Beadle's Dime Novels No. 87: On the Deep — page 69: what you’re looking at

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THE SCHOONER. AI himself and his fair companion. nee ns by this time re- covered her senses. _* How came I here?” she said,:rising to. her —- and glancing round her in a bewildered manner. my te She saw the island far behind her: thé remembrance of past events rushed suddenly’ upon her mind. With half- shrinking eyes, she studied: the hideous countenance of her ‘companion, whom she soon recognized asthe same islander she had seen on‘top of the bank. From him, her glances wan- dered 'to the schooner, to the dark faces peering over the rail, and uttering a‘cry of terror, she hid her face with: her hands. Loko inclined his head toward her as though about to speak, but before he could do so, the bight of a rope was thrown -over him, and he was: jerked ‘unceremoniously to the deck. Then a Malay sprung into the canoe, and, lifting Grace from her feet, passed her:to his shipmates;'who drew her quickly over the rail. A moment later; the prisoners were:surround- ed by the five pirates, whose bloodshot eyes and unsteady heads, proclaimed that they had been drinking deeply.:: Grace was so terrified that she could scarcely stand, but: the islander returned the fierce glances of the pirates’ with a steady, un- flinching gaze. Soon the youth. who had hailed the ¢anoe, made his appearance. Motioning the other seamen back, he eyed the two prisoners attentively. The light of the:moon falling full upon him, revealed. a countenance almost as smooth and delicate as that of a girl, There was, notwithstanding, an expression of cruelty in his brilliant black eyes, and his thin conipressed Jips,'that alarmed the missionary’s daughter much more than did the frowns and fierce ejaculations of the Malays. He wore a red cloth cap with a yellow tnadel, a peir of-dark blue pants, and a white shirt. “Can you speak English ?” he inquired, abruptly, of the islander, after he had surveyed him for some time... “ Little, not too much,” answered Loko. “You are one of the natives of yonder jsand; are you not ?” “ Dat so—me belong dere, ? “And why did you leaye;it in the way you ve lines "Where were you going with this girl ?” “Me see girl lying on beach—faint away. Tink good comicbooks.com