An only child of
the English merchant, a fair and beautiful young girl, whose years
had compassed only the early spring-time of life, flung herself upon
her knees before the pirate Captain and begged so piteously for
life, that he spared her from the general slaughter he had himself
decreed. Something in her pure, exquisitely beautiful face, touched
his compassion. There were murmurs of discontent among his savage
crew. But the strong-willed Captain had his way, and when he sailed
back with his booty to their place of rendezvous, he bore with him
the beautiful maiden. Here, it was said, he gave her honorable
protection, and had her cared for as tenderly as was possible under
the circumstances. And it was further related, that, when the maiden
grew to ripe womanhood, he abandoned the trade of a buccaneer and
made her his wife. The sailor told this story, shrugged his
shoulders, looked knowing and mysterious, and left his auditors to
draw what inference they pleased. As they had been talking of
Captain Allen, the listeners made their own conclusion as to his
identity with the buccaneer.
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