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fl“! WW " Stlencing him forever. In; of the quarter deck guns, which use without an emcer since Mease, rho had been fighting heroically, had been severely wounded, or course heard the noise, and, turning about, saw the gunner running for the flag. Fortuâ€" nately the flag had been shot away, find as the gunner was seeking it, fun:- Hing over the halyards in the dark- ness. Pearson, hearing the cries, called “It again: “Do you ask for quarter?’ Jones had taken two long steps across !t was at this moment that the gun- ner and the carpenter reached the deck, crying that the ship was sinking and muttering to surrender. The gunner an aft shrieking: “Quarter! Quarter!” Intending to lower the flag. Jones, .110 had been superintending the work- gun. The Ameriéarfi, Ewing effected lodgment in the maintop or the lenpis, now turned their fire upon the bra and mizzen tops and enabled boarding parties from their own ship in gain possession of all the upper Jerks of the enemy. A WORD OF CAUTION W. F. MCCARTY HEHWEflflIIE EIH Repairing neatly and promptly done 2 moo for tho money hm. '0 h". 811mm. Out Glut Fin on... human: mocks. Gold Watch... Jewelry, etc. EDM' neat ad Weddinfl Rings. Tho pom J owolry Store. mtmmmmom'.n ”mmfl3mm to: m at! value. Tho Worn £00. mumuoddggwna N11 (Contmued from pace t-hre e) run-3 F0138 shot eyes, set their teeth beneath foam flaked lips and fought where ti! y stood â€"fought in frenzy against whatever came to hand, whether it was the Eng- lish ship or the roaring flames or the rushing waters. They recked nothing of consequences. In their frantic bat- tle lust they beat upon the sides» of the other ship with their bare hands and bloody knuckles and knew not what they did. Their breath came quick and short: Thekred of battle was before their vision. They had but' one thoughtâ€"slay; him One week), have said that the brute imtlnfet was uppermost in .every heart But in scenes of this hind it is not f _ as; It is impossible to describe the scene. It is not within the power of words to portray the situation, after over two hours of the most frightful and deter- mined combat No two ships were ever in such condition. No battle that was ever fought was like it. The decks were covered with dead and’dy- ing. Bands of men in different direc- thus were fighting the fires. The smoke in lowering cloudg hung heavily over the ships, for the wind had died and there was scarcely enough to blow it away. The pale moonlight mingled with the red glare from the flames and threw an added touch of lurid ghastiiness trembling over the smoke wrapt sea. From below came the steady roar of the Serapis’ guns, from above the continuous cracking of the Richard’s small arms. The noises blended in a hideous diapason of 'deâ€" struction which rose to an attended heaven in the horrid discord of an in- ternal region. The prisoners, still un- der the influence of their terror. toiled at. the» clanking pumps. The water gushed redly from the bleeding acup- pers. Order, tactics. discipline, ' had been forgotten, Men glared with blood- The fortuitous position of the Amer- icans in the enemy’s tops enabled them to pour a perfect rain of small arm fire upon the spar deck of the Serapis with little possibility of effective re- turn. Man after man was shot down by the side of the intrepid Pearson, who, whatever his other lack of qual- ifications, showed that he possessed magnificent personal courage, until he remained practically alone upon the deckâ€"alone and as yet undaunted. The surgeon hesitated, looked around again, and, not liking the appearance of things about him, turned and ran below. Not to his station. for that was under Water. His mates had been killed. He wandered up and down the decks, doing what he couldâ€"which was but littleâ€"for the wounded where they lay. Assisted by two or three of the seamen, with his own hands Jones dragged one of the 9 pounders from the disengaged side of the deck across to the starboard side to take the place of a dismounted one; and, while the heavy battery of the Serapis continued its unavailing fire below, these three small guns under his personal direc- tion concentrated their fire upon the mainmast of the Serapis. “What, gentlemen,” cried Jones, “would you have me strike to a drop of water and a bit of fire? Up, De Chamillam! Here, doctor, help me get this gun