The Blockade Runner — page 22: what you’re looking at

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THH BLOCKADE RUNNER. 23 “Hark! Do you hear that?’ cried Powell, as another shot smashed the cabin bulkhead. “ Well,” said his passenger coolly, “let them sink us if they can. We shall then go to the bottom without the aid of your infernal machine. If you were cali>> ‘you'd know they can never board us in this sea. / the machinery is hit, we shall drift ashore and go to pieces. In no case will the gunboats take possession.”’ The passenger’s logic was undeniable, but Powel! had only one idea in his brain, and was deaf to rea- son or entreaty. | He had sworn to blow the Foxhound to atoms som. day, and the mania was in complete control of his senses. . “ You are insane, cap’n, and-I will not permit you to execute your project.” With an oath Powell sprang upon his passenger, and an awful struggle in the dark ensued. cComiclooolkks.conn