George Carpinger had the Dame Van Estell conveyed ashore in the stern-boat, together with a casket of valuable jewels; and the De Ruyter, after drifting about the coast, escaping the Cornish wreckers, who deemed a wreck "a Godsend," was taken into Plymouth and sold. Gudule Van Estell was afterwards conveyed to Rotterdam, where she found herself one of the wealthiest widows in the city; and as a reward to George Carpinger for defending her life so valiantly in the fated De Ruyter, she bestowed her hand and guilders upon him.
"They lived long and happily together; and he died Burgomaster of Rotterdam in 1720, when Anne was Queen of Britain."
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"So ends this story," said I.
Hartly filled his glass of grog, and emptied it in silence.
Then I could perceive that the perusal of the history of this fatal voyage had a most unpleasant effect upon all who heard it, for Reeves, Hartly, and Hans Peterkin, frequently recurred to it afterwards.
"That little black pamphlet came from a wrecked ship," said Hartly, one day—"'a fated craft'—I can't help wishing you had never brought it on board, Jack."
"Why?" I asked.
"It is such a devil of a horse-marine yarn about these Dutchmen eating each other."
"How?"