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Chapter 4 - There Go the Ships -
From There Go the Ships by George Shirley

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running for Lisbon, and anchoring within fifty yards of Belem Castle, then in possession of the French. The captain of the cruiser withdrew to lull suspicion, but at dusk he ran in within three miles, and called for volunteers to man and arm a boat, to attempt to bring her out. When quite dark the boat started, and with muffled oars pulled close to her. So still was everything that they could hear the tread of the French sentinel on Belem Castle. Quietly they got alongside, and noiselessly boarded her, found no watch on deck, immediately put the hatches down quietly

 

 
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to keep the crew below, cut the cable, and shook out the topsail, and she quietly left the anchorage, the sentinel supposing it was her own crew that was running her out. In little more than an hour after being boarded she was anchored close to the cruiser, a prize, and her crew prisoners. There was no watch. Remember the Master's warning, "But I say unto you, Watch." They doubtless thought they were perfectly secure, and no one would dare approach near Belem Castle, with its heavy guns. Their security was false. Just what they supposed could not happen, did.

"Gird thy heavenly armour on,
Wear it ever night and day;
Near thee lurks the evil one;
Watch and pray."

© Peter Smith 2009