Before midnight, the whole party who had landed upon the island in the
morning, met each other once again, upon the deck of the Vengeance, and
many and sincere were the thanks they returned to Heaven for their
deliverance out of the murderous hands of the pirate of the Roanoke.
* * * * *
Five years after the occurrence of the singular events above narrated,
the mansion of Lord Armstrong, situated near the mouth of the Roanoke
river, in the province of North Carolina, was brilliantly illuminated,
as if for a season of great rejoicing. And such indeed was the fact.
Soon after night-fall a gay party had assembled in the earl's parlor,
and shortly afterwards entered Henry Huntington, holding by the hand the
fair and stately Mary Hamilton, immediately followed by his brother
Arthur and sweet Ellen Armstrong, the whole party being succeeded by a
clergyman, attired in the sacerdotal robes of the church of Rome.
That night, dear reader, witnessed the consummation of a double bridal.
Elvira, the pirate's wife, and her daughter Violette, were present at
the wedding, and so was Misther Pat O'Leary, who afterwards declared
that 'by the powers of mud, it was indade the pleasantest night he had
iver passed in his life, so it was.
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