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"Weel," responded Nairn resignedly, "I can only wish ye luck; but, should ye be detained up yonder, if one of ye could sail across to Comox to see if there's any mail there it would be wise to do so." He waved his hand. "No more of that; we'll consider what tactics I had better adopt in case of delay."
Vane still had food enough to keep life in one man for a little while, and it would not be a long run to Comox with a strong northerly wind. If the sloop would face the sea that was running he might return with assistance before his comrade's scanty store was exhausted.
An' thot mate-fellow untendun' tull report me tull the Board o' Trade, only for thot he saw fut tull be sliced un two pieces on the steam-pipe cover. "He was a fool. After loadun' ot Portland I hod tull take on suxty tons o' coal tull last me tull Comox. The charges for lighterun' was heavy, an' no room ot the coal dock.
His comrade was then inside the sloop, holding a big stone against one of her frames, while Vane crouched outside, swinging a hammer. Her empty hull flung back the thud of the blows, which rang far across the trees. Vane was bare-armed and stripped to shirt and trousers. He had arrived from Comox across the straits at dawn that morning.
Bendle was fully confirmed; but she had made up her mind. Evelyn's lover might wait for the warning which could save him, but he should wait in vain. It was a long, wet sail up the coast with the wind ahead, and Carroll was quite content when, on reaching Comox, Vane announced his intention of stopping there until the mail came in.
Vane should be at Comox now," she began. "Have you any idea of recalling him? Of course, I know a little about the Clermont affairs." Nairn glanced at her with thoughtful eyes. "I'm no acquainted with any reason that would render such a course necessary." Evelyn reappeared shortly after this, and Jessy excused herself from staying for the evening meal and walked home thinking hard.
"You will not forget to wait at Nanaimo and Comox?" she reminded him. "No. If you recall me, I'll come back at once; if not, I'll go on with a lighter heart, knowing that I can safely stay away." Jessy said nothing further, and he moved on. She felt that she had scored and she knew when to stop. The man had given her his full confidence.
"It struck me that you were disappointed when you got no mail at Comox," Carroll remarked at length, feeling that he was making something of a venture. "I was," admitted Vane. "That's strange," Carroll persisted, "because your hearing nothing from Nairn left you free to go ahead, which, one would suppose, was what you wanted."
An' he told me tull my face homeward bound thot I'd been half an inch under my marks. 'Twas at Portland, loadun' cargo un fresh watter an' goin' tull Comox tull load bunker coal un salt watter. I tell ye, Annie, ut takes close fuggerin', an' I WAS half an inch under the load-line when the bunker coal was un. But I'm no tellun' any other body but you.
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