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"No; but he spells deliverance. You see if he can't do anything for us himself he can carry the news of our whereabouts to Fort Malsun, and " At that moment a whip-stock hammered at the cabin-door, and a second later Trooper Anderton entered. For a moment he was a little taken aback by the girl's appearance, then Stane made the introduction. "Miss Yardely; Mr. Anderton!"
A party went to the cabin-door, knocked down the sentry, and entered it. The captain was in his cot, and he was soon overpowered. We threw him out of the cabin-window. Another party threw the officer of the watch over the larboard quarter, but he, being young and active, caught hold of the hammock-stanchion, when one of the men cut his hands off, and he soon dropped astern.
He led her to her cabin-door hesitated took her hand and held it while he spoke: "I don't know why, as I said before, I have talked of this; I could not have done it with any one else. Let me thank you for your sympathy with all my heart." Then he was gone; and, very grave and thoughtful, Edith sought Trixy and the upper berth.
As he spoke, Oriana, who, in the fresh night air, had recovered from her swoon, pale and with dishevelled hair, appeared at the cabin-door. Harold and Beverly sought to lead her out before her eyes fell upon Arthur's bleeding form; but she had already seen the pale, calm face, clotted with blood, but with the beautiful sad smile still lingering upon the parted lips.
The cabin-doors were closed, but the light still remained in it. I watched for some time, and perceiving that Marables did not move, walked gently up to him. He was fast asleep; I waited for some little time alongside of him. At last he snored. It was an opportunity not to be lost. I crept to the cabin-door; it was not locked.
"The square thing; and damn your friends damn France!" He rose as he spoke, for they had both heard the customs officers come on board; and these functionaries were now bowing at the cabin-door. It was early in November that the report took wing in Paris that John Turner's bank was, after all, going to weather the storm.
Anthony always in his mind, he would have let out a yell for help. He staggered to her cabin-door, and, as it was, his call for "Captain Anthony" burst out of him much too loud; but he made a great effort of self-control. "I am waiting for my orders, sir," he said outside that door distinctly, in a steady tone. It was very still in there; still as death.
It was late in the afternoon when the steam-boat brought her to C , and, without waiting to ask any questions respecting him, she hired a man and cart to take her and her luggage to M . The road through the bush was very heavy, and it was night before they reached Robertson's clearing, and with some difficulty the driver found his way among the logs to the cabin-door.
As I stepped in on the "Juno's" deck, Captain Hood made his appearance at the cabin-door. Touching my hat, I went up and reported myself. "Good morning, Mr Chester," observed he affably; "I am very glad to see you have come safely out of your escapade. It is a manifest breach of discipline, and, as such, must be punished.
So Corporal Van Spitter walked down the hatchway, where he ascertained that his commandant lay insensible. "Dat is good," thought he, and he went aft, lighted his lanthorn, and, as a ruse, knocked at the cabin-door.
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