t portion of his scalp, which had
to be replaced. A lancet brought him to his senses, and the surgeon
pronounced his wound not to be dangerous, provided that he remained
quiet.

At first Newton acquiesced with the medical adviser, but an hour or two
afterwards a circumstance occurred, which had such a resuscitating
effect, that, weak as he was with the loss of blood, he would not resign
the command of the ship, but gave his orders relative to the captured
vessel, and the securing of the prisoners, as if nothing had occurred.
What had contributed so much to the recovery of Newton, was simply this,
that _somehow or another_ Mrs Enderby left him for a few minutes _tete
a tete_ with Isabel Revel; and, during those few minutes, _somehow or
another_, a very interesting scene occurred, which I have no time just
now to describe. It ended, however, _somehow or another_, in the
parties plighting their troth. As I said before, love and murder are
very good friends; and a chop from a tomahawk was but a prelude for the
descent of Love, with "healing on his wings."

The Windsor Castle lost five men killed and eleven wounded in this hard
contest. Three of the Flemings were also wounded. The pirate had
suffered more severely. Out of a crew of seventy-five men, as no
quarter had been given, there remained but twenty-six, who had escaped
and secreted themselves below, in the hold of the vessel. These were
put in irons under the half-deck of the Windsor Castle, to be tried upon
their arrival in England. As I may as well dispose of them at once,
they were all sentenced to death by Sir William Scott, who made a very
impressive speech upon the occasion; and most of them were hanged on the
bank of the Thames. The polite valet of the Marquis de Fontanges hired
a wherry, and escorted Mademoiselles Mimi and Charlotte to witness the
"_barbares_" dangling in their chains; and the sooty young ladies
returned, much gratified with their interesting excursion.

It will be necessary to account for the re-appearance of Jackson. The
reader may recollect that he made sail in the boat, leaving Newton on
the island which they had gained after the brig had been run on shore
and wrecked. When the boat came floating down with the tide, bottom up,
Newton made sure that Jackson had been upset and drowned; instead of
which, he had been picked up by a Providence schooner; and the boat
having been allowed to go adrift with the main-sheet belayed to the