Captain Brand of the Centipede""

ue union, on the lee side of the spanker; while at the same instant a long, thin, coach-whip of a pennant unspun itself from the main truck, and hung motionless in the calm

and the other slowly swinging a trumpet backward and forward. Presently an officer with a pair of gleaming epaul

sharp, clear, manly t

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brig i

and myself, Jacob Blunt, God bless me!" added the jolly skipper, i

d where bound?" came ag

e have a free passport from Sir Rob

then touching his hat to the officer with the gold swabs, and pausi

him to tell us what his name is,

discreet to tell no more than that she has a cargo of cannon balls, and going on a cruise any wheres? which ye m

I did not tax my mind to think when I spok

e than the mate gave her credit for, and a mom

'Scourge,' from Port Royal, boun

cer with the epaulets, the trumpet was raised to his