Part 51 (2/2)
When they reached the beach, Zappa and Nina had already euard of the pirates They were quickly alongside, and she was lifted on deck, still insensible, and, without the chief seeing her, Paolo carried her in his arh, and darting out of the harbour, was hotly engaged with the _Ypsilante_
Once on the open sea, the pirates breathed th of the breeze, was let fall froed their ene their broadside to bear on her just before she kept away in chase, they raked her fore-and-aft, killing
The _Sea Haas celebrated for her speed, and the rigging of the _Ypsilante_ was allant fellow, and crippled as he was, deterht of the ene his bow-chasers with little or no effect, as the _Sea Haas rapidly running frouns in return
Meanti waters
She had received but slight dae fro the storot outside the harbour, so that the pirates were able to laugh at the efforts of her pursuer
Zappa having run the _Ypsilante_ out of sight, shaped as northerly a course as the ould allow hio where the islands cluster the thickest, that, aerous channels, well known to hi his enemies; and would be certain to find friends ready to assist hi able to look up so well to the gale, had to run before it till it moderated, and they then hauled up in the sa that of the ordinary craft of the Mediterranean, they ran less risk of recognition than the brig, or of detection, fro able to conceal theht offer itself, so that an ene seen
The gale continued bloith undi It had been theZappa and his coer to carry him entirely clear of his pursuers Men with sharp eyes were sent aloft to look out on every side, to discover if any vessels were in sight They reported one hull down in the northern board, the heads of her topsails only seen, which was, doubtless, the _Ypsilante_, and two on the larboard quarter, which seemed like the two e of the tempest, the wind fell, the clouds dispersed, and the sea went down, and Zappa no longer felt the anxiety he had at first experienced for the fate of his vessel He now mustered his crew, and found that so to defend the fort against the first attack of the English; the re as the _Sea Hawk_ floated on the waves Every arrange made for the future, he dismissed all but the necessary watch on deck, to take the rest they sothose who appeared was Paolo He hitherto had had no time to speak to him--he now summoned him to his side
”What,” he exclaimed, ”are you not yet weary of a rover's life, that you return again to the _Sea Hawk_--or did you fear a pirate's fate, if you had remained on shore?”
The Italian looked conscience-stricken and lance of the pirate's eye; he dared not confess what he had done; and yet he knew it must be instantly discovered
”Could I leave my sister?” he asked ”Could I leave one whoht, when ht save her? Do you suppose that my eye is so dull, my heart so callous, that I could behold the rare beauty which almost won your affections from her who had sacrificed all to you, and yet feel no impression? Know, that he whom you have treated as a tyrant does his slave, whom you have scorned and deceived, has a heart capable of burning with a passion farthan the flickering flame which yours can alone nourish”
”What is this rhapsody about?” exclaio below, you will discover,” answered the Italian, and walked to the other side of the deck
When Ada Garden came to her senses, she found herself in the cabin of the _Sea Hawk_, and Nina bending over her, and applying such restoratives as she had at command She was soon sufficiently recovered to explain to her astonished friend the means by which she had come there
”And Paolo could have done this He who professed to be ready to die for you, to tear you from the very ar you Alas! my unhappy brother--his mind must have forsaken him”
”Whatever the cause, I have sorely suffered, and I have no one to trust to now but you, Nina Through you alone can I now hope to be restored to , the pirate chief entered the cabin He started back, on seeing her, and an angry frown came over his brow ”What! and my suspicions are true,” he exclaimed, in a voice of passion ”And thatyou on board You, lady, who have been the cause of the disaster we have suffered, who have already so nearly proved round his teeth as he spoke, and the two defenceless girls saw that he orking hiiven hen he so barbarously wounded Nina
”But where is this wretched youth?” he continued ”Here, Monor Paolo, and drag him here Take care that he does not leap overboard to avoid you He has performed an act, by which he has well uilt is discovered”
While those he spoke to were absent obeying his orders, he stood at the door of the cabin, grasping his sword, as if hetowards him and clasped his arm
”Oh! you will not injure him--you will not--you cannot kill reat fault--but his death will not remedy it Say, for my sake--say, for her sake--for she wishes not his destruction--you will forgive hi for her brother, he was brought in by four of the creho, supposing that he had been found guilty of treachery-- the only criers in their hands, to execute, at the moment, the chief's co her
”So, signor, you have dared to drag hither the glittering bait which has already allured a host of enemies to attack us; and while I would have left her as their prize, and escaped in safety from what you have done, they will still continue their pursuit, nor desist till they have destroyed us all Froed in the attack, there must, doubtless, be many shi+ps in chase of us, whereas, had you not coone our way unmolested Such is your crime and its consequences; and if I deliver you up to the crew, and explain what you have done, they will saveyour executioner Take him on deck,” he said, in Romaic, to the men who held Paolo ”I will follow shortly; and you may, meantime, make preparations to deal with a traitor”
The pirates were dragging the h she knew not the words which were used, corasped Paolo's ar carried off
”Stay,” she cried, appealing to Zappa ”Do not condemn this unhappy man to death Towards ive him For your own sake, I iirl Oh! do not commit so black a cri you or your followers
Blinded by an unhappy passion forthat the man to whom I was to be united is no more; and has been led on in the vain hope of one day possessing ive Letshall ever induce me to become his--and let it be part of his punishment that he knohat he has done is in vain; and if, by any means, I can remedy the evil he has committed, I will do so, if you will allow him to live”