The pirates saw that they were caught through their own folly and greediness, but the captain showed himself to be a man of undaunted courage, and full of resources.  "Hold on!" he sung out, before a sheet was hauled in.  "We may lose our sticks if we attempt to run.  I'll try if I cannot deceive these clever fellows, and put them on a wrong scent."  The pirates seemed mightily pleased at the thought of playing their enemy a trick, and highly applauded the proposal of their captain. The schooner, therefore, stood steadily on, till she ran close down to the corvette.  Then she hove-to, well to windward of the ship, however. A boat was lowered, and Captain Bruno, with four of the most quiet-looking of the crew, got into her, and pulled away for the ship. When we hove-to, the corvette did the same, an eighth of a mile to leeward of us.  We watched the proceedings of the pirate with no little anxiety.