Octavia's Pride; or, The Missing Witness — page 113: what you’re looking at

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OCTAVIA’S PRIDE. 103 - and they dashed away gallantly. Captain Lo. paced the deck the night previous to the discovery of the expected land, and when, at daybreak, the man from the mast-head shouted out the animated cry, ‘‘ Land 0’,” he turned deadly pale, and rushed down into the cabin. Will Yarrel sat there reading, and lifted the sorrowful brown eye, Inquir- ingly, at the master’s precipitate appearance. ‘We've sighted T'rinidad,” stammered Captain Lo. ‘<‘Trinidad—you don’t mean—of course you can’t mean one of the Antilles. Weare nowhere in that track,” said the youth, with a show of interest. ‘“No, not that Trinidad; would to heaven it were!’ ejac- ulated Captain Lo, going to his locker and pouring out a glass of wine. ‘‘ This is a miserable, little, barren island— all alone by itself here. ‘The English, once upon a time, tried a penal settlement upon it, but it didn’t answer. . Yet they say it is a romantic-looking place. I have never been upon it myself, but ships frequently stop for water. It would be handy for us to fill up those empty barrels there.” Captain Lo looked around nervously as he said this, the - cold sweat beading from his forehead. Will Yarrel was turning over a leaf of his book, and did not answer. ‘“T say, Will, lad, V’ll go ashore and fill up the casks if you would like the idea. We are really short, owing to the bursting of those hoops on the hogshead forward.” ““T should like to see such an island, certainly. I don’t think I ever expected to set foot on an uninhabited island. I must go on deck and take a look at it.” ‘Pooh! there’s nothing to be seen yet. We ar@ ten leagues away. Wait till this time to-morrow. I really think J will make a call, and see what the place is like.” And he went back to the deck, and sisson to talk about fill- ing the: water casks. , | : a ‘wa My * . 2 . 7 ad oy hy hee 4 ria AS ae ne a HRS |e Ne <5) Comicboo ‘ | : . ) po 4 - COM .. ’ fa ' 7 4 Ti pi ay