Angelina: Or, The Mystery of St. Mark's Abbey — page 59: what you’re looking at

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46 ANGELINA; OR, found herself near the chain of rocks, upon the summit of one of which Saint Mark’s Abbey stood, that she looked up and found that the shades of evening had gathered around. It.was a beautiful moonlight evening, and Angelina could not resist a wish she felt to get to the top of one of the rocks and view the ocean as it danced in the silvery light of heaven. While she was thus occupied, she suddenly be- held a dark object at a distance on the waves, and presently the moon shed- ding forth a broad flood of light, she clearly distinguished a small vessel coming swiftly in the direction of the very rocks she was standing upon. Buta few seconds more, and her anchor was cast, bdats thrown over her side, several men Jumped into them, after depositing numerous heavy casks and then they pulled towards the rocks with all their might. Although Angelina felt con- vinced they were smugglers, she had such a strange curiosity pervade her mind, that she was completely rivetted to the spot. She concealed herself as well as possible, but yet she was enabled to observe all that past below. The boats soon got beneath the rocks, and the next minute there was a low whistle, and several sturdy fellows who seemed to spring out of the earth, made their appearance, and flew to assist the other men in the boat to land: the casks and deposit them in a large hollow immediately under the rock upon which Angelina stood. ** Quick, my lads, or we shall have the land sharks down ppon us.” The voice was familiar to her ears ; she looked eagerly towards the speaker ; ; be was enveloped in a large mantle, and turning his face towards the full light © of the moon to give these orders to the men, she was enabled to see his fea- tures distinctly ; but what was her astonishment, when in him she recognized the mysterious stranger who had for so many hours occupied her thoughts ! The fellows seémed anxious to obey him, and the boats were therefore soon emptied of their contents, the men, with the stranger, entered them again, and rowing off, they soon reached the veste]l which weighed anchor directly, and quickly became a speck in the distance. Wonder-struck and pained at what she had seen, and the discovery she had made, Angelina hurried down the rock, and was proceeding into the path which led towards her home, when suddenly two men rushed upon her, and seizing her violently by the arms, held their daggers to her breast, and threatened to plunge them into her heart if she ventured to utter the least outcry. . a CHAPTER XII ‘“‘ RELEASE me, villains,” exclaimed Angelina, in spite of the threats they- had given utterance to, ‘‘ what is your purpose with me? Ifit is robbery, you will be disappointed in your object, for I—” ‘¢We have no time to waste in words with you,” interrupted one of the ‘ruffians, “and once more I caution you, as you value your life, to be silent ; resistance ‘will be useless! You must go with us.” ‘‘ Liar!’ shouted a loud voice, the next moment the repont of a pistel was heard, and the man who had spoken uttered a yell of agony, and releasing his hold of our heroine, sunk bleeding to thc carth COMIC OOOlKS.€O MU