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THE SEQUOIA sailor at the wheel, and the forward watch, everyone had turned in again to finish their broken sleep. The 44Tza r was heading up the coast and it was Selsky's intention to reach the Columbia River, where h-e expected to establish his base of operations, with in a week. Shortly after seven the watch. re ported a. sail six points on the star- board bow, and a man from the forecastle was senit aloft with the glasses. He reported that it seemed to be a merchantmfan and was traivelinwg in a southwesterly direction. The 4'Tizar's course was chang-ed accordingly, and at a. fourteen-knot clip she headed for the unlucky vessel. An hour's sailing brought her within four or live miles, and th-enz Johnson, the man aloft, again reported, 4'Sh-eis a mercliantman and looks like a limejuicer. As far as I can tell she has a good cargo aboard. U p with the flag, Steel! cried Selsky, and all hands to your posts. Ivan take the forward battery, and 'Paddie' these guns amidships and abaft here on the port quarter. Low'sky take the wheel, afnid the rest of you arm yourselves, get out those grappling irons and stand by to board him. You are under Uztossel's orders. lVe will come up with him on our port bow, and as soon as wetre inf range you fellows up forward drop a shell over his bows. If he doesnit lay to, give him at br-oadside. NVhen we come up alongside, Gztossel, you board him, and if there's much resistannce, Ivan arncd 'Paddi-ei will follow. Now stand by!', These orders were quickly obeyed, Ellld everything and everyone were in readiness as the '4Tzar approached the stranger. The merchantman was making no apparent effort t-o escape, and within three-quarters of an hour the t'Tzar,', which had outrun her to th-e southward, changed l1er course so as to approach her on the port bow. The man aloft was now called down. 'tllelnember your orders, anwd--for God's sake what was that? cried Selsky. A puff of smoke had appeared from the side of the vessel, aind a ball came skipping within thirty feet of the 'tTzar, followed shoftly after by a dull boom. Selsky grabbed his glasses for a closer lo-ok at the sup- posed merchantman. By God! Shes a British frigate, and it's Hell for us if we don't get out of here. Stand by your halyards there. East nor' east, LoW'skyg we've got to make a run of it. If tl1-e wind holds out or if the fog shuts down we'll be safe. Twenty of you stand by your guns for we can tight if we have to. She's about fifty tons heavier than we, and we've got nearly as much canvass. Then she's got to turn before she can give chase. Put your helm over a-starboard three points. There, we're creeping away from her now. VVit.h this--there she go-es again! Little better shooting this time, within twenty yards of our stern. Ivan, put Johns-on in irons. The frigate fired another shot and then as she swung arounfd to give
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