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é 2 Sige tek ae &. 8 _ NEW NICK CARTER WEEKLY. m an’ all the time standir:’ on the bridge CHAPTER III. — glass to bineye. : ; THE REVENGEFUL MALAY. | ne evenin’ we dropped anchor. We ‘They must have thou yht your captain stood about a mile from the shore of an R: op eg P ‘Was going to turn pirate himself, ”” sug- _ island that, so. far as we common sailors gested Trim. could see, was not inhabited. ‘Nay, nay, lad; that wasn’t in. our ‘“What we were there for we could not ‘minds, but we didn’ t know what to think. eueee but ’twas pretty certain that some- ‘Well, anchor was raised, an’ without thin’ unusual was goin’ on. oe 1a solitary light burnin’ we plowed along ‘““The captain paced up an’ down the low lv:-fer meen \ ea ; promenade deck in company with es epson y tor perhaps three quarters o second officer, a young chap with whom ‘There were’ no lighthouses or_ bell : he was very chummy. buoys thereabout to give us warnin’ of “Tt was the first officer’ s watch, an’«he y s " | danger spots, an’ the sailin’ was purty Seemed to have no part or knowledge in ‘much by guesswork, thongh there were the captain’s plan. two gangs of mén who were kept bu & ‘‘Darkness comes on sudden in enue EO Sane droppin’ the lead. 2 es latitude, as perhaps ye know, lad, an’ by - “Bor the first. half hour the lead four bells twas as black as midnight; ; showed that there was water enough un- the sea was perfectly still. der us; then we began to get into shal- _ _._ ** "Pwas unusual enough for us to drop. lows; still the steamer plowed on, an’ it = anchor in such an out-of-the-way spot, wasn’t. until the lead showed less than = an’ that aroused a plenty of questions, as | two fathoms under our keel that the cap- —-ye_ can well understand ; but can ye im- tain gave the order to drop anchor again. = - agine what a wonderment there was on. ‘Down she went. ‘“The captain an’ the second offices,*” se ee = responded Dobbin, ‘‘went about givin’ =e ‘Why,”’ exclaimed Trim, that’ > orders themselves an’ talkin’ in low tones, - - : against all the rules of the -sea, isn’t it?” for all the world as if they were at a _ “Y should think it were, lad. The funeral. --—s- meanest craft on the ocean has to hoist a 5 ei Spareee at. night, an’ here was a big e _ steamer that should have had its position | —— marked plainly, an’ not one light would ___the captain allow to be run up. Eo Sef or Ae May guess that there was some sf ~ growlin? in the fo’c’sle, an’ more than — board when orders came at sundown to s hoist no lights: i. i ‘a ¥ ‘I heard the captain say to the second ficer: : ‘* ‘Now, Jones, pick a crew of eight = men; get the best there are, an’ send thein to No. 3 ‘OMG, 3) Ay must understand, was the lifeboat just aft amidships on Bs Stars. one of us swore that we ‘would leave the | card side. Se. **Jones, the second officer, want meant the decks speakin’ | ‘to a man here an’ there ; Pe “comes to me. Syke ship so soon as. ever we could get our dis- charge papers an’ never go aboard of her —— agin; still it was nothin’ 23 us so oe as we Sd out of it safely, hen at. our s le wor came to. vent? rr i ee not a man was there but did Ay, sin, dele 7a sical eS an ‘ farin’ a bit, sir.’ Me € was told withon ou aa _| Go to No. 3,’ says he, ‘an’ report to eak of all this, though ye are the captain.’ vith. Ways at sea, from bavi eet % a ats “Td have ae! SAY, Ys mig says : a a i