Part 66 (1/2)
”No fear, sir You trust me Lot more ti; but I'll get you out as soon as I can, for your poor uncle's quite took to his bed, Master Aleck”
”Uncle has?”
”Yes, sir Chuffy sharp-spoken gent as he alas, blest if he didn't say quite soft toin his eyes: 'It's all over, Bodger, my man,' he says, 'and you may have the poor boy's boat, for I know if he could speak noould say, ”Give it to poor old Tom”'”
”Poor old uncle!” said Aleck, huskily ”Then you're cheated again, Tolad on it, too, Master Aleck, say I A-mussy me, my lad, ould the Den ha' been without you there? The captain wouldn't ha'
wanted me I don't wonder as I couldn't rest, but co about the rocks and cliffs, with the birds a-shouting at'uns--bubblins, as we calls 'em, 'cause they're so fat”
”And so they haven't been looking for me any more?” said the middy, in a disappointed tone
”No, sir; not since they telledfor yer You see, everybody said as you one overboard and been washed out to sea, same as the captain felt that you'd slipped off the cliff somewhere, Master Aleck, and been drowned But I kep' on thinking as both on yer ht ha' been washed into some crivissy place and stuck there, and that's why I kep' on peeking and peering about, hoping I ht coh, here you are I don't knohat you gents think on it, but I call it a right-down good 's work for such a man as me”
”But you did not walk over fro, my man?” said the middy
”Not walk over, sir? Oh, yes, I did”
”You et tired; and yet the queerest thing about it is that they allus feel stiff”
”Don't talk any et to business
Now, then, don't you think we ht It's a good deal lighter, you see, since I come, but she's far froht down But can't I have a bit of a look round, Master Aleck?”
”Of course,” was the reply, and the sailor grinned and chuckled as he ran his eyes over what he looked upon as a regular treasure house for anyone whose dealings were on the sea with boats
The cavern was lighter now than the two prisoners had ever seen it, so that Toood look; and he finished off by trotting down as near to theto Aleck
”There,” he said, ”I think weto dive What do you say, Mr Wrighton, sir?”
”I think we ought to go at once”
”Coet a bit wet, but there's a long climb arterwards up the hot rocks in the sunshi+ne, and you'll be 'et home”
”Oh, never mind the water,” cried the et out of here”
”Will you go first, sir?” cried Toer
”No, you found the way in,” was the reply, ”so lead the way out”
”Right, sir Ready?”
”Then come on”