucy had disappeared, for he knew that if Black Jack or the Frenchman had escaped being run down and should see him, his death was certain-not indeed that his chances were in any case good, but with the natura

ast, and looking round beheld seaward the British cruiser which had fired at the Chasse Marée. She was running quietly along the coast,

and was some two miles astern of him. She was sailing but slowly, and he hoped that by the time she came along he would be able to get wit

s to make as much spray and commotion as possible in order to attract attention. His heart almost stood still with joy as he heard an answering hail, and a moment later he saw the vessel come round into the wind, and lay there with her sails back. Then a boat was lowered, and five minutes later he wa

e?" the captain asked. "Do you belong to the

supposing that Harry had fall

ed from a lugger which was run down by the

small fishing-boat close to the Chasse Marée. We lost sight of her when a cloud came over th

the story, and produ

r said, "and your conduct has been in every

board the Indiaman Dundas Castle, and was to have

"This is most important. However, the steward will take

nto a cot slung for him, and to give him a bowl of

uth of the Loire. The captain repaired on board the other ship, whose commander was his senior officer, and a cons

her signal as she came in sight of the fleet, and a reply was instantly run up from the masthead of the admiral's ship, directing the captain to come on board immediately the anchor was dropped. The moment this was done the captain's gig was lowered, and calli

of naval officers, including Admiral Nelson and most of the captains of

who has brought this

" Harry sa

again," the admiral sai

ures from the time of leaving his father's cot

e presence of mind had you been a captain of the flee

they were going to kill me anyhow, so that it made no difference. But

ccustomed to hear his dicta even

ice, Captain Skinner tells me," Sir Hyde Pa

ir," Ha

-deck of one of his majesty's vessel

glistened at

indeed, si

of you gentlemen a vacancy in the midshipmen's berth? If no

before last as we came round from Plymouth. He was about the size of this lad, and I'll arrange for him to have h

, and, as Captain Ball remarks, I am sure you will do credit to the service. A lad who does his duty when death is staring him in t

of paper, and said to the admiral's servant, "Wil

ake this young gentleman on board the ship with you at once, and present him to Mr. Francis, an

ire, indeed, was not in accordance with the received ideas of that of a midshipman freshly joining a ship. His clothes were all so much shrunk that his ankles showe

sprung from?"

said with a laugh. "Before that from his majes

midshipman. "But what have you b

Harry said; "I have on

, and that it would be better for him to wait until he saw the footing upon which Harry was placed. He had little doubt from the

o the first lieutenant, and presented the captain's note. The li

Hyde Parker himself. He has performed a most gallant action, and one of the greatest importa

er to him. The first lieutenant intimated to him briefly the contents of the c

ck had naturally excited a great deal of observation. The midshipman who had come with him could, of course, furnish no informat

table. He's in my charge, and I am to make him comfortable. As he has been put on the

lemanly lad, his appearance favorably impressed his new messmates, who had at first been disposed to res

ittee. Let everyone who can, sit down; and let those who can't, stand quiet. I am

y Lan

came yo

ht in the ca

r. I mean what brought yo

o prevent a very important dispatch f

; "and how was that? That is to say," h

r was very simple;" and for the secon

g those present, and the midshipmen crowded round him, shaking hi

sident said, "and is received as a w

s,

two bottles of rum for this honorable m

the boy

sir, who is going

y in the purser's books to the full amount of his credit. However, a midshipman, who happened that morning to hav

tents of the dispatch were with reference to the point

rapidly assembling at Spithead, might be directed. So far no whisper of its probable course had been m

ours. Immediately he reached the Head he chartered a wherry, and was on the point of

r which put out an hour or two afterwards, I can't make out. The boy would never have shipped in that craft willingly, and I can see no reason why he should have gone otherwise. He didn't cross the ferry, and I can't help suspecting there was some foul play. When Black Jack returns I w

heir old mate, when suddenly Harry stepped in among them, saying

rds in his astonishment, and

if it isn't Harry himself, and in a mid

am a midshipman on board

h in the air with a shout of delight. It fell into the water, and the tide carried it away; P

said. "To think of seeing you on t

to a quiet hotel, and there, to the intense astonishment of the veteran, he related to him the circumstances which had led to his elevation. The old sailor was alternately filled with wrath and a

s foster-mother. That evening Peter went out and so copiously ordered grog for all the seafaring population in h

ship, and commenced his regular

eet soon left Spithead behind them. It consisted of eighteen sail of the line, with a number of frigates and gunboats. The expedition was commanded by Sir Hyde Parker, with Admiral Nelson second in command.

