Part 77 (1/2)
Just then there was a dull thud, as if a mass of water had struck the side, and the vessel heeled over hted herself, and then rose and rode over a wave, plunging down and again gliding along upon a level keel ”Eat, eat, _mes amis_,” said the captain ”You do not mean that you have _le mal-de-mer_?”
”Oh no,” said Vince quickly, as if ashamed to be suspected of such a weakness ”We don'tover a bar of sand?”
”_Non_: a bar of rocks, vere Joseph can take us safely Anozaire rasp much, as the dinner dre to an end, and no doubt their ireat extent; but they thoroughly realised that for a few h a most intricate channel, where the current ran furiously; after that ularout into the open sea
All at once the door was opened, and old Daygo appeared
”Aha! you are finish, _runt
”Good I come on deck”
Old Joe turned and went up the ladder, followed by the captain; and then Mike dashed after the to do?” cried Vince But Mike made no reply; and the other followed on deck, anxious to see as going to take place, for that Mike had some project was very evident
As Vince reached the deck he saw that Mike was at the leeward side, where a couple of men stood by the rope which held the pilot's boat, while the captain and the old fisherer was sailing gently along half a mile from the shore in the direction of the south point; and Vince's heart leaped and then sank as he faintly hest part of the island, but he had no ti in emotion just then, for the captain turned suddenly and old Joeto juht Vince; and a pang shot through hiht of such a cowardly desertion ”No,” he added to hiht, for all he did was to rush at Daygo, catch hi
The old fisherman turned, stared, and Mike repeated as far as Vince could make out his former question, while the captain stood a little way back and looked on
Just then Daygo growled out ”No!” angrily, and thrust Mike away so roughly that the boy staggered back and nearly fell; but before the old man could reach the bulwark, Mike had recovered himself, leaped at hied forward half over the bulwark, and then turned savagely to take revenge upon his assailant
But the captain had advanced, and he said soo hurry over the bulwark and drop down into his boat One of the men cast off the rope and threw it after him, and the next ht, his hands to each side of his mouth; and he bellowed out,--
”Yah! Good luck to you both! You'll never see this Crag agen”
Then the darkness began to s up his slided onward--where?
Mike turned sharply, expecting to be seized by the captain; but the latter had his back to hiive orders for another sail to be hoisted, while the boys went involuntarily to the side to gaze at the Crag
”What was it you asked Joe?” said Vince
”Not what you thought,” replied Mike rather bitterly
”Why, what did I think?”
”That I was begging him to take me in the boat”
”No, I didn't,” said Vince sharply ”I thought at first that you'd run up to jump in, but directly after I said to myself that you wouldn't be such a sneak What did you say to hiive hi to Joe, if he'd go and tell thelad you kicked hi you away like that”
”I should be,” replied Mike, ”if he wasn't such an old man”
”He isn't an old man,” said Vince hotly: ”he's an old wretch, without a bit of lad I kicked hi darker, and the old Crag is see to die away