Beadle's Dime Novels No. 94: The Mad Skipper — page 80: what you’re looking at

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@ tionomania in his head, besides. That monomania, an you've seen, is the ‘ Milstrom, which, if we once get into, God help us all.” “Perhaps he'll change his mind.” “ Not a bit of it. He’s just as determined to carry us all up to that infarnal whirlpool, as.a man can be; and in my opinion, Wwe mustn’t lewse any time in doing something about the matter. Miss Lilian, as you ean see, is half frighted to death, and it’s mighty wrong to do any thing to make her un- easy, though I don’t suppose the skipper’s to blame for it, seeing as his reason is somewhat upset.” “ We will go to Onoolo and try to persuade him to disobey _the captain’s orders, which he has a perfect om to do, under the present circumstances.” Ben shook his head. “That wouldn’t do ahy good. The Kanaka looks up to the captain as a sort of God, d’ye see, and wouldn’t consent to what you propose. He’d obey the skipper, if he knew it would result in our goin’ to Davy Jones’ the next minute. There's only one thing we can do, seeing as we are outnum- bered by the Kanakas, and so couldn’t make ’em obey us, and that is, to take to one of the boats on the sly, and desart the ship.” “ That, certainly, is the only alternative left us.” “ Once in the boat, there'd be no fearof the captain Changin’ his course to get hold of us again. He’s in too much of a huizy, d’ye see, to get to that ‘Milstrom’ he raves about so much, He wouldn’t spare the time to give chase to us.” . “I think you are right, and that it is our duty to execute our plan as soon as possible. If we do so, we may reach the American coast and start some vessel in pursuit of this craft, in time to insure her capture.” _ “Ay, ay, that’s a duty which I think J owe to the owners of the vessel. We'll try to get off this 1 #y night; as soon as that lynx-eyed Onoolo goes below.” “ That generally happens about this time.” | “« Ay, ay, and you'd better go to Lilian now, and tell her what bo are going to do, and also to make what preparations she can.” “All right; I will else let Dr. Claret into the seeret.” Ccomiclbooks.conn