'God of Heaven! can it be possible?' exclaimed the fair Ellen.

'It is no less possible than true,' replied Elvira.

'Then, in Heaven's name, let us free Arthur from his fetters,' exclaimed
Ellen, 'and all of us escape through the cabin window into the boat,
that has, I perceive, been left astern.'

Upon hearing this, Elvira immediately left the cabin, but, to Ellen's
greater joy, she shortly after returned, followed by Arthur Huntington,
who assisted the females into the boat, after which he entered it
himself and succeeded in getting, unperceived, out of sight of the brig,
upon the bosom of the wide ocean.




CHAPTER VII.

_Singular Interview between Blackbeard and his Father. The
Sloop-of-war. Meeting of Rowland and Henry Huntington. Life or
Death. The Surprise. The Fight. The Result. Joyful Meeting.
The Double Bridal. Happy Conclusion._


Upon entering the main apartment of the pirate's palace, Blackbeard
encountered Captain Roderick Rowland whom he addressed as follows:

'Ha, mine honored father, so you happened to arrive here just in the
nick of time to--'