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mah % 5) it Ste waste ome tile %, ae # ae Piste, na een, it petior ie fo pa him. ae Mamma fainted and they brought her down, bundling fig te _ Hie simply Ree. _ Then they locked the ee and 7 we were until you came and rescued us.” 4 ~ “T cannot think they r meant to entirely starve you,” a said Jim; “but they are & eruel lof of villains. I MN a know from what I have overheard that they intend making across the island for the school.” eh «JT am almost ashamed to tell you, Jim,” said a Eveline; “ but you won’t talk about 14, will you: a 4 ss _ “Not if you wish me to be silent.” __ ss *T do wish it. I only tell you se that you may not a _ hesitate to do what is right if papa should be trouble- some again. It was his intention to ge te Gibraltar, Be eke ship for home, and leave the school to look after 3 tsa » OM _ An exclamation of disgust rose to Jim's lips, but he checked it. Me * “ What induced him to think of that ?” he asked. o _ “Qh, he was groaning half the night through about i eee bother of the school, and how he wished he had never thought of opening it, and what a blessing it ie ould be if he could turn his back upon it for ever. a _ “But does he not reflect on the consequences of hs deserting it now, and leaving all those youngsters to the tender mercies of nae half-bred Spanish DP eefians | BP : a “Both mamma and myself said if was not right 4 ae even to think of it.” ‘ “T knew that would be your view. I cannot help _ wishing, Kveline, that you were in England.” _ “T feel quite safe when you are near me,’ _ Eveline, naively. i vag _ Jim flushed a little as he answered : fe “You ee come to no harm u I caa stand between oF t and you.” rm : ES “It is time you had some eeffee,” rising, “ and Changeling, too. J am stewardess, Jim.’ dl Ma “The best we could have. You are sure you do it ‘not mind the risk of going back to the sehool for a i ee ittle time?” yt “ As things are, Jim, what sant I do? I beg of | F you not to talk nonsense, but to be your brave self i always. See the sun rising there? Isn’t it beautiful ? fy By ar attiers' is that dreadful boat again !” _ She pointed ahead, where, about a mile away, the Ng _ smuggler boat was andy moving before a dying breeze. leg In half an hour,” said Jim, grimly, “she will be i pecalmed, and we shall be able to leave her behind Go down below, Evy. It will fog them consider- see us go a dane in heb One. 4 shall leave Tee - me ne ie Wa, A 4 : My i , s wy , i ‘al . Hs ‘ a if nant VP: i oe py Ae > ' i iy vif 4 . : 7), ¥) ae 4 fu ~ it) hy 4 her into the cabin as if she had been a bale of wool. . ‘sleep, he arose just before daylight from his nde » | ’ said | themselves for the day. said Fitenanh night.” pe tees eas ae ae cae Te af a oracleae dis pence, passed the smugglers’ boat, and those on board. signalled to know what its coming meant; but Jim, taking no heed of the signals, left the iris behind — hima in a mist. % ~*~ +. CHAPTER XULITI. THE RETREAT OF MORSE. gm LUSEPPO was not dover of | Mes: courage. Though starsied 14 ie .: by the events ef the pre=_ ace oe vious night, and eonsider-— “ ably weakened by the death — at of two of his men and thom =— i ———, feos more, there was cll something of the tiger ab couch and scaled an accessible portion of the cliff, with the object of getting some knowledge of ee Me strength of the enemy who had thwarted his plans. — . i He knew by the loss of the boat on the previous — ‘i night that the Jaunch would also of necessity be a a. Hekte. or had them burnt for him, and would have to a fight his way through the island to the friends whom 1 Fee ‘he fondly hoped were on the other side. ee: Before the sun was fairly up he was back amore his men, who were gloomily beginning to bestir q : Of the wounded, one was helpless, having been shot inthe knee. The others, having received their injuries - E iy in the arms and shoulders, could get about and do | something for themselves. The dead lay side by sido under es cliff with none so true to them to do them reverence. Giuseppo came back in a towering rage. pre 4 The sense of humiliation was so strong on the man — ANS Hk pes! that, us he leapt to the sandy ground and faced Bis 53% wondering companions, he was at first unable to. oe speak, | a Cr a be ia Nee “Comrades,” he at length balaat out, “I have been Ek - aloft”—he threw his hand upward, to indicate that he iy ( meant on the summit of the cliff—“ and I have seen the enemy—all of them, I think—who routed us last 7 ast “He is camped above us,” remarked one of thes Me men, casting his eyes upward, apprehensively. a “Yes, he is camped there,” answered Giuseppo, iS i bitterly. “Four boys! By the saints! it fills the air a with red when I think of it. Come,now! We have NN —~ 4 : ; nya > ’ i Pay pole 3) ae ‘ vis. ae H f ‘ Vie | ‘% Ve: he : +e ( es Ni ae ak oes ia? ‘4 Ay ‘ ve \ i] Asis ‘ 7 =f : \ be eed | 0) ' NUO \ i : | > : wi i ‘ ¥ x hay , ' LF yee + \" ' y ‘ AL“ FE * a ‘i J + lf ' ry Mi; We eo it Vins