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CHAPTER I ST MARY’ S ISLE WHEN th e Ra n g er stole into th e firth of r r Solway sh e ca ied an exultant crew. From the cliffs of Cumber land she might have been r m istaken for a trading bark, lined and c usted by long travel . But she was something else , as the townsfolk of Whitehaven , on the north f west coast o England , had found it to their r r t h e Ra n er cost . Out of thei ha bour g had r r just eme ged , leaving thi ty guns spiked and ’ r r r a la ge ship bu ned to the wate s edge . In - fact , this innocent looking vessel was a sloop o f-w a r— as tr im and tidy a cr aft as had ever r r set sail f om the sho es of New England . On h e r upper deck was stationed a str ong batter y - r r of eighteen six pounde s , ready to be b ought ’ into action at a moment s notice . r r - Ra n er On the qua te deck of the g , deep in thought , paced the captain , John Paul Jones, a man of meagr e build but of indomitable a n d r will , as da ing a fighter as roved the ocean K R. C . A 2 THE RED RIVER COLONY in this year 1 778 . He held a letter of marque fr om the Congr ess of the revolted colonies in Amer ica, and was just now engaged in harry r i n g the Br itish coasts . Ac oss the b road firth the Ra n g er sped with bellying sails and shaped h e r cour se along the south - wester n shor e of Scotland . To Paul Jones this coast was an open book ; he had been born and r r b r ed in the stewar tr y of Ki kcudb ight , which ’ r r lay on his vessel s sta boa d bow . Soon the Ra n g er swept r ound a for eland and boldly r enter ed the river Dee, whe e the anchor was r d opped . A boat was swung out , speedily manned , and headed for the shelving beach of St ’ r r C Ma y s Isle . He e , as aptain Paul Jones knew, dwelt one of the chief noblemen of the Th e - r south of Scotland . vine clad , ambling m ansion of the fourth Ear l of Selki r k was just r r r behind the f inge of t ees ski ting the shore . Accor ding to the official r epor t of this descent ’ ’ r upon St Ma y s Isle , it was the captain s r r r intention to captu e Selki k, d ag him on r Ra n er r r boa d the g , and ca y him as a hostage r r to some harbou in F ance . But it is possible that ther e was another and mor e per sonal object . Paul Jones , it is said , believed that r he was a natu al son of the Scottish nobleman, 4 TH E RE D RIVER COLONY ’ r S m i se d .