Part 51 (1/2)
”Theht they would”
CHAPTER THIRTY FOUR
IN DESPERATION
”In the na about?”
cried Mark, angrily
”The Yanks, sir”
”But what have they to do with it? Oh, ed out of the socket Here, speak out What do youfor us They cheated us with that row they made”
”Look here,” cried Mark, pettishly, for he was in great pain, ”I'et this hatch undone, and then we must make a rush at them and drive them below Nice state of affairs to beat the Americans, and all the time leave the way open for those wretched blacks to take us in the rear”
”You don't see the rights of it, sir,” said Toht they had a good chance of getting their oay, and they took it”
”Ah, you think it was the niggers, then?”
”Why, of course Bah! how stupid of me They made that noise below in the forecastle--the Yankees, Iby the ear now,” said Tom Fillot
”They kicked up that row to cover the noise they et into the hold where the blacks are”
”Yes,” cried Mark, excitedly, ”and the slaves fought and tried to keep theht it was those poor fellows Well, it was a cunning trick A shi+p makes a bad prison for one's enemies”
”Yes, sir; they've been one too many for us this time,” said Tom Fillot
”The Yankees are sharp, and no rowled dick Bannock, ”that the Yanks got out through the hold where the niggers was?”
”Yes; that's it”
”Oh, very well; that's it, then Stow all that talking, ain Strikes me we'd better drive 'em overboard this tih the keel or in at the hawse-holes,”
growled Tom Fillot
”Silence!” said Mark, sharply ”Who else is down here?”
”There's me,” said Stepney
”Fillot, Stepney, Bannock, and the black, isn't it?”