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Ye remember, Frank, thar war a goodish grit o' valleyables in the shanty the saynorita's jeweltry an' the like. Jest possyble, in the skrimmage, whiles they war making capter o' thar prisoners, this ugly varmint tuk devantage o' the confusion to secret a whun o' thar gimcracks, an's now goed back arter 'em." "It seems probable enough.
"Yes," exclaimed Hilary, "if you've got a chance to use them. What do you say, bo'sun?" "Well, your honour, it seems as how we shall get into no end of a pickle if we let these here smugglers capter the Kestrel, so I think we'd best go below and scuttle her. It wouldn't take long." "Well, but, my good fellow, don't you see that we should be scuttling ourselves too?" cried Hilary.
It's an understood thing, too, that the sheriff and the police ain't goin' to interfere if Johnson accidentally blows the top of Bob's head off in the scrimmage of a capter." "And I reckon Bob wouldn't hesitate to do the same thing to him when he finds out that Johnson has given him away?"
Boone was not a revengeful man under any circumstances; and though he had felt more stung and nettled at the implication of Todd the day before than he cared to let others see, yet now that the other had made the apology due him, he showed nothing like haughtiness or triumph in his mild, benevolent countenance, but, bowing slightly, with his characteristic frankness replied: "As you say, Colonel Todd, I've had some little experience with the varmints at different times, not excepting my capter at these same Licks in 1778; and, besides, I've have traversed this here country in every direction, and know every secret hiding-place round about, as well as the rest o' ye know the ground we've jest traveled; and it's on account o' this knowledge partly, and partly on account o' the lazy movements o' them red heathen we've jest seen go over the hill yonder, and the wide trail, and marked trees behind us, that I'm led to opine thar's a tremendous body o' the naked rascals hid in a couple o' ravines, that run down to the river on either side of that ridge, about a mile ahead, who are waiting to take us by surprise.
'Sheer off, said the Captain. 'Where's the good? retorted the forlorn sage. 'She'd capter me agen. 'Try! replied the Captain. 'Cheer up! Come! Now's your time. Sheer off, Jack Bunsby! Jack Bunsby, however, instead of profiting by the advice, said in a doleful whisper: 'It all began in that there chest o' yourn. Why did I ever conwoy her into port that night?
The blaze'll go right over us, and you understand, lads, as soon as the blow up comes, we shall all rush out, take 'em by surprise, and capter the schooner. That's right, sir, ain't it?" "Yes, that's right, Tom. Be ready, my lads." "Ay, ay, sir," said the men, coolly; and the black grasped a cutlass as well, looking prepared for anything. "It'll be sharp work, my lads, but we must win."
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