Part 82 (1/2)
”Think so?” said Vince thoughtfully, as it began to dawn upon his er ran across Channel to various soes over to deposit in the cavern ready for the contraband goods to be fetched by other vessels and landed here and there upon the English coast He did not know then that he had uess, and hit the truth of how the captain had for years gone on enriching hi the revenue cutters, whose coerous place, that every one would avoid, but ould have given chase directly had they seen Jacques' long loift vessel approaching any part of the English coast to land a cargo
Vince did not ripen his thoughts then--that happened afterwards, for he was interrupted by a hand laid upon his shoulder, Mike feeling another upon his
”You sink you vill keep ze middle vatch?” said the captain: ”_ entle push in the direction of the hatch
”_Bon soir_,” he said ly, and the boys went down
”You'll hear the bolts shot directly,” said Vince grie of the bunk
_Click_--_clack_! ca step
”Don'ton,” said Mike
”Oh, it isn't that,” replied Vince ”He fancies we should do soet a boat down, slip on board the other lugger or whatever it is”
”He needn't fancy that,” said Mike ”Frying-pan's bad enough; I' to jump into the fire and try that!”
”Nor I either Well, shall we turn in?”
”May as well: I don't want to stop up and listen to a gang of so”
”Nor I, Ladle I say, what a sha now, instead of a hundred years ago! Poor old chap, you won't get any plunder after all!”
”I don't see that it's right to be trying to make fun of our trouble,”
said Mike bitterly; ”there's the poor old Crag only a few miles away, and we're shut up here!”
”Don't take any notice,” said Vince: ”I say all sorts of things I don't ht, is there?”
”No--not even to drown ourselves by trying to say,” said Mike, with a sigh; and they hardly spoke again
CHAPTER THIRTY SEVEN
THE KING'S CUTTER SPEAKS OUT
”Ladle!”
”Hullo!”
”Wake up!”
”What's the good? We can't go on deck May as well lie here and rest”
”Nonsense! Get up, or I'll pull you out by one leg!”