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CAPTAIN KYD;
OR,
THE WIZARD OF THE SEA.
A ROMANCE.
BY THE AUTHOR OF
"THE SOUTHWEST," "LAFITTE," "BURTON," &c.
"There's many a one who oft has heardThe name of Robert Kyd,Who cannot tell, perhaps, a wordOf him, or what he did.
"So, though I never saw the man,And lived not in his day,I'll tell you how his guilt began—To what it led the way."
H. F. Gould.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. II.
NEW-YORK:
HARPER & BROTHERS, 82 CLIFF-STREET.
1839.
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Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1838,
By Harper & Brothers,
In the Clerk's Office of the Southern District of New-York.
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CAPTAIN KYD;
OR,
THE WIZARD OF THE SEA.
BOOK I.
CONTINUED
CHAPTER VIII.
"The wind blows fair! the vessel feelsThe pressure of the rising breeze,And swiftest of a thousand keels,She leaps to the careering seas."
Willis.
"Commanding, aiding, animating all,Where foe appear'd to press, or friend to fall,Cheers Lara's voice."
Lara.
Towards noon of the day on which the events related in the last chaptertranspired, a signal was displayed on one of the towers of Castle Cor,and shortly afterward the yacht, which hitherto had appeared solifeless, got under weigh. Like a snowy seabird seeking her nest, shespread her broad white sails and stood in towards the land, fired a gun,and hove to within cable's length of the beach. A well-manned boat, witha crimson awning stretched above the stern-sheets, and gay with theflags of England and of Bellamont, presently put off from her, andpulled to the foot of the path that led up to the castle. In a fewminutes afterward a party was seen descending the cliff, consisting ofLady Bellamont, Grace Fitzgerald, Kate Bella[Pg 4]mont and the earl, on thearm of whom the latter leaned pale and sad, followed by a large numberof attendants, and others who had come to witness the embarcation. Onarriving at the boat, which lay against the rock so that they couldeasily step into it, they were received by the commander of the yacht inperson—a bluff, middle-aged seaman, his manners characterized by asailor's frankness, united with the ease and courtesy of a well-bredgentleman.
"How is the wind, Kenard?" asked the earl of the officer, as he came tothe place of embarking; "'tis somewhat light and contrary, methinks, forour voyage."
                        
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