portance, and that the Lords of the Admiralty had themselves written to the admiral expressing their extreme satisfaction at the capture, saying that the whole of their plans would have been disconcerted had the pape

education has not been neglected, and I have no doubt you know as much as the majority of my midshipmen as to books. But books are not all. An officer in his majesty's service should be a gentleman. That you are that in manner, I am happy to see. But it is desirable also that an officer should be able in all society to hold his own in point of general knowledge with other gentlemen. Midshipmen, as a class, are too m

n forts, and the latter were confirmed in their ideas when one fine morning the fleet were found to be entering the Sound. Instead of passing through, however, the fleet anchored here, out of gunshot of the forts of Copenhagen; and great was the

n the great struggle which had been going on, and their sympathies were generally supposed to be with the English rather than the French. Thus,

den attack would be made upon England. Had this secret confederation not been interfered with, the position of England would have been seriously threatened. The fleet which the allies would have been able to put onto the scene would have greatly exceeded that which England could have mustered to defend her coast

e, and the enterprise undertaken by Parker and Nelson would have been impossible, for the forts of Copenhagen, aided by the fleet in the harbor, were too strong to have been attacked had they been thoroughly prepared for the strife. As all these matters were unknown to the officers of the

f frigates under Admiral Nelson, steered on through the Sound, followed at a short distance by Sir Hyde Parker with the rest of the fleet. The Danish forts on the Sound cannonaded them, but their fire was very ineffectual, and the fleet without replying steered on until they had attained the

Hyde Parker remained outside menacing the formidable Crown Batteries and preventing these f

ht be required to different parts of the ship. As the C?sar passed along the line of ships to take up her position she was saluted by a storm of fire from the Danish vessels, to which she made no reply. She suffered, however, but little injury, although shot and shell whistled between the masts and struck the water on all sides of her, several striking the hull with a dull, crashing sound, while her sails were pierced with holes. Harry felt that he was rather pale, and was disgusted with himself at the feeling of discomfort which he experienced. But there is nothing that tries the nerves more

"There are but two fathoms under her foot. The wind, too, is dropping so much

r, Mr. Francis,"

off the shoal. The sailors pulled hard in spite of the storm of shot and shell which fell round them from the fort and the nearest Danish ships. But the C?sar was fast. Calling the men on board again, the captain requested the first lieutenant to go aloft and see what was going on in other parts of the line. He returned with the news that four or five ot

f the fire. The parapet was in many places shot away and several of the guns put out of action. But the C?sar was clearly overmatched, and the captain hastily wrote a note to the admiral, stating th

the gig and row off to

was flying, striking up the water in all directions, he made hi

ened the note and

al are aground, and all hard pressed. He must do the best he can. Ah

s,

to leave. Suddenly a thought struck him, and running into th

'you want it for

. Give it m

ters were going with her. One of her masts was down. Her sides were battered and torn, and several of her port-hol

down her flag?" Harry said

t much longer. Most captains would have hauled down the flag long before this, and ev

as I order?

of the conduct by which Harry had gained his midshipman's promotion had been repeate

t can't do harm. Where's the boat-hook? Fasten

fire of the latter, which had been directed towards the boat, ceased, although the duel between the battery and the C?sar continued with unabated vigor. Harry steered direct

captain would fain save further effusion of life. You have done all that brave men could do, but the fight everywhere goes against you, and further resistance is vain. In a quarte

being seen sailing in, the governor, after a hasty consultation with his officers, resolved to surrender, and two minutes afterwards the Danish flag was hauled dow

