Ensign Merrill — page 193: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

PP 188 CONTAINING IMPORTANT “ava Son sae SER Tee Dae pe teser ste xe “ 4% + ; « ~*~ > ‘ ss - or ad ’ > “é Why, what do you mean? Was hae ‘*Yes, sir; he’s aie He was killed while e coming down these tei sir.’ 4 Scott had pricked up his ears when the Chinaman’s — name was mentioned. At the announcement that he had fallen before his fire, he laughed aloud. ‘*Ha! ha! a well-merited fate for the traitor,” he ex- claimed. ‘‘So it was he who showed you the way to the stronghold, eh?’’ a Mark did not reply. Taking the candle from the seaman he ignited a large native lamp suspended from — a bracket on ,the earthen wall, and looked about him. ” ~~ 2 — we ‘. * * thi) pee pS ey > - They were standing in a little space hemmed in on three sides with a number of boxes and canvas bales. — - These were piled clear to the roof and extended some | distance back. Stepping over to one of the latter for the purpose of seeing what it contained, he heard a slight — noise, apparently from beyond the first row. He in- stantly called several men and bade them remove the bales, at the same time holding his revolver in readi- ness to fire if necessary. He found no use for it, however. When the seamen had cleared away the upper rows they saw the form of a young man stretched out on several bales behind. He had raised himself on one elbow and was regarding . Mark intently. His face was pale and drawn with © pain, and one glance at a blood-stained bandage on his breast proclaimed that he was mortally hurt. “You have found me, eh? but you will not hold me— long,’? he said, with a ghastly attempt at a smile of © triumph. Then looking beyond, he nodded weakly to Scott Clemmons, and added: ‘‘It is a pity, Scott, that — you did not receive a similar wound. You would have cheated the hangman.”’