'She carries a Captain Rowland also,' said Poplin, drily.
'Ah, I understand it all now,' said Pepper, 'so let us confine the prisoners, and then go up and see the fun.'
So saying, a few moments afterwards, Pepper and his companions departed, leaving Henry Huntington and Pat to their own reflections.
What these reflections were, we shall leave for the present to the imagination of our readers, and resume in our next chapter the further adventures of Blackbeard, Arthur Huntington, and sweet Ellen Armstrong.
CHAPTER VI.
Interview between Blackbeard and Ellen—Attempted Murder of the latter. Interference of Elvira. Blackbeard's Departure. Elvira's History. The Escape.
After having ordered her close alongside the East Indiaman, Blackbeard immediately descended to the place where sweet Ellen Armstrong was confined as a prisoner, and addressed its occupant, in the following manner,
'So Miss Armstrong, you acted the heroine to perfection, this afternoon.'
A look of utter loathing and contempt, being the only answer which the fair Ellen deigned to bestow on the pirate's words, he continued: