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No one knew where they were going. When Maynard came in sight of Blackbeard's sloop, he hung out his flag. Blackbeard took a glass of rum and drank it, calling to Maynard, "I'll give you no quarter, nor take any." Maynard replied, "I do not expect any quarter from you, nor will I give any." This meant that neither of them would take any prisoners, but that every man must fight for his life.
As the cutter glided up towards the shore, the party standing on the beach waved their handkerchiefs, and the ladies on board waved theirs. The jib was taken in, the foresail hauled down, and the yacht rounding to, the anchor was let drop at a short distance from the beach. "Haul the boat up alongside, Tom," said Captain Maynard.
"I'm glad, too, dear. I believe Jack enjoys you children more than he does any of his friends of his own age." "Jack's just like a boy," said Mrs. Maynard, "and I think he always will be. He's like Peter Pan, never going to grow up." And it did seem so. After the bath, Mr. Bryant marched the children down to the pier for ice cream. Mrs.
"I'm so glad I'm a Maynard, and live in the Maynard family," said Kitty, with a deep sigh of satisfaction. "So'm I," declared Marjorie; "there never was such a nice family, with such a bee-yootiful father and mother!"
"Have you ever seen him?" Libby asked, perhaps clinging to Maynard because he was a topic of conversation in default of which there might be nothing to say. "No," answered Grace. "He 's funny. He's got lots of that Western humor, and he tells a story better than any man I ever saw. There was one story of his" "I have no sense of humor," interrupted Grace impatiently. "Mr.
"It's good enough," said Kitty, contentedly, looking at her array of bundles. "I guess I'll open these now." "That's what they're there for," said Mrs. Maynard, so Kitty excitedly began to untie the ribbons. "I'll go slowly," she said, pulling gently at a ribbon bow, "then they'll last longer." "Now, isn't that just like you, Kit!" exclaimed Marjorie.
And Alice is the reigning belle beyond dispute, though there is only subdued gayety at the fort, for the memory of their losses at the Spirit Wolf is still fresh in the minds of the regiment. But no man alludes to the events of the black August night, no woman is permitted to address either Mrs. Maynard or her daughter on the subject.
Tanner, deeply excited, procured a pistol and loaded it with the charge of death, sought and found the object of his hatred in the afternoon, in the yard of Messrs. Kezer & Maynard, and in the presence of several persons, after repeated and ineffectual attempts on the part of Capt. Jackson to baffle his fell spirit, shot the unfortunate victim, of which wound Mr. Hazeltine died in a short time.
That was the shooting he spoke of in his letter to me, not to her; and what business Colonel Maynard had to read and exhibit to his officers a letter never intended for him I cannot understand. Mr. Jerrold says it was not what he wanted it to be at all, as he wrote hastily, so he wrote another, and sent that to me by Merrick that morning after his absence was discovered.
Old Jerry was in the doorway, ready for his straight-backed descent of the worn steps, when Judge Maynard pulled his smooth gaited pair to a restive standstill before the office and gave the reins into Young Denny's keeping.
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