Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 22
t once to fill and settle,and her ensign was hauled down. CommodoreBarry on seeing this cried out: Lower away the second cutter; and De-catur, being the officer in charge of that boat, seeing that his boat would be swamped if heeame near enough for the men to jump in,called out to the captain,… … THE CAPTURE AND SINKING OF THE BRIGANTINE. dropped into her stern sheets and pulled for theFrenchman. Commodore Barry, leaning overthe side, called out, laughing, to Decatur: I wish you to treat the Frenchman as if hewere the captain of a forty-four-gun frigatecoming aboard to surrender her. He has…
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