Produced by Tamise Totterdell, Anne Storer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [Illustration: "_On the deck of a French man-o'-war._" Page 186.] AS WE SWEEP THROUGH THE DEEP [Illustration: "_The figure glided towards him._" Page 66.] T. NELSON AND SONS London, Edinburgh, and New York AS WE SWEEP THROUGH THE DEEP _A Story of the Stirring Times of Old_ BY DR. GORDON-STABLES, R.N., _Author of "Hearts of Oak," &c._ T. NELSON AND SONS _London, Edinburgh, and New York_ 1894 CONTENTS. I. POOR JACK, 9 II. "HE NEVER SAID HE LOVED ME," 20 III. AN INTERRUPTED PROPOSAL, 27 IV. THE BATTLE AND THE BREEZE, 33 V. "NOW THIS GOOD BLADE SHALL BE MY BRIDE," 43 VI. A BOLT FROM THE BLUE, 54 VII. "WENT GLIDING AWAY LIKE A BEAUTIFUL GHOST," 61 VIII. ON BOARD THE SAUCY "TONNERAIRE," 70 IX. "A SPLENDID NIGHT'S WORK, TOM!" 78 X. IN THE MOON'S BRIGHT WAKE, 87 XI. THE PHANTOM FRENCHMAN, 94 XII. A BATTLE BY NIGHT, 103 XIII. A HAPPY SHIP, 111 XIV. MUTINY, 123 XV. BEFORE CADIZ, 129 XVI. JACK AND THE MUTINEERS, 138 XVII. IN A FOOL'S PARADISE, 145 XVIII. "WOULD HE EVER COME AGAIN?" 152 XIX. THE BATTLE OF CAMPERDOWN, 162 XX. NELSON AND THE NILE, 171 XXI. WILLIE DIED A HERO'S DEATH, 180 XXII. STILL WATERS RUN DEEP, 189 XXIII. "IT'S ALL UP, MR. RICHARDS, IT'S ALL UP!" 197 XXIV. BY THE OLD DIAL-STONE, 206 [Illustration] _As We Sweep through the Deep._ CHAPTER I. POOR JACK. "As ye sweep through the deep While the stormy winds do blow, While the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow." CAMPBELL. "Just two years this very day since poor Jack Mackenzie sailed away from England in the _Ocean Pride_." Mr. Richards, of the tough old firm of Griffin, Keane, and Co., Solicitors, London, talked more to himself than to any one within hearing. As he spoke he straightened himself up from his desk in a weary kind of way, and began to mend his pen: they used quills in those good old times.