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— — — Frank H. Converse BOYS' AND GIRLS' MAGAZINE SECTION BLOWN OUT TO SEA FRANK H. CONVERSE square "We a division till we dis- imperceptibly into the jabbering \u25a0 throng*ol Continued From Cast Snndnr clewing down her big foresail. can't make fair so was to pose of 'em," said Mr. Carline. "There s oyster openers. '*I It too late hide, and it would have many "Well, say!" V no anyway. lay different sizes." it's hard lines, I disconsolately CHAPTER XXV. been of particular use. There you then, both grumbled Jack, they the shade all their oysters in sun, and the liteboat "We'll appoint trmmurer till as sat down in IHO'S for some oysters?" asked Mr. the of the others exclaimed. "It's bad enough to lose everything one hai following on the beach. "Yes; in the world, out of i Carline, on the morning n, but what'll Ido with em mean- and then be cheated chap- The junk sailed slowly across the lagoo while?" he answered ruefully; "for Ihaven t fortune, without being left to die on adea \u25a0W« the events narrated in the last and, instead of coming to anchor, grounded crt broke down com island!" and poor Jack : - i\u25a0 ggjgg] tcr. her flat bow on the beach. He had no opportunity to finish his remark pletely. , : \u25a0< :\u25a0\u25a0 They visiting the proa that morn- Out of her then tumbled, with loud out- for just then an shadow fell "Lookhere!" said Fred, with sudden energy had been tne about ominous across ing, before Mr. Carline had propounded cries and much anxious pantomime, the firelight,and they all looked up quickly, as a startling suggestion came to his mind two dozen villainous-looking, yellow-faced men, to placid gaze Bill, who, with sev- "Idon't know what you fellows will think o q Malay, but meet the of idea, ' rarious," Jack said, looking at the oth- who seemed neither Chinese nor eral of his followers, had stolen silently into the but the Chinamen couldn't helj "m£ though Ihad an unhappy mixture of both. Having made the cave. themselves very well if we stowed away 1011 01 er; "but somehow Ifeel as they whooping and yelling up outspread junk, <:O my her fust came Jack made a frantic dive for the board the and took our chances you all life, Fred." many Mongolian fiendß. speaking \u25a0\u25a0• known felt the same, the beach like so handkerchief, but, alas! he was too late. At some American vessel." .:\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0 --\u25a0; "Well said Fred, "Ihave The leader, an undoubted Chinaman, had a a signal half a dozen or more "Right you are," agreed Jack,..roused tntc you. How old are you, by had from their chief, 5 ever since Isaw ruety bayonet at his side, while the others athletic Malays sprang forward and quickly animation. "I,for one, am in for it." '*•.- :'"\u25a0 ugly knives in their belts. Aa they came pinioned the not roughly, but "And I,"assented Mr.Carline, catching a Severn," was the answer- for and sitting-- party— -" %S2u.t birthday, clambering up the bank their shrill cries simply as restraining their movements— while the idea. Jack wasn't quite sure- of his own, violent gesticulations were evidently nothing their commander, with the same placid gmile That evening fortune favored them, -fo while Fred was. "and IT .fancy, but the usual accompaniments of their talk on his yellowface, "scooped up" the bandanna —the crew of the junk brought jars of."saki' "So am I,"said the other among themselves. contents, liquor somehow, ook something alike. Your situation, and its knotted the four corners to- a sort of distilled from rice—on shore that we mine, and But as they took in the and saw gether with wonderful swiftness, nnd, presto! and held a grand carouse to celebrate thei: and eyes are the same color as pearl oysters ' - hair build— some hundreds of half-opened it was gone, as though by sleight of hand, good fortune. we're exactly the same lying spread out within reach, there was a up of his The three to'th' just Mr. Carline called, a little im- but whether his sleeve, in the folds Americans stole down But then him rush and scramble, not unlike that made by dirty gown down his throat, man would beach, with some baked fi>h, breadfruit ;am patiently, for them to hurry up and help penny thrown or no water, off, brought Freds speech the London stret urchins after a dare to say. to serve them until they should maki push the boat which in the mud. "Yours once," he cheerfully remarked, with— their appearance on deck, after the junk^-^J: few word3of gibberish and a little ex- out to '<i llflßßj '"'liiey'puiled to a spot about midway between A the leader obvious reference to the vanished treasures well sea. i *<WsP haustive gesticulation on the part of **-~ "ours now." Not a soul was on board of the junk,ant the opening in the reef and the coral promon- quelled ;*•-\u25a0• they Carline headed the boat to- the tumult in a moment.Melican," "This kind of thing has gone about far made their way to the close, unsavory tory. Then Mr. reached "My name Bill—lspeak said this enough,", shouted the thoroughly enraged Mr. smelling hold without difficulty. ; ,:\u25a0 ward the latter point, until they had stepping majestically in ..