This announcement was received with tremendous cheers.
“Enough! To your quarters, men!” thundered the captain.
The order was immediately obeyed.
“Mr. Ethel!”
The young lieutenant sprang to his captain’s side.
“Get ready the boarding party!”
Ethel sprang to execute his order.
Captain Yetsom then put his ship about, and as she came in collision with the Sea Scourge, poured into the enemy a broadside from her port battery, and then, cutlass in hand, leaped on board, followed by Justin and the whole boarding party.
Here they were met by a set of men, few in number, but desperate in resolution, and a terrible conflict ensued. Foremost among the boarding party might have been seen the tall form of Justin, cheering on the men and striking good blows for the flag he loved so well.
In the meantime, what was Britomarte doing? Where Justin had left her, she had sat studying what she might do to help the good cause. Suddenly she found out her mission.