The Blockade Runner — page 249: what you’re looking at

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250 _ THE BLOCKADE RUNNER. answer it. Bentham couldn’t prevent it without raising immediate suspicion.” “You may do so,” said Nugent, after a moment’s reflection. “Thank you,” said Captain Powers. Half an hour passed, and during the interval it began to rain heavily. The stranger was almost lost sight of for awhile. At last the rain let up and the weather grew much clearer. The steamer was now within three miles and plainly to be made out by aid of the glass. “T could swear it’s the Destroyer,” said Powers, after a good look. “Send a man up the fore-rigging with a red lantern, and another at his heels with a blue one, and let off steam three times for half a minute, with two intervals between.” | The directions given by Captain Powers were car- ried out exactly. | 33 3) After the lapse of a few minutes, three red lights _ appeared in the stranger’s rigging in the form of a tri- angle. “It’s the Destroyer!” cxclaimed Powers, almost hug- gine Nugent in his glee. “Now, Bob Bentham, this farce will soon end! Unless you jump overboard before — } reach yonder deck I'll hang you taeoer than Haman of old!” “Steamer on port bow!” sung out the lookout. So engrossed had all hands been with the stranger ahead that no one thought of looking for another vessel. The watch aloft, whose duty it was to discover any essel as soon as she hove in sight, had certainly been. connicbooks.comn