-.-">. individual, forward eye She was \u25a0 jloadec the very spot where Fred himself had paddled Carline. And in the twinklingof an a more than three-quarters week before. front of our three friends. coppqr-colored Malay was flying through the with the dried trepang, or sea cucumber round, the Lit. ji., "The—the mischief you do! exclaimed the air like a is, the side of agar-agar, dried and edible birds "Ease rowing!" was the order; but hardly towering football— that till — or seaweed, lips, beEore Fred ever-impetuous Jack, who was in a the cave brought him up with unpleasant sud- nests all much prized as articles of daintj had it left Mr. Carline's rage, and utterly unmindful of Mr. Carline s denness. food by the Chinese. '-' shouted: "Then, Bill, just have '.'.:.-'.\u25a0 " never closed, warning gestures. His second assailant was "dashed against the They found a clear space in the fore peak 'Come from the gate that's the goodness to tell that pack of dirty-faced, astonished Bill with sndi force that both went and, having ruthlessly taken such |mats |as Until you see bald head's nose! ragged-shirted gentlemen, to let those pearl spinning toward the entrance with a rapidity they could find on deck for their own;use, hoard' oysters They're ours." "And so, Mr. Carline, your 'secret alone! little of which they had never dreamed. — the three adventurers lay down to rest, and Melican, repeated, a irre- was nothing but an oyster bed, after all. _ "Ispeak he Seizing what he was pleased to calla twig speedily forgot their troubles in sleep. assured Mr.Carline, briefly, levantly. "Learn himin Melican ship. That which happened to be heavy stick of red- "Nothing eke," yours now." a as Fred told Jack about guessing at the mean- oyster once-rours wood, about four feet long and about the size lines, search, in this "How do you make that out?" growled of his from the the wrathful CHAPTER XXVIII. ing of the and'hia vain arm— fuel pile, 1 same spot, for hidden treasure the week be- his Mr. Carline turned to the assistance of hi* are we, anyway?" asked Jack, And Bill,in mute reply, winked one of companions, but at the first symptoms of hU drowsily, as he opened his eyes in all," almond-shaped eyes, and touched the handle startling resistance, "No great mystery about it,after Jack every Malay had run iiWinEREi the half darkness, on the morning looked the Bide. of his sabre bayonet. At which each of the for dear life, with exception of the observed, as he over solemnly, at the same time the" after the three castaways had con- The- water was very shoal for about ten others winked one thrown across the cave, who was silently junk's handles of their several knives. cealed themselves' in the fore- feet around, and, looking more closely, Fred touching the creeping toward the entrance. Him, Mr. peak. saw that the bottom was covered with large Fred said, afterward, that it was the most Carline hastened with an application of his which, in his haste before, he had impressive, not to say significant, pantomime foot in the rear, and they left masters of "Sh-h-h!" whispered Fred, warningly.j oysters, were "Don't you taken tor useless shells. he ever saw. the situation. remember? We're on board of contrived a sort of Yet there did not seem to be the slightest Jack looked at Mr. Carlino, who looked the junk, and they're pullingher the Mr. Carline had canvas any of them at across net, or bag, stretched over a rude iron frame- disposition on the part of one Fred, who dropped on the floor of the cave lagoon now. Listen and you'll hear the had pounded out of a piece to harm or in any way interfere with the in a paroxysm of laughter. sweeps." v"; work, which he liberty Americans, though was ..\u25a0'••\u25a0 of pump rod found in the lifeboat's lockers. of the three it "Ican't help it,"he gasped. "I'm sorry; It was too late to of backing :out, Using the sprit of the sail for a handle, strongly evident that possession being re- but, oh! to see those chaps Bill think garded points of the law, the un- skedaddle!.
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