Beadle's Dime Novels No. 208: The Ocean Outlaw — page 27: what you’re looking at

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Pr pte oe Pn Sins Oe, Poms ee THE OCEAN OUTLAW. 29 _ Into this they steered, and in a few minutes were lost to view from the outside. The navigation now became intricate, the channel, though deep enough for the accommodation of a much larger craft than Granger's, was so narrow and crooked, that the greatest caution was necessary to prevent acci- dent. And the gigantic trees that grew on the margin “seemed to unite their branches, and form an arch through which the little vessel quickly pursued her way. For something like two miles the voyagers continued to follow the serpentine windings of the channel, that seemed to grow more narrow and crooked as they pre- ceeded, and the dark forest on either side mes dense and cheerless, until farther progress seemed impussible from a huge wall of rocks that apparently filled up the channel from side to side. However, the schooner kept boldly on her way, until the jib-boom almost touched the wall, and then a narrow passage-way appeared breaking directiy through it, into which they passed, and in a few moments were floating in a broad, still basin, completely hid from the channel on the other side. A rough voice now hailed them from the rock with the challenge of: **Who goes there?” This was answered by showing a light at the foremast- head. The signal appeared to be understood and the **Catch-him-if-you-can” passed up as near as possible to the beach and let go her anchor. Another and a larger vessel was moored within this na- tural harbor, whose tall spars, raking fore and aft; the ~ narrow band of white, pierced here and there by a port- hole; the precision with which everything was arranged, would have told an experienced eye she was an armed vessel, The greater part of her crew appeared to be on shore, - seated round a large fire, built in the centre of a large camp that occupied a small clearing on the margia of the At the noise occasioned by Granger's vessel coming to EComicbooks-com =