THE WING-AND-WING;

OR,

LE FEU-FOLLET.

(THE JACK O'LANTERN.)

VOL. III.

LONDON:

Printed by S. & J. BENTLEY, WILSON, and FLEY,

Bangor House, Shoe Lane.

THE

JACK O'LANTERN;

(LE FEU-FOLLET ;)

OR,

THE PRIVATEER.

BY

J. FENIMORE COOPER, ESQ.

AUTHOR OF

"THE PILOT," "THE SPY," "THE TWO ADMIRALS," ETC.

THE

JACK O'LANTERN

(LE FEU-FOLLET).

CHAPTER I.

White as a white sail on a dusky sea,
When half the horizon 's clouded and half free,
Fluttering between the dun wave and the sky,
Is hope's last gleam in man's extremity.

The Island.

THE dawning of day on the morning which succeeded was a moment of great interest on board the different English ships which then lay off the Gulf of Salerno. Cuffe and Lyon were called, according to especial orders left by themselves, while even Sir Frederick Dashwood allowed himself to be awakened, to hear the report of the officer of the deck. The first was up full half-an-hour before the light appeared. He even went into the main-top

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