over.” “Strike! Strike!” cried De Chamilâ€" lard, who was wounded. “’We can do no more!” “The ship is sinking, sir! The cock- pit is under water! I have no place to stow the wounded. We must sur- render!” It was unparalleled assurance, but it won. The two officers actually suc- ceeded in forcing the English prisoners to man the pumps, Where they worked with a frantic energy born of their per- sistent daze of terror. This left the regular crew of the ship free to fight the fires and to do What they could with the remaining guns. As Jones sprang back to the quarter deck, the surgeon. covered with blood and ap- palled at the carnage, came running toward him, crying: “Well done, Richard 1” shouted Jones. leaping through the hatchway and sec- onding the during ruse of his noble lieutenant by his own mighty voice and herculean efforts, crying master- fully: “Get to the pumps, men! Lively, for God’s sake! The ship is sinking under your feet! The English ship is going!” “The prisoners have been released,” cried De Welbert. meeting him. The Frenchman had been toiling like a hero on the gun deck. “The battery is ei- lenced; we have not a single gun to work; the ship is enrol We must yield!" he exclaimed. As the frightened men came crowd- ing up the hatchqu Dale, who had just tired the only remaining gun on the deck that was left ht ter action, took in the situation at once. He stay- ed the rush in the nick of time by voice and action. He sprang into the midst of them, threatening them, striking them. beating them down. driving them back with his award. It was a magnifi- cent display or hardihood and courage. presence or mind and nesource._ “To the pumps!" he cried with prompt decision. “For your lives. men! The English ship is sinking. and we'll go down with her unless you can keep us afloati” he shouted in thunder tones with superb audacity. The hat- tie lost was won again in that minute. “Then I will give none!” said Pear- sonâ€"an entirely superfluous remark, by the way. It was at this juncture that the am- ance was seen coming. down again as before. Jones had time but for one glance of apprehension when he heard the noise of the leaping prisoners be low. He sprang to the main hatch. _ M the deck {0 the side affirm. Selling his discharged pistol, he brought the butt of it heavily down upon the forehead of the man, cracking his skull and silencing him forever. fiz‘fiever!” he shouted in reply to Englishman. There was a detonating crash, so loud, so terrific, that it actually seemed to blow even the roar of the battle into eternity. Twenty or thirty men were killed or badly wounded, many of them torn to atoms, by the explosion, and the rest of the men on the English man’s deck were dazed and driven from their stations by the concussion. The clothes of. many were actually ripped from their bodies, so that they stood naked . and wondering, though they were otherwise unhurt. A long mo- ment of ghastly silence succeeded this accident on the Serapis. Men every. where paused with bated breath to wait the issue. The Serapis, dragging the Richard, reeled and rocked under the shock. It was a last catastrophe which broke the strength of Pearson’s endurance and ended his resistance. He could fight no more. Was it the devil himself who commanded the oth. er ship? The English captain sprang aft to the mlazenmast. A great Eng- CHAPTER XXII. ammo, BUT TRI‘UXPKANT. ND now happened the incident A which finally decided the bat- rv-w-p tle. By Jones’ orders quan- c.3533 tities of hand grenades, a small, highly combustible and explo- sive shell about the size of a large apple, had been placed in the tops. After the battle in midair by which the Americans had gained possession he shouted out that‘they be used in accordance with his. instructions. Fan- [Eng sen_t_ a man with, a bucket at grenades out on the extreme end of the main yardarm. Wrapping his legs around the yard, he sat down. and. leaning against the lift, deliberately threw his bombshells, one by one, down the open main hatchway of the Serapis. The powder boys of the lat- ter ship had been bringing charges of powder for the various guns irom the magazine, and, as many of the guns had been put out of action by the American fire, the supply had been greater than the demand. A large pile had been carelessly allowed to accu- mulate upon the deck. One of the grenades caromed against the hatch combing and fell into the center or the charges. \ 3' hangs Im- ‘ an 7' “articular I v and it bu 83": ha. «a (and. very um .