"THE BOARDERS WERE REPULSED WITH GREAT SLAUGHTER" 193 ACTION BETWEEN THE "GLORIOSO" AND THE "KING GEORGE" AND "PRINCE FREDERICK" UNDER GEORGE WALKER 231 AMERICAN PRIVATEER TAKING POSSESSION OF A PRIZE 239 "BEGAN TO HULL THE 'DRAKE' BELOW THE WATER-LINE" 261 "THEY SWARMED INTO THE FORECASTLE AMIDST FIERCE CHEERS" 277 "TALBOT, HIMSELF, AT THE HEAD OF HIS ENTIRE CREW, CAME LEAPING ACROSS THE SIDE" 289 AMERICAN PRIVATEER CAPTURING TWO ENGLISH SHIPS 298 "SURCOUF SCANNED HER CAREFULLY THROUGH HIS GLASS" 336 RAPHAEL SEMMES 376 "THE MEN WERE SHOUTING WILDLY, AS EACH PROJECTILE TOOK EFFECT" 386 CARLO ZENO HERO OF THE VENETIAN REPUBLIC (1344-1418) "Paradise is under the shadow of swords."--MAHOMET. CARLO ZENO HERO OF THE VENETIAN REPUBLIC (1344-1418) Zeno, noble Zeno, with your curious canine name, You shall never lack for plaudits in the golden hall of fame, For you fought as well with galleys as you did with burly men, And your deeds of daring seamanship are writ by many a pen. From sodden, gray Chioggia the singing Gondoliers, Repeat in silvery cadence the story of your years, The valor of your comrades and the courage of your foe, When Venice strove with Genoa, full many a year ago. The torches fluttered from the walls of a burial vault in ancient Venice. Two shrouded figures leaned over the body of a dead warrior, and, as they gazed upon the wax-like features, their eyes were filled with tears. "See," said the taller fellow. "He has indeed led the stalwart life. Here are five and thirty wounds upon the body of our most renowned compatriot. He was a true hero." "You speak correctly, O Knight," answered the other. "Carlo Zeno was the real warrior without fear and without reproach. He has fared badly at the hands of the Republic. But then,--is this not life? Those most worthy seem never to receive their just compensation during their living hours. It is only when they are dead that a tardy public gives them some recognition of the great deeds which they have done, the battles which they have fought, and the honor which they have brought to their native land. Alas! poor Zeno! He--the true patriot--has had but scant and petty praise." So saying the two noble Venetians covered the prostrate form of the dead warrior--for they had lifted the brown robe which enshrouded him--and, with slow faltering steps, they left the gloomy chamber of death. Who was this Venetian soldier, who, covered with the marks of battle, lay in his last sleep? Who--this hero of war's alarms? This patriotic leader of the rough-and-ready rovers of the sea?