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NEW NICK CARTER WEEKLY. «+5 “1% CHAPTER II. _- DPOBBIN EXPLAINS. “Did he try to do for you, Dobbin?’’ : asked one of the under officers who came hurrying to-the scene. ‘Ay, ¢sit, he did,” fecpended the ‘sailor, ‘‘an’ but for this young gentleman I should .now be carryin’ a knife in me heart.’’ : cp > 80 | hear-—so--I Hea” the officer said. eral “Vou showed good sense and courage, young man; but what does it all mean, . Dobbin? What kind of trouble have you ~ been having with the Malay?” ~___ *N6 trouble at all, sir.”’ **Eh, what’s that? Then why should he attack you??? =» "That's: for Bini to say.’ The sailor gave his answers in a stub- born tone, as if he were determined that | sores: eat should be gained from mcerning the cause of the assault. if ccived Dobbin ‘was Stat inclined to speak freely, but he said nothing more about it at «the time because the confusion ei aroused by the incident gave him plenty = -erse to-do, The boldness of the attack struck St ee, as something very extraor- Se © dinary. | As | nost like striking a man down : ne ed _ ees very clear E ys AES RS “ane — {eae There could bed ‘nO ae Hodk the li ‘action of the men who had rowed out | 128 vessels, hesitated to take energetic in advance. n. for the very purpose oe commit- avs red sia that they were not atient, for he per- | * nb Cape Town, that the Malays on| “Se .) pre the Malta had shipped as common | rho should be their victim onfederates in the rowboat | a a _| from the Malta. — he Sie. canbe affair| _ r n to. any observer ; Dobbins had been Ea in irons ad lock except. pos- geiains is es mie a: ren pe oie os For that matter their arrest on land would be almost certain to follow. Trim was as curious about this as any- body else, but he kept his tongue still, being quite certain that Dobbin would ‘eventually tell him all about the affair. If he had had the authority to do so, Trim would have dispatched a boat in- stantly in pursuit of the Malays. It took so much time for- the chief officers of the Malta to realize just what had occurred that the Malays had got more than half way ashore before the steam tug that had brought out the quar- antine officials was dispatched in pursuit of them. By that time it was growing dark, and the. rowboat could hardly be distin- guished by the passengers. It was making for a part of the harbor that was thickly dotted with small craft; most of these were fishing boats lying at anchor. . The tug went in among them, but found no trace of the Malays or their boat. There was nothing remarkable in this, for there was nobody on the tug who was connected with the police, and no one, therefore, who had any especial ex- perience in the chasing of criminals. ~ There is no doubt that an energetic jand experienced police officer could have | run the rascals down within an hour after the assault ou board the Malta. The officers on the tug, however, hav- ing no authority to board any of the fish-— < 3 action. _ They preferred to report the matter to the police on shore and leave the gS apes sibility to them. -_ | , The m:; tterswas reported the police | omptly took measures to ar- rest such of the Malays as had. deserted time the one who had ‘attacked |» ae on shore, and <*>