- etmton of the y . . ”Diseases,” 1210qu rennin "M curbs, 3mm°rm raw. 93.8. Lml‘. 30., mac FILE: '5 7213.1648ch nun. J.Km’mmco.. The Alliance had repeated her pre- vious performance, but the men had been worked to such a pitch that they never heeded her. Many of them did not know of it. Both ships were thoroughly beaten. It was a question as to which would realize it first, who would first surrender. Nay, there was but one possible finishâ€"there was no question of Jones’ surrender under any circumstances whatsoever. ’Pear- son would give up under some condi- tions, and those had at last arrived. That was the essential diflerence be- tween the two men. It was radical. Jones. THE 1'. "Ill”!!! 60.. LIIII It“. “I“. I lo.- I-U-U' â€"_ _-_-' _ wook ond oorvooo on tho duo. My hubond got no I box of Ililboro‘o floor! ood mvoxl’gl‘odbut I told We 7n no ooo, t givon up o on: hint curod. Ho howovor nudod no to to o than ond beforo I d nood boll tho box I bopn to fool honor. Two bozo: modo 3 now womon of mo ond I hovo boot wollond hovo been oblo to do my wort ovor oinco." Milburn'o Hoot-t ond Nmo Pillo on so cto. box, or 3 fat $1.85. a: dooloro or Sha writ»: “I waa no no Iowa that l waa not able to do my work, waa ahofl of breath. had a aoar Itamach ovary nifbt and could acarcaly at. My boar: pa i- tatad, I had faint and d-faxyk apalla and on A‘__‘ "- 00nd In. “no“ Inn. loco“. OI In. no bad ulna [Ina up to” of our [om-g toll on“. MILBUBN’S HEART and NERVE PILLS Fm Wm All! Heavens. Heart Palpitated, usso rooms» YEARS was soon. RESULTS. PAINT MID Blll' spans. GOULD SMRGELY EAT. "0 I0!!! 0' IO IOII’O. O". 0“» “No, sir!” interrupted Dale. “You will accompany your captain on board our ship at once. Pass the word to cease firing. The ship has struck.” As the English captain and his first lieutenant stepped over the rail upon the high poop of the Richard the roar of the guns died away, this‘time for good. Seizing a dangling lope, they mung theniselves inboard and found themselves face to face with a little man in a tattered uniform, hatless, covered with dust and smoke, powder stained and grimy with the soil of the battle. Blood sputtering from a wound in his toréhead had coagulated upon his cheek. He was afih‘ideoushlooking spectacle. The red flrelight played lu. 1131! 3.9011 him Nothing but ’the pierc» in; black eyes which, burned and gleaned out 'othia race inxthe dark- 9e?! bespoke the fifth manic: or “I have nothing more to say, sir." he added. “I will go below and call on! the men," said the lieutenant, turn- ing away. Pearson was standing alone as if dazed. “My God!" cried Pascoe. There was a momentary silence. “Sir," asked the lieutenant. turning to his captain, “in it true that we have ltrnck?” Two or three of the boarding parties closed around them. “A few more broadsides. air, and they are ours!” he cried impetuonsly. “They are in a sinking"â€" “The ship has struck. sir. and you are my prisoner." interrupted Dale quickly, seeing the necessity of promptjtude. “Struck! This ship! Your prisoner!" cried the astonished Englishman. “Yes, sir. Your sword.” demanded Dale. The man hesitated. Just at this moment Pascoe. the first lieutenant of the Serapis, came bound- ing up the hatchway from the deck below. “Yes," was the grim reply. His voice was a broken whisper indicating in the tones his mental agony. “I am come to take possession." “Very good, air.” said Pearson bitter- ly, as before, and dropping the flag. Then he reached for his sword. too, were heroes. Mayrant. who ran art from the torecastle as he saw Pearson strike his nag. jumped on the rail by Jones' orders and followed Dale upon the deck of the English ship. Such was the confusion or the moment that as Mayrant leaped on the deck he was actually run through the thigh by a pike in the hand of a wounded Brit- ish sailor. Pearson was standing alone as if dazed, on the quarter deck of his ship, holding one clinched hand against his breast. with the other grasping his trailing flag. In his face was that look of defeat and despair which is the saddest aspect of baifled, impotent humanity. “â€"Have you struck. sir?” cried Dale, stopping before the English captaiq. vâ€"â€"â€"" But, no. the battle was not over. raw momenta hetero an lingual: ahip captain among the priaonera had auc- ceeded in escaping through the rent- in the ahattered aidea of the two ahipl and had told the plight of the Richard to the nut lieutenant of the Scrapia. With thin information the men on the gun deck had been rallied and. led by their emcera. had returned to their quertera and rcauxned the battle. They. A __a_- _._ V U..