Blackbeard - Or, The Pirate of Roanoke. by B. (Benjamin) Barker
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CHAPTER III. _Mary Hamilton and Ellen Armstrong Captured and conveyed to the Pirate Palace. Contemplated Escape--Frustrated by Blackbeard. Ellen afterwards conveyed on board the Pirate Brig._ In spite of their entreaties, the females were ruthlessly torn away from their companions, and conducted by these remorseless ruffians to the pirate's palace. Mary then thought, that the beauty and loveliness of the island, which, but a few hours previous she would not have exchanged for all England, she would now gladly quit for the meanest spot on Briton's Isle. Sweet Ellen murmured to herself that the horrible forebodings she had in reference to the island, were but the precursor of what might be expected. The grandeur and sublimity of its scenery, its isolated position, being surrounded by the waters of the Atlantic--the unnatural music and noises, all conspired to fill the mind of this young girl with the idea that something was about to transpire of no ordinary nature,--and neither was she deceived. A great change however, had been wrought in the course of the last few hours, upon the thoughts and feelings of our two fair captives, a change which had caused reality to usurp for a time at least, the place of romance, and constrained them to gaze with a vacant look upon the |
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