Beadle's Dime Novels No. 94: The Mad Skipper — page 25: what you’re looking at

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THE SEARCH. 27 for them, provided you don’t take more than fifteen minutes to do so.” | “ $i, si, sefior,” answered one of the men; “me think we Can find them in that time if they be here. We will search the forecastle first.” “Very well, be as lively as you can,” said the captain ; and turning upon his heel, he resumed his walk while the two Vigilantes, moving forward, descended into the forecastle. Drawing their swords, so as to be prepared for resistance, they peered into the bunks, overturning the bedclothes therein, and thrust the points of their weapons into obscure corners; when, finding their search unsuccessful, they proceeded to the fore-hold. Here empty barrels and casks were overturned, coils of rigging thrust aside, and great bunches of oakum pulled asunder, after which tlie pile of whalebone slabs was Scrutinized with suspicious glances. “ Perhaps open space behind where man could hide !” said Oue of the vigilantes, addressing the second mate, who bad accompanied them into the hold. “ Perhaps man get there by climbing over the top.” ~ “No tink so,” answered the dusky officer, “ but look dere if yon like. Got two minutes more to look.” Accordingly, one of the men clambered to the top of: the pile; but before he could lower himself on the other side, the ‘sterp voice of the captain was heard at the hatchway. “ Amoki,"—this was the name of the second mate—* tell those two men to come up and leave the ship at once. D’ye hear there ?” “ Ay, ay,” replied the other, and with an agile spring, he gained the top of the whalebone slabs, and caught the police- mar by his cloak. “ Come—no look any more; time up; must leave de ship !” “In few minutes; tell the captain to wait few minutes.” «Not one second!” screamed the New-Zealander. _ “ No ‘want in ship any longer.” ~The man, however, quickly jerked his cloak from the other’s grasp, and dropping to the deck, immediately discovered, at the bottom of the pile, the opening from which protruded the heads of the two deserters. “Ho! ho! here !|——this way !—~here they” connicloooks. com