The Warhawk a Tale of the Sea #244920

The two horsemen, having checked their steeds, gazed on the scene before them for a few minutes in silence. The elder of the two was a man well advanced in years, though still hale and vigorous; but the thoughts then struggling in his breast gave to his otherwise very noble features a stern and harsh expression. He wore a military undress; and on his head a broad beaver, with a single drooping feather. He was well armed; and the huge holsters on his strong roan charger carried a pair of the heavy, clumsy, horse pistols of that period.<br><br>The other rider, a tall, handsome man of some six-and-twenty years, was habited as a country gentleman, in a kind of hunting-suit of dark green.