234 THE CALL OF THE SEA 



sent word that they must surrender at once if they 

 wished for quarter. They gave in promptly, and 

 the combat was over. At this moment Broke 

 fainted from loss of blood and was carried in a 

 jolly-boat to his own ship, which had dropped 

 astern. There never was so short and sharp a 

 fight. The pace was so fast and fierce that the 

 whole thing was ended in twenty minutes. 

 Lawrence having been twice wounded early in 

 the action, was carried below. Asked whether 

 the colours should be struck, he grimly answered, 

 " No ; they shall wave while I live." Then he 

 grew delirious, and during his fever often ex- 

 claimed, " Don't give up the ship " — words which 

 deservedly became classical in the American Navy. 



Jatnes A. Manson. 



