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Show f THE QUAXEitCATOXlk.. At the time of ;tiie Itcvolutionary War, when it -was very-dangerous for a merchant mer-chant ship to venture to sea, a Quaker, who Jived .In Philadelphia, had- a r6blp, which-Was lodded with a very valuable eonwV6in.e , 'roaHaBdHUobipoar friena set sail for I Boston. -After Being at Bed six rpr eight Ibour&i themate cspiwl 'ad Euglih privateer priva-teer in, chase, and fast comtug up" with tliem He informed bis, Quaker otu-. mandcir of the npponrancoof' tha .Eugllih. craft, and 6t,tbe. danger, of his',sh 1. . '"What will thee doH;iiskcd.ourifricnd. "Xliail fight thD:rascnVfiaidsthc-mato. "OhjUO, I should adyisc' iheo not to fight. !Butth'cc'Wst .do,Al thee, ploasoj 1 sna.ll , go btlbw." " Tbc comnldndcr accordingly 'went below, be-low, and.Kooif Jieardithe!Clnhiug.oftmuS' itctry and the shouUng'of tiie cbiiibatnutii, and notwithstanding his friendly disposition, dispo-sition, begau tp .be interested for the safety safe-ty oniis property. He soon stuck his h,.nrl itn tho coiniiahion-way to' see bpw the battle was progressing, and saw tho(' Englisb" commander swinging his bat and j cheering on his men, Our hero cou dj stand this 1.0 longornud, stepping" buck, , lie loaded his gun and sooh made his ap- pearance again, Taking good aim at the British enpfain, he fired, "dropped him, , and again retreated. Soon after, finding that the victory was turning on the sidoj of the Yankee, he vamc on deck, and step-1 ping up to his. mate, said: "Ha thee seen anything of that little noisy fellow Iu'Uty that was making such , allies, after 1 went below!" "No," says the mate, "he has been pretty-still siuco yOu shot himl" r Our friend justified himself in quieting the noisy fellow, and. arrived safely with.1 life ship aud cargo, but thought tho mate j did -wrong to fight. |