â€" «Ban m. m» to no." mo Jonoo to young Brook: on tho no; cnmo down. Tho midnhlpmn bod boon wonndod. but nun kopt hto station. An m1. como tannins toward an captain Jonoo crlod: “Mu-tor o boot-dint port! nnd at. chat-co of tho p_rtso.__ Tho fight to out!" A _. -A. __-_ (Tea. sir.’, “Disarm him!” cried the American. answered Pearson hoarse- the Meanwhile the intermittent reports had been succeeded by a steady roar of artillery which reverberated and rolled along the surface of the water. The Scarborough. some distance from the Serapis and the Richard to the northwest. was apparently hotly en- gaged with the Pallas, while the Alli- ance seemed to be sailing back and forth between the two nouns or com- batants. pouring in a random fire upon friend and toe alike. Great clouds of smoke. punctured by vivid flashes of light. overhung the shins. “I say no more." he replied, kissing her softly. “You are right. I have you. You are worth it all. I will try to be a philosopher about all the rest." his head until his eyes looked into her own. In the face of that girl, in the limpid light of her magic glance. in that mystic night. there was but one answer to be made. By tho moot heroic econ-to or the whom on the Seraph: und the re- m men on tho‘Rlchurd the Eng- m primers were driven back into the hold. tho um subdued and lame Iem. blue. otocdor mound. Cotuneau had W tho Barbomuxh other an hour of good had fighting. and the victory was entirely with the Americans. But it Md boon purchuod It | tearful coat. Mb nob-moon luud ones in the world's history when the percentage o! lo. wu [mar than the battle WOOD the Script. und the Richard. “Has the fool been rewarded in ac- cordance with his folly?" she asked him. “Nay, look at me before you re- ply." she cried imperiously, turning “And you.” she cried, womanlike, 3 placing him in the balance as opposed i to all the test, “would you have been ? happy?" i “Happiness has nothing to do with that," he answered impatiently. “It is a question of duty. I have been a tool." “I know,” he replied, “but then I would be in my rightful place, fighting where I should be. Coventry would be honored in doing his duty. The admiral would be happy. Your mar- riage would take place”â€" “God is good to me," she said at last. “He will not let you be there to be killed. You have had trouble enough and have run enough risks. He wishes to keep you for me.” He shook his head. “My place is there. My duty is on yonder deck. Would that I had re- turned to the ship without going up to the castle!” “Why, then,” she said reproachfully, “you would not have seen me!” The fitting or the prim for the returning voyage was at once begun. 1‘0 anticipate events. it is recorded thnt Contain Landau. the Jealous and an. hearted Frenchman who had so treacherouely maneuvered the Alliance, was eubeequently court martialed and dismissed from the service. HE battle is on.” said O’Nein, 1n the small boat, to Eliza- beth. “and I am not there. ‘ - ‘ O God, give us a little breeze!" he cried. In anticipation he swung the oars inboard, stepped the mast once more, letting the sail hang. and then resumed his place by her side. AM! 70 pl! cont on tho Bornplo and our 50 no: cont on tho Richard had hoonhiliodorwonndotond the Bon nonuno Richard woo in o sinking con- dition. Ilio m boon literally beaten to pioooo. n woo not onto to remain upon hot «on. Oonooqnonily iiio prilonou and tho wounded. groaning and crying in nngnioh. wen removed to tho lonpio. In tho only morning ot tho do! following. tho bravo lhlp which had onrnod undying immomiiiy in hot wornont old age. because for throo hrlot hours John Paul Jones and his men had bottled upon her decks. an! {oi-ovoi- beneath the non. commnd. He Ind at down a moment to: not, and u be “tempted to rise hhhfluthetentothcdechdls- covet-In: only in that way that he had been severely wounded. ,V I ’w m ‘ m u . my: a grail u Eli vflor, “you hue might like a hero, and I make no doubt that your sovereign wm re“ an; CHAPTER XXIII. ox noun 'rnn 33mm AGAIN. 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