Part 27 (2/2)

”Try and find Mr Raystoke, sir Beginning to feel scarred about him”

”What's that?” said the lieutenant, who had co pardon, didn'this forelock

”Yes, you did, sir Now look here,” cried the lieutenant, shaking his glass at the etting uneasy about Mr Raystoke's prolonged absence”

”Yes sir, that's it,” said dick eagerly

”Then how dare you have the effrontery to tell me that you did not mean 'nowt' as you have the confounded north country insolence to call it?

For two pins, sir,--wo pins,--I'd have you put ashore, with orders not to show your dirty face again till you had found Mr Raystoke”

Dirty dick passed his hand over his face carefully, and then looked at the palm to see if any of the swarthy tan had come off

”Do you hear me, sir?” cried the lieutenant

”Yes, sir,” said the o at once sir?”

”No Wait Keep a sharp look-out on the cliff to see if Mr Raystoke is nals for a boat I daresay he has been there all the time, only you took upround, walked aft and began sweeping the shore again with his glass, while the reat deal

”He is in a wax,” said dick to hi his eyes with his hands, looking carefully for the signals which did not co which it was a dead calan to send out little black beads of pitch, and drops formed under some of the ropes ready to come off on the first hand which touched them

At last the little lieutenant could bear the anxiety no longer

”Pipe away thein ”Now, Mr Gurr,” he said, ”I' to you in the way of instructions”

”Yes, sir”

”Will you have the goodness to wait till I have done speaking, Mr Gurr, and not co pardon, sir,” said the ly

”I say, sir, I have only one order to give you Get ashore as soon as you can, and find and bring back Mr Raystoke”

”Yes, sir,” cried the et into the boat and push off, ht him such a quiet, a all this fuss about a boy who, as like as not, is having a ga out o' te like athe boy! He's on'y a middy--Now, my lads,--now, my lads, put your backs into it, will you?”

The boat was already surging through the water faster than it had ever gone before, but the er, and the blades of the oars made the water flash and foaularity

For the lieutenant's anxiety about the young officer of the _White Haas growing ave a cheer as they span the boat along, every shtforward lad who had so bravely gone on the risky expedition

”Look ye here, Jemmy,” said one of thethe eneentleman, all I can say is, as I hopes it's orders to land every night to burn willages and sack everything we can”