CHAPTER VI

. JOHN PAUL JONES AND THE _RANGER_ 134

The First Ship that Carried the Stars and Stripes--Dash at a Convoy that Failed--When the Dutch were Browbeaten--The _Ranger_ Sent on a Cruise in English Waters--A Ship Taken off Dublin--The Raid on Whitehaven--When one Brave Man Cowed more than a Thousand--The Whole Truth about Lord Selkirk’s Silverware, with the Noble Lord’s Expression of Gratitude when he Got it Back--How Captain Jones Missed the _Drake_ at First, but Got her Later on in a Fair and Well-fought Battle.

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