essation of hostilities was ordered. His surprise became astonishment when he saw the Danish flag disappear and the white flag hoisted in its place; and a shout of relief and exultation echoed from stem to stern of the C?sar, for all had felt that the conflict was hopeless

nded the ladder with the Danish office

he summons which I took to the commander of t

ced and handed his sword

e commander of the

ntered his cabin. His astonishment was unbounded when the latter informed him wha

impossible she could much longer resist. I therefore thought that I could do no harm by calling up

eed for a midshipman to convey a message with which his captain had not charged him; but success in the present case a thousand times condones the

utenant Francis was sent ashore to take possession, and a

acticed eye there was no doubt that the English fleet was suffering very severely. Captain Ball mounted the quarter-deck, and saluting the admiral re

ar have struck, but we cannot take possession, and fresh boat-loads of men came off from shore, and their fire has reopened. Our position is an unpleasant one. Sir H

wasn't I who made the fort haul down i

ptain Ball's order, had left the boat and was standin

ne of your tablecloths fastened to the boat-hook, and summoned the commander in my name to surrender at once so as to save all further effusion o

is boy beats everything. However, his idea was an excellent one, and, by Jupiter! I will adopt it mysel

e the blood of his subjects, expressing admiration at the way in which they had fought, and saying that they had done all that was possible to save honor, and migh

the firing continui

etween the shore and the flagship with the proposals for surrender and conditions. Nelson insisted that the Danish fleet should be surrendered, in so firm and decisive a tone as to convince the king that he had it in his power completely to destroy the town, and

t boy?" the

the surgeons of the flagship. In the excitement of an action men take but little heed of what is happening around them, and the fall of the young midshipman was unnoticed by his captain. Now, however, that the battle was over, Captain B

en has been captured, and to you more than to anyone is this grea

miled f

has not been a long one. It is but a fortnight since I

before you; but Admiral Nelson will, I am sure, be as grieved as I am that the career of a young officer, who prom

oy, and thanked him for his services, and cheered him up by telling him tha

derable hope that he would pull round. He was carried at once to the Naval Hospital, and a few hours later Peter Langley was by h

you had served his majesty; but I didn't recognize the n

y other occasion. However, I think that the lad will not slip his wind t

ort time he was at sea. First, he prevented the dispatch, which would have warned the enemy of what was coming, from reaching them; and, in the second place, his sharpne

u, sir, that he's not my

imed, surprised; "on the contrar

as two peas-that is, he is exactly what my friend was at his age. My friend never was married; but I remember hearing a good many years ago-I should say some fifteen years ago, which would be about in accordance with this lad's age-that he had lost a sister at sea. The ship she was in was supposed to

p for the most part, and a locket. I will bring the

riend. Don't speak to the boy about it, for it's a thousand to one against its bei

following day called upon his friend, who was a rich retired Eas

est Indies, it's likely enough that the ornaments of my poor sister would have be

ll said, and produced the little

ait within it, and exclaimed, "Yes, that's the likeness of my sister as she was when I last saw her! What an extraordinary dis

leman was greatly moved at the tale of bravery. The very next day he went down to Portsmouth with Capt

n with his uncle, and a fortnight later received an offici

wound was not as yet sufficiently healed to allow him to wear an artificial leg-to the board-room. Here were

Thus we cannot but feel that the victory which has been won is in no small degree due to you. Moreover, we are mindful that it was your bravery and quickness which prevented the news of the intended sailing of the fleet from reaching the Continent, in which case the attack could not have been carried out. Under such extraordinary and exceptional circumstances we feel that an extraordinary and exceptional acknowledgment is due to you. We all feel very deep regret that the loss of your leg will render you unfit for

rst lord, his colleagues, and Admiral Nelson having warmly shaken hands with him, he was taken bac

rliament, married, and to the end of his life declared that, after all, the luckiest point in his career was the cutting off of his leg by the last shot fired by the Danish batteries, for that, had this not happened, he should never have known who he was, would never have met the wife whom

