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"We have come expressly to look for you," said Jack, as he grasped their hands, and he told them of the information he had received from the master of the Australian trader. The Bellona's boats had been lowered and now approached to take off the crew from the rafts, as well as the provisions and water.

Suddenly an arrow pierced the cheek of the elector, and his face was covered with blood. "You are wounded, dear Max!" cried Eugene, affrighted. The elector laughed, and, drawing out the arrow, replied, "Not at all; this is Bellona's first kiss." And, like a furious lion, he dashed ahead, and avenged the kiss by many a stout blow of his sword.

In nine minutes both their mizen-masts fell overboard, while the Bellona's braces, shrouds, and rigging were much cut up. Captain Faulkner, fearing that the enemy would seize the opportunity to sheer off, gave orders for immediately boarding, but the Courageux, falling athwart the bow of his ship, rendered this impracticable.

A dash of romance was added by his attending the Duchess of Richmond's ball at Brussels on the night of the 15th-16th; lovers of the picturesque will always linger over the scene that followed with its "hurrying to and fro and tremblings of distress"; but the more prosaic inquirer may doubt whether Wellington should not then have been more to the front, feeling every throb of Bellona's pulse.

The Bellona's way was stopped, and a boat being lowered, Tom was soon alongside the wreck. "What ship is that?" he asked, as he pulled up. "The Argo, Captain Robson, from Hong-kong. In Heaven's Dame, I trust you can render us assistance," said the man, in a hollow voice. "We are short of provisions, and consumed our last drop of water yesterday.