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‘She said she would remain where she; was. ‘“‘It was about this time that a sailor came up to the first officer an’ reported a vessel in sight astern. : ‘The first officer looked at her through a glass’ There was no need for him to tell the rest of us what that vessel was. “It was the Malay pirate that we had our fight with before: It was just as plain as day that the Malays had started immediately after the abduction an’ to follow us. “That they had been able to come up anywhere near us was due to the fact that our ship was damaged an’ we were lyin’ still. Then Ican tell ye there was an anxious time on board. ash “If the Malays had fought desperately before, what would they do now when their captain’s daughter was a prisoner in our hands? ‘‘Word was sent to the engineer to tell him that the shaft must be repaired in- stantly so that we could make some kind _ of headway. agree * ‘‘His reply was that he was_ workin’ as fast as he could. ‘The pirates had evidently .made us out au” was comin’ toward us. Of course the fact that the captain had done a great wrong couldn’t be thought of now. ‘“There was no doubt that the pirates| wouldn’t listen to reason or that they wouldn’t be content with the surrender of the girl, so preparation was made for a defense. 7 “The pirates kept comin’ nearer an’ nearer. Once ina while I caught sight of the girl an’ I saw the light of triumph in herdark eyes = ae ‘©The air seemed to be so full of ex- _-citement that we cotild hardly breathe, - The Dunmore Castle lay there disabled, _ motionless, while the pirate-was dirawin’ =. teater an’ wearer, oa, | _ “At Jast, when she was within a quar- ter of a mile, the welcome throbbin’ of _ our propeller was heard, an’ our steamer |' _ slowly began to goahead. “Every man Jack on board set up a}Was nothin’ Le ee Ge, et ae, " <— -E ' vet we. ‘min another tussle with the pirates|t dit nc eS ARE om ad on op hag so Spell ele Sone «oA ein PRE ar ge ee ‘was goi lip} ‘From that time on, lad, death by NEW NICK CARTER WEEKLY. ‘‘Many of the men fairly hugged each other in their joy. The relief was so great that ye can understand how it was that the two who were guardin® the girl missed their duty for a bit. The first they knew of their mistake was when they saw the girl speed to the rail an’ leap overboard. 7 ‘‘As she had been standin’ on the after part of the deck she was immediately astern. “The first officer saw what had hap- pened, but after swearin’ a bit he de- clared that it was the best thing that could have happened. “She'll he picked up,’ said he, ‘an’ we'll have no troublesome freight to carry.’ He was right. ‘The girl could evidently swim like a duck, for she struck out an’ easily kept afloat until she was picked up by the pitates upon which was her relatives an’ friends.”? 7 “Did the pirate attempt. to pursue you?’ asked Trim. | ‘‘No.- She hung about in sight durin’ the rest of that day, but by next mornin’ we could see nothin’ of her an’ I never set eyes on the craft again; but that wasn’t by any means the last that I knew f her. : “The captain was buried at sea, an? the first officer made some kind of a re- port at Singapore. ‘‘What it was I don’t know. Me an’. me shipmates was examined by the con- sul, an’ it seems none of us went back to the Dunmore Castle, but most of us shipped on the same vessel. ‘It was some time before we got a berth, an’ before we left Singapore some- thint had happened that gave every man | of us a sober turn. : eed “The second officer of the Dunmore Castle was detained on shore by the con- sul to await further examination. He ~ was allowed to go free about the streets ght he was murdered, | There to do with the abduction of the Malay ~ |violence has awaited every man of that _ ae, - ¢ . Pn ee « ‘3 Fh - . ee ———. - Se we Ae o “ < © oe & Te. a f m4 i. e Re aos Pao tae a Mee te SOE ng! ee re a pe a