LY

he title now; but I did once, and a name like that sticks to a man for life. Well, s

vate property, and as soon as I was seen making my way across the wet, soppy sand, which is the one drawback to the pleasure of Scarborough, a shout would at once be raised for Surly Joe. The name seemed a singularly inappropriate one; but it was not until the very day before I was returning to town that I made any remark on the subject. By this time we had become great allies; for what with a bathe in the morning early, a sail before lunch, and a fishing expedition afterwards, I had almost lived on board the Grateful Mary. The day had been too clear and bright for fishing; the curly-headed, barefooted boy who assisted Joe had grown tired of wat

fore that, and I never thought of giving them another. One of 'em was about twelve, just the size of Dick there; the other was a year older. Full of tricks and mischief they was, but good boys, sir, and could handle the boat nigh as well as I could. There was one thing they couldn't do, sir-they couldn't swim. I used to tell 'em they ought to learn; but there, you see, I can't swim myself, and out of all the men and boys on this shore I don't suppose one in twenty on 'em can swim. Rum, aint it, sir? All their lives in the water or on the water, seeing all these visitors as comes here either swimming or learning to swim, and yet they won't try. They talks about instinks; I do

ut not too rough to go out: they was to go out at four o'clock, and

five-o'clock train, and we must be at the station to meet her, she being an

mother says, half laughing like; but I could see she were a little

ays; 'you may take your oath I'll br

he plank; 'don't you fidget: you know you can trus

put in another before I hoisted the sail. There warn't many boats out, for there was more sea on than most visitors care to face; but once f

as quick as we've c

, miss; the wind's st

tes,' she says, looking at her wa

freshening, and the gusts coming down strong; it was backin

er run into Filey,' I says; 'and

no danger, i

shall get a ducking before we get back;

won't get in till half-past seven, and mamma would b

m. But the 'sponsibility of that young gal weighed on me, I expect, and I must somehow ha' lost my head-I don't know, I can't account for it; but there it was, and in less time than it takes me to tell you we were all in the water. Whatever I'd ha' been before, I was cool enough now. I threw one arm round the gal, as I felt her going, and with the other I caught hold of the side of the boat. We was under water for a moment, and then I made shift to get hold of the rudder as she floated bottom upwards. The boys had s

over as we went into the squall, for as we lifted I could see over the brig, and there was a man galloping on horseback along the sands to'rds Filey as hard as he could go. We were, maybe, a quarter of a mile off the brig, and I saw that we should drift down on it before a boat could beat out of the bay and get round to us. The sea was breaking on it, as it always does break if there's ever so little wind from the east, and the spray was flying up fifty feet in places where the waves hit the face of the rock. There aint a worse place on all the coast than this, running as it do nigh a mile out from the head, and bare at low water. The waves broke over the boat heavy, and I had as much as I could do to hold on by one hand to the rudde

se,' says she, 'a

I've got to hold you till w

e was my own two boys a-struggling for their lives, and I couldn't lend a hand to help 'em, because I wa

o-do le

on all the harder. Presently Bil

and lend us a hand to get up

young woman back, and I must keep my word. Her life's more precious t

e as if it was frozen. For a moment she didn't move, and then, all of a sudden like, she gave a twist out of my arms and went straight down. I grabbed at her, and just got hold of her cloak and pulled her up again. She never moved after that,

then he let go his hold and went down. Five minutes afterwar

as-the girl

n she should get safe to shore if I could, and it seemed to me that included the promise that I would do my best for us both to get there. I was getting weak now, and sometimes I seemed to wander, and my thoughts got mixed up, and I talked to the boys as if they could hear me. Once

nds to pull. It was time, for we weren't much above a boat's length from the brig. Three of the chaps as had the rope run down to the low part of the rock and pulled together, while another two kept hold of the end of the rope and kept on the rock, so as to prevent us all being washed across the brig together. I don't remember much more about it. I let go the boat, sank down at once, as if the girl and I had been lead, felt a tug of the rope, and then, just as the water seemed choking me, a great smash, and I remember nothing else. When I came to my right senses again I was in a bed at Filey. I had had a bad knock on the head, and my right arm, which had been round the girl, was just splintered. They took it off that night. The first thing as they told me when I came round was that the gal was safe. I don't know whether I was glad or sorry to hear it. I was glad, because I had kept my promise and brought her back al

