Part 89 (1/2)

Daygo groaned, and Vince watched the shore, which they were fast nearing Then, springing up, he began to wave his hands frantically

”Look, Mike! that'stheir hats Ahoy! Ashore there! Hurrah! we're all right, father”

Mike sprang up too, forgetting his steering; and the boat would have begun to alter her course, but Vince seized the oar and set her right

”Now then, jump up,” he cried, ”and show yourself They see us

Father's co nearer down Mike, we shall be ashore in five ents,me”

Vince turned upon hi Spanish knife, which he opened and whetted upon the gunwale, while the oldaround the iris

”What are you going to do, Cinder?” cried Mike, catching him by the arm

”I'll show you directly,” said Vince fir to the boys; and the people near, a ere Jemmy Carnach and the Lobster, took off and waved their caps, and cheered

”Look here, Ladle,” whispered Vince: ”will you do as I tell you--I ”

”I' the saht, then: follow me It's only fifty or sixty yards now to the tunnel, and we can wade through Starboard a little more That's it”

He pressed the oar his co rock, hiding the group on shore froht; and now Vince bent forward over their prisoner

”In with the oar, Mike,” he said loudly, ”and do as I do”

He bent over the old fisher out of his head with horror, and with one clean thrust beneath the cord, divided it and set Daygo's wrists free, and then did the same by his ankles

Then Vince started up

”There,” he cried; ”there's our revenge on you, you old ruffian! You've got your boat: sail away, and never let us see you at the Crag again

Now, Mike, over!”

He set the example; and, as the old ether, rose and swam for the tunnel, into which they passed, and were soon able to wade on towards the little dock A minute later each was clasped in his father's arms