Part 86 (1/2)

”Understands that, my lads,” said the lieutenant; ”but youa deal of ti all about here ever since I was quite a little fellow, and I know the rocks too The schooner must tack round in half an hour's time, and then run east”

”Yes, I know that”

”Well, sir, you can run froht across, and save miles”

The officer looked at hie is called the Narrows, and it's all deep water You see the big gull rock away yonder--the one with the white top?”

”Well!”

”Make straight for that, and go within half a cable's length Then tack, keep the south point right over the winds, and sail due east too Then you can cut the sler off”

”Hah! yes; it's down on the chart, but I did not dare to try it Thank you, rand Ah! here's the boat”

The boys shrank back, so that old Daygo should not see them, while the lieutenant stepped up to the side and bullied the old nal

”Well, quick! Here are two passengers to take ashore Now, my lads-- sharp!”

Vince and Mike shook hands with the officer, while a sailor at the gangway held on to the painter of Daygo's boat, which was gliding pretty fast through the water, the course of the cutter not having been quite stopped; then the lads juhtly in, the painter was thrown after theht touch of the hel Vince and Mike looking the old man full in the face, while he stared back with his jaw dropped down alen'lemen?”

”No, we're not dead,” said Vince sharply ”Now then, hoist that sail and run us hoer and the schooner all sailing rapidly away Then suddenly it occurred to both the lads that the oldthat sail; that he was then the greatest enemy they had, and that it would be very aard for them if he were to suddenly take it into his head to do theht Vince; ”he knows that we can ruin hi about?”

”Ladle” was thinking the same

CHAPTER THIRTY NINE

DAYGO MEETS HIS MATCH

It see time to hoist that sail, but at last it ell up, the yard creaking against thethe old man at a distance, the boys o pass them as they sat amidshi+ps, one on each side, and he seated himself, hauled in the sheet, and thrust an oar over the stern to steer

There was a nice breeze now, they were only about a h the little waves a feeling of joy and exultation, to which the boys had long been strangers, filled their breasts They took long, hungry looks at the shore, and then at the cutter racing along towards the great gull rock, at the schooner careening over as she ran on under all the canvas she could bear; and then back at the lugger, which by co, with a scrub of a spar hoisted as a jury mast, far astern, in place of the fallen

Then they looked at each other again, those two, as they sat face to face, neither speaking, and carefully avoiding even a glance at Daygo, feeling as they did the aardness of their position, and averse tothe old scoundrel's eye

Not that they would have o was as full of discomfort as they, and with his eyes screwed up face oneat the prow, but really at the big patch of canvas in his sail

For, as Daygo put it to himself, he was on the aardest bit of lee shore that he had ever sailed by in his life

He had, as was sur by the north side of the Crag, and hurried down to his boat to warn Jacques or his co for hoer a prize to the cutter--which looked determined to follow up the schooner, probably to take her too--there would be no owner for the contraband goods still left in the cavern, unless that owner proved to be himself There were two others, he mused--tho knew of the place and its treasure; but Captain Jacques was, according to the old fisherman's theory, not the kind of reat interests were at stake; and he felt quite satisfied that the two boys would never be seen at Corain Some accident would happen to theot the about, and they ht have fallen off the cliff when getting sea-birds' eggs, or they ht have been carried away by one of the currents when bathing, or they ht have been capsized and drohile they stole his boat--he called it ”stole”--in any one of which cases, he said to hiain, and it wouldn't have been any business of his, so he wasn't going to worry his brains Old Jarks had grabbed 'eain

Joe Daygo was a slow thinker, and all this took hi time to hammer out; and he had just settled it coht of the pilot flag flying, and paid no heed

”Don't ketch h the Narrers to ketch the _Shark_!” he growled; and he kept on his way till the imperative mood present tense was tried, and then he made for the side of the cutter, to receive as to hi hierous lee shore