Beadle's Dime Novels No. 87: On the Deep — page 55: what you’re looking at

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QUITE A CHARACTER. 57 the men, grasping their cutlasses, sprung to their feet. That he was the foremost of some party cf sayages in punenit of their captain, was their first thought. The skipper undeceived them in a moment. “ Quick, my lads!” he exclaimed, “ pick up whatever arti- cles you can Jay your hands on, at once, and follow me. The schooner’s boat is coming; we must take to the cutter again. If we stay. here, we shall be discovered and attacked in the course of half an hour. “Malay got plenty men—plenty oar!” cried Mono. “ S’pose you go in boat, you be catch, guick. Me, your feleng; got dig canoe on oder beach. Go get him, paddle him here. Take you in, hide you in big island, where Malay no find you. Malay no see de canoe when go cross water: Jand hide bim.” And without pausing to see whether or not the captain con- sented, the native darted off, and disappeared. “ What do you say, Block? Shall we accept that fellow’s offer? He seems friendly.” : “ Tt seems to be our only alterative, Captain Capstan.” “ Well, then, the matter is decided.” Ten minutes after, the little party were gathered upon the beach that bordered the strait, ready to embark in the large — canoe, which the savage was now paddling toward them. Grace turned pale when the man was near enough to enable her to distinguish his hideous features, and Block ore eae set about the task of calming her fears. ~ “His looks are distressing, Miss Greenville,” said he; “but, appearances are sometimes very receptacle, you hniivi. I think you'll find it so in the present case... He knows it’s’ to his own adyantage to be friendly, seeing as he and his brethren drive a shrewd intermingling traffic with marchant vessels !” “Oh, dear me!” cried Professor Quill, “he is quite a char- acter, and will make quite a ‘figure in my journal !” Soon after, the canoe struck the beach and the whole party took their places, . There were a dozen paddles in the vessel, and four of them were soon doing good service in the hands of the seamen. The canoe flew swiftly over the waters of the strait, which, as Mono had said, was screened from the approaching. boat of the Malays by the peculiar formatien of connmicloooks.com