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RN EN 4 aie aes iti bia a nM tile PN ‘ e ei UA ult picts Wht ¥ Na i ne ve Lonny! Naver Rea { A ace Bh) i { ef Ay, 5 ‘ 4 Ara * | | ah mn PM ty i F : ‘ ney ui " Lean, me re hs , at art es i dea f ee “Can't you keep your ie fie: out ob it?” de- “Tt was me see it all, and me sabe | nanded Romeo. de boy. Now den ’” ais’ Silence, the pair of you! !” cried Morse. Dibble.” )! PAD had just picked up the bundle,” said Dibble, “when a gaunt, fierce-looking man, covered all over with leaves for clothing, jumped out from behind the runk of a tree, and laying hold of me, fastened his teeth onmy arm. He bit the cloth nearly through. Here are the holes in it that his teeth made. h And he exhibited the sleeve of his jacket in proof of the accuracy of his statement. i Judging by the rest of the story, Dibble would have been torn in pieces but for Romeo, who, with a stout | stick, rushed to Dibble’s aid. _ The wild man fled, but so great was the panic his appearance created, that the whole party retreated in “confusion to the Aen as described. _ There was no doubt about the matter. It was no false alarm, but beyond the fact that it was a man, hie and his garb mainly of a leafy order, Morse could get ‘a no particulars of this strange visitant. _ It could not be one of their known assailants, of a Pr Morse was assured, and he for the time could make nothing of the story beyond what he had heard. evi We had better all lie close in the castle,” he said, % “6 until Jim returns. Meanwhile, a lookout must be i kept from every point.” mie In pursuance of this resolve he selected sentries, and. himself took up a position on the ramparts. . - While he was looking from thence to the lower ce ground, it struck him that after all the range of vision o was limited—how much better view could be obtained 4 — from. one of the tower summits. a But the two highest towers had never been ascended, et for the doors at the point where they sprang from the ramparts had been secured ages before in so strong ‘. a manner that the boys had not attempted to open them. Bt « Why should I not try it now?” thought Morse, Bey and the next moment he was resolved that the at- a ‘tempt should be made, for to seriously think of a a thing was for him to decide upon it. ff there were nothing to be found beyond these ~ Tower doors, a look-out could be established on the summit of one of them. aa ‘That would be of great advantage to the occupants a } of the castle, for a view could be obtained of the es greater part of that side of the islancd—no small _ thing when a foe is expected. “Go on, As — ne Oh ae oe oH Kis yh CHAPTER cL ie ae Me Ska | . oe UNLOADING THE ‘ ORSINI. ”__CHWORKER pens mn OUT IN THE COLD, ihe a Re Bye —_ LWIFTLY the! no ae Gir hastened from region of the cast walking in silence until they had put two, mile 7 Or sO between them anc the ruins of the school- house. Then, when they began to talk, ‘Tal Brodie cnet Jim as to the conte 0 E that arch old Meet Chorker. | at “When I get near him,” Jim said, “ he mall receiv ] a bit of my mind.” A “Why not absolutely refuse to have anything to aot with him ?” suggested Lal. “ In short, to use a vulgar expression, why not give him the chuck ?” Eg “TY think I shall,” replied Jim, “ not on account of what he did to those duffers, Farrell and Co., but to 4 worry the on skunk. I think they all behaved like arrant curs.” : “What shall we do with the arenes and other things P” | AM ue “ Keep them for the present, Lal.” ithe Bl From Lal’s description of the route he had taken, and the mistake he made therein, Jim judged what line across the island to take. He was as richly en-— dowed with the bump oflocality as Brodie was poor in that respect. | Pe # It wanted yet an hour and a half to sunset, when ~ : from a rising piece of ground they sighted the shore, with the “ Orsini” lying as Lal Brodie had left her a A glance revealed the fact that there were no ee hs on board, and so far all was well. They hastened on, and presently sighted stig standing on a rock, glancing anxiously in their ) direction. As soon as he espied the advancing band, — he raced towards them, and was busy for’ a minute shaking hands with the foremost. a ae “T have had a high old time of it since you went away, Lal,” he said. 2 30 a Shae “ Found it lonely ?” suggested Lal. | vs “ Of course. It was beastly for the first hour or | eo mo ‘ But that isnot the worst. Harly in the afternoon a small felucca came along and had a look at the r x; ee ae Peay Lees 4 Ly = Kae ‘ a ee mh Mey ’ ole that ‘ Orsini” Peace! a _ “Jehoshaphat!” ae eM ‘There was only a woman in her,” a L seis, «and eee Dubshel > hove 7 about sand ae goo look her I oefo e she wen 00C 0 es she made no attempt: to