when they talked of coming in that the doctor told them it would make me bad again if they came. So they went up to London, and when I could get about they sent me a letter, the gal herself and her father and mother, thanking me, I suppose; but I don't know, for I just tore 'em into pieces without reading them. Then a lawyer of the town here came to me and said he'd 'struction to buy me a new boat, and to buy a 'nuity for m

tory to people as went out with them, I got enough to live on comfortable, only there was nothing comfortable about me. I wouldn't speak a word, good or bad, to a soul for days together, unless it was to swear at anyone as tried to talk to me. I hated everyone, and myself wuss nor all. I w

ine doing nothing, just wondering and wondering why things was as they was, when two little gals cum up. One was, maybe, five, and the other a year younger. I didn't notice as they'd just cum away from the side of a lady and gentleman. I never did notice nothing that didn't just concern me; but I did see that they had a nurse not far off. The biggest girl had great big eyes, dark and soft, and she looked up into my face, and held out a broken wooden spade and a bit of str

ws it back, and says, gruff, 'Don't you see

t she didn't, but stood as quiet as may

when Nina digs. Nina will hold spade t

put my hand into my pocket and brings out a bit of string, for the stuff she'd got in her hand was of no ac

eeth, and makes a strong, ship-shape job of it. I did it sitting on the bottom step, with a

g,' she said; 'thank you

n my arm as a good-by, the little ones trotted a

wondering what was come over me, till an hour afterwards they went past me with their nurse; and the little things ran up to me and said, 'The spade's quite good now-good-by, sailor-man!'

whether they would know me again, or think any more of me, and though I wanted them to do so I turned my back to the way they was coming, a

rning, sa

s if I didn't want no talk; and I goes

f the men at the

's a party c

I back; 'shove the

for a minute or two, watching me

oe? we've never been inside a b

paint,' says I, making a fight

e little

me take hold round oor neck; t

tle faces against my cheeks as they got in fairly knocked me

ll I was talking away with them as if I had known 'em all my life. Once I asked them didn't their papa and mamma ever take 'em out for a sail, and

me I'd be regular put out by it; and I got to getting apples and cakes in my pockets for them. After a fortnight I took to carrying them across the wet sands and putting them on the

and to find myself telling stories to 'em just as I'd do with children who came out sailing with me in the old time, and in knowing as I was so wrapped up in 'em that I couldn't wonder at anything else. Natural like, I changed a g

a hand here, Joe, boy,' or 'Give us a shoulder over the bank, Joe,' and ask me what I thought o' the weather. It was a hard day for me when, after staying nigh two months, the little ladies came to say good-by. It warn't as bad as might have been, though, for they were going to stay wit

y my stage, Jim Saunders-he'd been mate with m

I've jammed my hand so as I can't hoist a

ieve now as the whole thing was a got-up plan to get me afloat ag

nd for the sake o' old ti

and afore I scarce knew what I was after I was bundled aboard the boat; and as the party got in I'm blest if I don't think as

for I went and sat up in the bow, with my ba

t regular to the sea again, and handed my stage over to a po

e to tell me my little ladies had come back. They jumped and clapped their hands when they saw me, and would

a long time, Joe. W

n out sail

to tell stories? You told us you

ver should if I hadn't met you, though you won't understand that.

' the eldest said, 'and

ma be glad, litt

id positively. 'I know she wi

ng me about their home in London, and their carriage and amusements. Presently they stopped, and I could see the eldest wanted to say something particular, for sh

s and baby-brother, and papa love her so much; but

'She ought to be happy with a

ver have been born, and papa would never have had dear mamma to love; but it cost the man who did it a great deal-all he car

ard her mamma say, for her forehead got smooth a

t,' I says. 'It don't stand to reason nohow

ain, lots of time,' Nina said. '

oat, the Grateful Mary. She was sent care of Joe Denton; and as that was me, I had her hauled up on the beach till I should hear whose she was. Several visitors that had been out with me had said, pr

