Ensign Merrill — page 164: what you’re looking at

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, te tried to ike his voice sterns bik thera: Wien “suspicious break in it which he ineffectually tried to conceal with a cough. _ Gage was on the point of replying when a seaman : appeared at the door with a message from Miller, sxy- ing they would round the Point in afew momenis. _ Bidding Ned to be of good cheer and to look for him again before long, the ensign returned tothe bridge. In passing through the saioon he noted with sorrow the rows of wounded men lining both sides. Although in _a hurry, he found time to speak a kind word to each. _ Just as he was climbing the bridge ladder, the | Badger steamed past the cliff, exposing the whole stretch of water forming the passage. _ There she goes!’’ cried Miller, pointing to the ex- treme end of the channel. Some distance ahead, probably five miles, was the junk keeling over before the breeze, which had strengthened materially. It was blowing from the same quarter—southerly—and now formed a fair wind for the pirate ship. She was evidently making consid- erable speed Bere wastanding her limited spread of sail, and, to the ensign’s annoyance, was ery approach- ing the open sea. ‘‘If they turn to starboard they’ Il hive a long stretch of coast before them before making another play in this game of hide and seek,’’ said Mark. ‘*Well, that is just what they are a-going to do, sir,”’ slowly replied Jeff, closely watching the junk through -atelescope. ‘They are surely getting the port tack aboard,and—-yes, there she goes a-headin’ to starboard !”’ . It was as the astute seaman had-said. The craft in . front shifted her helm and stood boldly for the extreme point of ‘T’sin Chu. Ima little while she again passed from sight. | MARK SEES WED. & ae Sach pe mn ES Sie eS ae Ranges | . comicbooks.co