Beadle's Dime Novels No. 208: The Ocean Outlaw — page 42: what you’re looking at

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“Yes! It was the chap that got shipwrecked with his lady love, was it not ?” “The*same one. Well! The man that brong'it me the news about the Black Vulture so nearly resem le | Granger that. before I heard him speak, I would have sworn that they were one and the sime person.” “And, in all -probability, they were. Te might have had reasons of his own for not wishing you to recognize chim.” ‘*No! that is impossible; for Granger was a Yankee to the backbone, and this one was a Spaniarl, who cont! not jabber English enough to make his story intelligible; if [ had not been able to talk Spanish myself, his visit would not have been worth much.” Howard then proceeded to give an exact account of the conversation that had passed between himself anl Granger, and ended by asking Mulgrave’s opinion about going fo reconnoitre the buccaneers’ camp. “Captain Clinton will, of course, decide that matter.” answere! Mulgrave, ‘‘ but, according to my notion, it would be a good idea. It would be rather a fool-hardy job to tnke a vessel into a place like that, of the localities of which you know nothing, except from the say-so of a stranger, who, after all, may only be plotting to deesy us into danger; and if he were not, [should think it best to learn something more than we now know, b-fore we at- tack them. I don’t like this working in the dark. If I can't see my enemy, I wiint, at least, to know where be is. That is exactly my opinion. Bat perhaps we migut as well go and talk with Captain Clinton aboat it, for we can’! come to any conclusion until we do.” The two officers arose, Yn, having settled with th: ‘ir Jandlord, they wa!ked down towards the mole, O1 r-ach- ing it, they stepped into a boat, and were soon on the deck of the Windsor, where their presence cansed not a little surprise, as Mulgrave was supposed by all to be yet confined to his bed, and Toward having gone on shore on liberty, they could not conjecture what hal broug’t him back before his leave-of absence had expired. No me COMICOOKkSsCOle f