The Blockade Runner — page 188: what you’re looking at

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THE BLOCKADE RUNNER. 189 CHAPTER XXIII. MOVEMENTS OF PE RIL. “Wrrit, what did vou discover, Jupe?” asked Bentham, who was found by the giant negro an hour after the events just recorded. “Yah, yah?’ was the darky’s reply, as his eyes twinkled merrily. “You see, Massa Bob, I found a boat at de wharf an’ I row out to whar dey tole me Cap’n Nugent’s ship lay. I seed two little lights on de quarter, an’ [| knowed dat Flash Gilmor, an’ de capn war enjoyin’ deir cigars all to demselves. I went closer, till | war right under dem, listenin’ to all dat dey war sayin’, for dey didn’t lower deir voices, but talked as if ole Jupe war away in Norf Caroliny. But all at once, Massa Bob, suffin’ lke a snake drop ober my shoulders, an’ de next minit I war pulled up- ward like a man when he’s hung. Golly, but I war skeered fo’ a minit; but den I says to myself: ‘ Dem two chaps cotch a Tartar in ole Jupe!’ an’ suah enuff dat’s de bery way it turned out, yah, yah, yah! Jes’ as I touched de deck Massa Gilmor, de rascal, him say: ‘Jupe, by heben! an’ I went fo’ him.” “You didn’t kill him, Jupe ?” “Guess not, Massa Bob. Ole Jupe pick ’im up an’ toss ’im into de sea—dat’s all.” “Over the ship’s side ?” “Ob course! I didn’t carry ’im down an’ lay ’im gently in de water. I wouldn’t be so keerful wid Comichdoo S (©) 5}