ds them children c

ough the town to the ot

houldn't be a credit to you in the town, and your pa wouldn't be best pl

we might a

ladies ran off to their nurse,

uld be pertickler glad if you

ishes it, I'd go with 'em anywheres. You wait here a quarter of

s up into High Street, and across to the other cliff. We goes along till we comes to a prett

e going right?' says

an up to the door a

ey dragged me into a parlor, where

ntleman

ch to me about you, Joe, that I fee

r, surely

hat I owe you a great deal

the little missies; they have made a changed man

art, and led you to your better self, I could never have do

hat he was saying, and, I dessay, looked as surprised as might be. Then

er guessed who thes

d then at the lady, who had a veil down, but was wip

to you all that is dear to me in this world, and our one unhappiness has been that you would no

and come up in front of me with the tears a-running down her face; and I fell back a step, and sits down suddenly in a chair, for, sure enough, i

r, with her hands out be

d will tell you. I so often thought of you-a broken, lonely man. I have talked to the children of you till they loved the man that saved their mother's life. I cannot give you what you

re hanging on me; and when sh

ood; oo mustn't hate ma

baby, and called myself every kind of name, saying only that I thought, and I a'most think so now, that I

ottage and its furniture and the Grateful Mary was all for me; and we'd a great fight over it, and I only gave in when at last she says that if I didn't do as she wanted she'd never come dow

been going away I'd ha' sailed round the castle tower, and I'd ha' pointed out the cottage to you. Yes, sir, I see what you are going to ask. I found it lonely there; and I found the widow of a old mate of mine who seemed to think as how she could make me comfortable; and comfortable I am, si

-WIFE'

Were I a yachtsman I should make Falmouth my headquarters: blow high, blow low, there are shelter and plenty of sailing room, while in fine weather there is a glorious coast along which to cruise-something very different from the flat shores from Southampton to Brighton. It is som

. I offered him tobacco, and in

re the pilchard bo

s the pilch

do well g

e is fishing on this coast. There aint a good harbor not this side of the Lizard; and if they're ca

er a fisherm

year back, but I got a sickener of it, and tramped to Plymouth and s

se of the hardships of the life, o

hat night, and scarce a hand was saved. I shouldn't have be

aid. "Would you mind

n, after a sharp puff at his pipe, he told me the followi

myself worked her in shares. I was twenty-one, or maybe twenty-two, years old then. It was one day early in October. We had had a bad season, and times were hard. We'd agreed to start at eight o'clock in the morning.

"I want you not to

Your share and mine didn't come to three pounds last month, and i

"I've had a dream as

"I'm not going to b

ood deal on dreams and tokens; and sure enough mother had dreamed fath

dreamed of you in bed, and a chap was

h my breakfast after that; but in a

yhow; for if I be drowned no on

she said. "You was in the sea-a terribly rough sea

s a fine day, and it's our boat. All the lads and girls

ur father said; and

'd more than half a mind to give way; but you know what young chaps are. The thought of

aw I was bent on going

an't keep you back, will you

" said I-"anythi

to her bedroom, and she came b

w I ask you to take it, and put it on if a storm comes on. You see, you ca

ces of canvas. It had got strings sewed on for tying round the body, and put on

recks, and he said that a couple of empty bottles, well corked, would keep up a fair swimmer for hours. So I made it; but no words could

if I put it under my coat and hid it away down in the forecastle, no one would see it; a

o one of the bottles," mother said. "

een, and stowed it away in my locker. I felt glad now I'd got it, for mother's

the look of

"why, it looks

don't like the look of it. I thi

ts had come in that morning with a fine catch, and after the bad time

had great luck, and were too busy to watch the weather. What wind there was, was northerly;

d, "and I wish we had taken more heed to his words. That's about as w

broken irregular masses of cloud that hurried across them. Instinctively we looked round towards the coast. It was fully fifteen miles away, and we were to the east of it. The great change in

izzen. Like enough it will come with a squall, and we'd best be as sn

hanging. The scud was flying thicker and faster overhead, and t

half she'll be about in her best trim; and she's as good a sea

wasn't built in our parts, but had been brought round from somewhere east by a gentleman as a fishing-craft. He had used her for two years, and had got

