When the ships first swung together, the lower ports of the Serapis were closed to prevent the Americans boarding through them.They had died the noblest of fringed leather vest all deaths, the death of a patriot killed in doing battle for his country.Pearson, rushed to the upper deck of the Serapis, and thence made a descent upon the deck of the Richard, firing pistols, brandishing cutlasses, and yelling like demons.Not until he had died a lonely death, estranged from the country he had so nobly served, did men come to know Paul Jones as a model naval officer, high fringed leather vest minded in his patriotism, pure in his life, elevated in his sentiments, and as courageous as a lion.This event changed the current of the battle.The short cruise of the Ariel was the last service rendered by Paul Jones to the fringed leather vest American Colonies.TUCKER.The English commodore asked me if I demanded quarter and I having answered fringed leather vest him in the negative, they renewed the battle with double fury.Pearson was found standing alone upon the quarter deck, contemplating with a sad face the shattered condition of his once noble ship, and the dead bodies of his brave fellows lying about the decks.Pearson on board the ship fringed leather vest alongside.They were unable to stand the deck but the fury of their cannon, especially the lower battery, which was entirely formed of eighteen pounders, was incessant.Capt fringed leather vest.