Part 82 (2/2)
”You touch ainst the bulkhead”
”Go it!” cried Vince, as standing on the rough floor, in his trousers; and, quick as thought, he seized Mike's leg and pulled hi”
”Oh! I say, Cinder, let go! Don't, there's a good fellow”
”Then will you get up?”
”Yes: all right Does it rain?”
”No--lovely ht”
Mike slipped out and began to dress
”Wonder what they've been doing in the night?”
”Don't know--don't care,” said Vince, yawning ”Oh, how horrid it is to be boxed up here like a rabbit! Can hardly breathe, and perhaps he won't let us out for hours Here, Jacques, corowl; and, seizing the handle, he was about to give the door a rough shake, when to the surprise of both it flew open
”Hurrah!” cried Vince; and they were not long finishi+ng dressing and hurrying on deck, to find that, whatever ht have been done, the hatches were in their places, while a good-sized schooner was lying close by with her sails flapping, as were those of the lugger; for the sea was very sht they had been carried by one of these well back towards the island, whose north-east point lay about a couple of lish schooner, for certain,” said Vince ”What is she?”
”_The Shark_” read Mike from her stern ”Looks as if she could sail better than the _Belle-Marie_”
”Not she,” said Vince, with the tone of authority; ”these long three-h the water”
”Aha! _ood shi+ldren,” said the captain, in his irritating way of giving bad interpretations of his French which annoyed the boys, ”I vant you vairy bad You go and vistle for ze vind, eh? We shall go soon upon ze rock”
”Wind's co soon,” said Vince; ”it's on the other side of the island now Look: you can see the ripple off the point Looks dark We don't get it because the Crag shelters us”
”Good boy! I see you sall ive you command of a schooner like ze _Shark_”
He waved his hand towards the vessel, and then looked eagerly in the direction of the rippled water, which indicated the co wind
”Is that boat yours?” said Vince
”Yais! vy you ask? Ah-h-h-ah--ze wind--vill he nevaire co very rapidly, and, sied the aspect of affairs
Orders were given sharply; and, to the boys' wonder, they were startled by seeing the uns, while others were busy fetching up powder and shot fro down the little hatchhich had led to the boys' first place of confine his instructions, and in an incredibly short space of tier, while a similar course was pursued by the captain of the schooner
A thrill of exciteh the boys as they saw an arm chest hoisted up from the cabin, placed a was taken out, and after watching their opportunity, so that the captain should not observe their action, the boys walked by where the chest had been placed, and saw that it was divided longitudinally, and on one side, neatly arranged, were brass-bound pistols, on the other, cutlasses
They had hardly seen this, when a glance forward showed theuns, and as soon as this was done he began to walk aft, while the boys discreetly walked forward along the other side, so as to be out of the fierce-looking felloay
”I say, Ladle,” whispered Vince, ”this is like e have often read of How do you feel? There's going to be a fight Look! they're loading the guns aft”
”Oh, I feel all right yet,--just a little shi+very like But what ht?”