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"Lunatics!" gasped Mulcher. "Greer and I fancied someone scuttled the Minnie B," explained Madden with a frown, "but that's no sign such a person is aboard the Vulcan." "They are wonderful like, sir," observed Gaskin. "Anyway we'll look her over." The men agreed and began scattering away, two by two for companionship. Presently from the port side Hogan raised his voice guardedly.
"It sounds queer, an' it looked queerer, but 'e did, sor!" Madden made a sharp angry gesture for silence, "One at a time. Mulcher, what happened?" "'E comes in, Mr. Madden," began the cockney more composedly, "an' says, 'Forward, men, lively now, an' Galton 'e turns an' says, 'Ye may take that, ye " Again came the irrepressible chorus, "Aye, that 'e did, sor!"
Sure enough the mysterious light flamed up once more as suddenly as it disappeared. It flickered and wavered over hull and spars. "It might possibly be a phosphorescent display," hazarded Leonard, completely mystified. "Tropical seas grow very luminous when disturbed... a school of dolphins or sharks on the other side the schooner might " "This must be a reg'lar fire!" cried Mulcher.
"It makes no difference what happens," put in Caradoc, "we'll see the thing through." For some reason the men thought better of Smith since the fight and his crisp announcement cheered them somewhat. "She's got plenty o' coal," volunteered Galton. "'Er engines look all right," contributed Mulcher, "though I know bloomin' little about hengines."
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