it with a sweep. I'll take the helm; Harry, you stand ready to hoist the foresail a few feet; and, Will, you and John stand by the hoists of the

the life-belt round me, and put on my oilskin. I fetched out a bottl

he first puff

ome ropes for our future use, an

appeared under the cloud of mist and darkne

zed her. In five minutes the first burst was over, and we were running before it under our close-reefed foresail only. There was no occasion for us to stand by the halyards now, and we all gathered in the stern, and crouched down in the well. Although the sun had only gone down half an hour it was pitch-dark, except that the white foam round us gave a sort of dim light that made the sky look all the blacker. The sea got up in less time than it takes in telling, and we were so

over, Jabez

ss that bottle of yours round, Will; we shall be busy again directly. One of you take th

d now, and she rolled so I thoug

Jabez said, "and br

er to the west, for with this wind we should have been ashore long before morning if we had run straight before it. The sea had been heavy-it was tremendous now; and, light and seaworthy as the Jane was, we had to keep baling as the sea broke into her. O

"we must run, and by midnight we shall b

out, for it was just midnight, as far as I

he Scillys," Jabez said. "

urning a blue light. She was not a mile ahead now, and we could see she was a large vessel. I had often been to the Scillys before, and knew them as well as I did our coast, but I could not see the l

re on shore shone up. It was a great blaze, and we could faintly s

ose to the end of the island; we may m

s, when a great wave struck us; she gave a r

alf drowned with the waves as they swept in from behind me. My mother's dream cheered me up, for, according to that, it did not seem as I was to be drowned, whatever was to come afterwards. I drifted past the wreck within a hundred yards or so. They were still burning

y feet off, where the waves were sending their spray a hundred feet up; then I made a great struggle, and got in under the lee of the point. There was a little bay with a shelving shore, and here I made a shift to land. Five minutes to rest, and then I made my way towards the fire. There was no one there, and I went to the edge of the rocks.

the wet, for one is wet through half the time in a fishing-boat,-took off mother's belt, and found one of the bottles had broke as I got ashore; but luckily it was the one which was quite empty. I got the cork out of the other, and had a drink of brandy, and then felt pretty right again. I had good hopes the boat was all right, for she would

I got up and went over, and they gave a start when they saw me. "Is he alive?" says I. "Dunno," one of 'em growled; and I could see pretty well that if I had not been there it would have gone hard with the chap. He was a foreign, Jewish-looking fellow, and had around him one o

s I. "That's a good job," one of 'em said; but I knew he didn't think so. "We'll carry him up t

him on a bed. He was moaning a little, and between us we undres

will. Will you hav

owing off my wet clothes, I got into the

ross me. I was out of bed in a moment, and looked at the door. There was no bolt, so I put a couple of chairs against it. Then I took my clasp-knife out of my pocket and opened it. I gave the other chap a shake, but there was no sense in him, and I got into bed again. I thought to myself they would never risk a fight when they saw me armed and ready. But I soon found that I couldn't keep awake; so I got up and dressed i

come back. Presently I heard some footsteps coming from the opposite direction. Then I heard

o break into a shout of welcome, "hush! Some wreckers are coming up

abez had brought the Jane up under the lee of the island, and, leaving two of the men on board, had

hing to fight with, if you mean

is as good a weapon a

t the door. He was to open it and rush in when he heard us shout. We stood a little back, but we could see well into the room. Presently we saw the door open very quietly, little by little. A hand came through and moved the chairs, and then it open

lad," Jabe

the smaller man, who was suffocating the other chap, and before he could draw his knife I had him on the ground and my knee on his chest. The big fellow had leapt up. He gave a howl of rage as Jabez rushed at him, and stood at bay with his knife. Jabez stopped, however, and threw his lump of rock, as big as

e who would have shielded the fellows we had caught, the best part were on our side. Some of 'em told me there had been suspicion upon these men, and that the

er the foreign chap, who, it turned out, was a Brazilian Jew, with diamonds. He offer

ce. Mother sold the boat, and went to live with a sister of hers at Truro. The Scilly Islands have changed since those times, and you'll meet as much

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