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Those gentlemen who attended the Chevalier St. George were at their liberty to appear in what habit they pleased: Horatio knowing his charming Charlotta was a nymph of the forest, chose to be a hunter, and was accordingly dressed in green, with a little cap on his head and a javelin in his hand, as Acteon is generally portrayed; and indeed had he studied what garb would have become him best, he could not have fixed on one more proper for that purpose.
It was a worse punishment than if it had fallen on his own flesh. Austin and Acteon marched a few steps behind, tied to each other, and brutally treated every moment. Ah, how they envied Hercules's fate! Whatever were the dangers that threatened the latter in that savage country, he could at least use his strength and defend his life.
It will be difficult, perhaps, but it must be done." "It shall be done!" replied Acteon. "Can I help you?" asked little Jack, always ready to work. "Yes, my Jack," replied the novice. "You will take your place at the wheel, with our friend Bat, and you will help him to steer." If little Jack was proud of being assistant helmsman on the "Pilgrim," it is superfluous to say so.
The Arab trader would evidently take care of merchandise which promised him a large profit in the Zanzibar market. Tom, Bat, Acteon, and Austin then left the place. They saw and heard nothing of the scene which was to end the great "lakoni" of Kazounde.
The wind returned, and the PYRENEES, her deck smoking and shimmering in the bright gray light, ran off dead to leeward. Then she worked back, port tack and starboard tack, crisscrossing her track, combing the sea for the Acteon Islands, which the masthead lookouts failed to sight. Captain Davenport was beside himself.
They were strongly chained, and their glances told what horror, what fury and shame overwhelmed them. "Mr. Dick is not there," Bat said, after some time, during which he had searched the vast plain with his eyes. "No," replied Acteon, "they will not put him up for sale." "He will be killed, if he is not already," added the old black.
It was at Madagascar where, however, slavery was soon to be abolished that Tom and his companions had been sold. Dick Sand wished to consecrate his little savings to ransom them, but Mr. Weldon would not hear of it. One of his correspondents arranged the affair, and one day, the 15th of November, 1877, four blacks rang the bell of his house. They were old Tom, Bat, Acteon, and Austin.
Tom was naturally the boatswain, and it was he, indeed, whom his companions would have chosen for that office. He commanded the watch while the novice rested, and he had with him his son Bat and Austin. Acteon and Hercules formed the other watch, under Dick Sand's direction. By this means, while one steered, the others watched at the prow.
But he had done it, and his modesty would not allow him to agree to the fact. Besides, he thought it a very simple thing, and he repeated that any one of his companions would have done the same under the circumstances. This led Mrs. Weldon to speak of old Tom, of his son, of Acteon and Bat, his unfortunate companions. They had started for the lake region.
Dick Sand saw them disappear in the middle of the camp. As to him, accompanied by Nan, Old Tom, Hercules, Bat, Acteon and Austin, he was thrown into a second boat, which went toward another point of the hill. Twenty natives entered this boat. It was followed by five others. Resistance was not possible, and nevertheless, Dick Sand and his companions attempted it.
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