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Had Hanno, who agreed to ht, also failed to come? Had the pirate learned, like the Greek, to break his pro, she left the boat; but her slender foot had scarcely touched the land when a tall figure eed froh the darkness

"Hanno!" she exclai pirate repeated "Hanno" as if the naht

Her own na, followed Not another syllable accompanied it, but the expression hich it fell upon her ear revealed so plainly what the young pirate felt for and expected from her that, in spite of the darkness which concealed her, she felt her face flush

Then he tried to clasp her hand, and she dared not withdraw it froly perht hand while he whispered his desire to take the place of the fallen Abus and make her his wife

Ledscha, in hurried, embarrassed tones, answered that she appreciated the honour of his suit, but before she gave full consent she ed her to go out on the water

His father and his brother Labaja were sitting in the house by the fire with his grand the trade of piracy, to hide the glihts The old people had approved his choice, but the conversation in the dwelling would soon be over, and then the opportunity of seeing each other alone would be at an end

Without uttering a word in reply, Ledscha stepped back into the boat, but Hanno plied the oars with the uthtest sound away from the island to an open part of the water far distant from any shore

Here he took in the oars and asked her to speak They had no cause to fear being overheard, for the surrounding ht of the full moon, and no other boat could have approached the swiftly on their strong pinions fro shadows One hawk only, in search of nocturnal booty, circled around the s, swooped down close to the couple ere talking together so eagerly; but both spoke so low that it would have been i, to follow the course of their consultation Merely a few louder words and exclaht where it hovered