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Blowitz may still be sneaking around." As cautiously as possible they advanced. They found there was a rough path leading from the beach up the cliff, on top of which the two men had stood. With Jerry, holding the lantern to guide them, Ned and Bob followed.
"That brig and all on it is mine, by every legal claim, and I shall maintain my rights to the uttermost." "Very well then, it is to be a fight!" answered Blowitz. "We are to be rival seekers after the derelict. Possession is nine points of the law, and I intend to take possession." "First you'll have to find it." "Never fear. I am on the track. Good-bye, my recent partner.
"Don't you want to go ashore, boys?" called Mr. Blowitz. "I guess we'd better," murmured Bob. "The water is quite deep except for the place where the Ripper went on the rocks." "The motor boat will stay there all right until high tide," the man went on. "Better anchor her well, however, it might come on to blow." Jerry attended to this, throwing over a strong anchor which was aboard.
It now settled down to a pursuit, for, stern on as she was, the Ripper offered so small a mark for the tug, that it was almost useless to fire the cannon. There were anxious hearts aboard the motor boat, as they watched the tug pursuing them. They knew there would be a fight if Blowitz and Mr. De Vere met, and, in the latter's crippled condition, it was not hard to imagine how it would result.
Then the three boys joined the others in the rowboat. "Can you find your way to shore, through this fog?" asked Rose. "Oh, yes, we're not far from the beach," replied Mr. Blowitz. "I've been out to see an old fisherman, on business, and I was slowly coming back through the fog, when I saw your boat. I didn't know you owned that."
"The ship is not sinking, and I don't believe it has leaked a drop, though at first I thought so. There was no collision, for there is no sign of damage. Yet there is every indication that captain and crew deserted the brig in a hurry. Now what made them do that? Why did not Blowitz give me some reason for that? What caused the abandonment of the brig?"
He did not read the Times: indeed, he did not know there ever had been a Times that institution had foundered somewhere in the intervening gulf of years; but the phonograph machine, that talked to him as he made his toilet of a morning, might have been the voice of a reincarnated Blowitz when it dealt with the world's affairs.
"No thanks to you that I was not killed! You meant to end my life when you pushed me over the cliff, and, as soon as this business is settled I intend to see that you are punished for your crimes. You have gone too far, Carson Blowitz." "Not as far as I intend to go!" suddenly exclaimed the other, with a change in his manner. The two boats were now side by side, not twenty feet away.
"I'll pay you two thousand dollars for your time and trouble, stand all expenses, and, if you find the brig, and tow her in, I'll give you three thousand dollars. That's a fair offer. Now you can start to-morrow morning, can't you, boys?" "I don't know," began Jerry, slowly. "Isn't that money enough?" and Blowitz seemed much excited. "Oh, yes, the offer is a very good one.
If we slacken our speed they may approach before they see the trick, and I can form some opinion of what this strange chase means." "What do you think it means?" asked Ned. "I'm afraid it indicates that Blowitz is after us," replied Mr. De Vere. "I think he has heard of our voyage after the brig and has hired this tug to try and beat me. But slow down, and let us see what happens.
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