bserving a locket which she wore
round her neck. She had never been deprived of it. He did not tell her
the reason of this, but promised her that he would do so some day. He
was ever afterwards very kind in his manner. When he looked fierce or
unhappy, she used to sing to him and calm his spirits, till she not only
lost all dread of him, but began to like and to compassionate him. He
was always very wretched, and sometimes she used to hear him shriek out
at night in his cabin, as if someone were murdering him; and she never
saw him smile or laugh. Poor Mrs Clayton grew worse and worse; and
when she died, she thought her heart would break, and she almost wished
to die also. Her misery decreased, though she was very melancholy.
Kidd did his utmost to arouse her, and promised her that she should some
day have her rights, and go on shore, and live in a fine house, with
plenty of people to attend on her, and a carriage to to move about in.
Soon after this the schooner appeared, and was taken for a Dutch
man-of-war, and the pirates thus found it necessary to be more cautious
in their proceedings. When chased for the first time, they had run for
the Pater Nosters, because they were a group with which Kidd was well
acquainted; and immediately on entering, they had hauled in through a
very intricate channel to the north, where, by warping rapidly on, they
had got sufficiently onward to be concealed by the trees from our view.
On the second occasion, chance, aided by skill, had helped them. They
had been just outside the strongest part of the squall, and by
shortening sail in time, they were able to make it again, and to get
away before we had recovered from it. On the third time, they had run
into a deep but narrow inlet, surrounded by high rocks and overhanging
trees, where they lay concealed while we passed, or, had we attempted to
enter, they might have thrown down fragments of the cliff from above,
and crushed us. At last they were compelled to go into harbour, both to
refit and to divide their booty. Here, while off their guard and
carousing on shore, the brig was attacked, and she was seized. The
assailants were Illanons from Sooloo, the boldest pirates of the
Archipelago. She thought she should have died through fear when they
rushed into the cabin. They carried her off with other booty; but as
she was so small, and did not look able to do much work, they sold her
to her present master for three cakes of vege