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which I reached out to him in farewell, I called to Partial, and

followed by the two stern and relentless figures, ood ship Sea Rover lay straining at her hawser

"What ho! messmates!" I cried "Fortune has been kind to our bold

band this day We have taken large booty Let us up anchor and set

sail Before yon sun has sunk into the deep we shall be far away, and

our swift craft is able to shake off all pursuit"

"Whither away, Black Bart,--Captain, I mean!" said Jean Lafitte (and I

blushed at this title and this hard-won rank, as one of the proudest

of ! to the Spanish Main," wasthe sides of the

Sea Rover as she headed out boldly into the high seas