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I shot a wild turkey as I came up, and I fired in the direction of the steamer. It occurred to me that the ball might have gone through her, and I confess that I was very careless," replied Cornwood. "I think you were, extremely careless," I added coldly. "But I am sure the ball could not have gone within ten feet of you, or I should have seen you," protested the guide.
"I don't say it means anything; but that is what it means, if anything," replied Washburn after some hesitation. "Nothing can be proved; and we should not be justified in doing anything on mere suspicion. All we have to do is to keep a close watch on Cornwood and Griffin Leeds." We agreed to do this, but in such a manner as not to alarm the conspirators, if they were such.
I think you had better discharge the woman, and then you will be free from the possibility of blame." "I don't propose to meddle with the matter in any way," I replied promptly. "I don't know but you have a wife. If she should come here and protest against my carrying you off up the river, I don't think I should pay any attention to her." "That's another question," replied Cornwood, smartly.
We found three cat-rigged boats at Titusville, which we had no difficulty in procuring. The ladies would not allow us to leave them at the settlement, though Cornwood intimated that we might have a rough time of it. Mr. Garbrook, Cornwood, and myself served as skippers, and we were all thoroughly acquainted with the business.
My sympathies were greatly excited; but in a quarrel between man and wife, I had heard older people say no one should interfere unless they came to blows, and I said nothing. "Griffin sailed in some vessel with Mr. Cornwood, I believe," I added. "Never in this world!" protested Chloe.
He knew enough of Owen Garningham to understand that, after he had made up his mind to start on the up-river trip on Monday, he would be determined to go in the face of all obstacles. "I can hardly desert the poor fellow in his trouble," sighed Mr. Cornwood. "That is a question you must decide for yourself," I replied, with as much indifference as I could assume.
"That's a black trout," replied the pilot. "Black trout!" replied the Colonel, who was a great fisherman. "That isn't a trout of any sort! It is a black bass." "We call them black trout on the St. Johns, where they are very plenty at some seasons of the year," added Cornwood.
Cornwood," I replied, rather coldly, for the chief engineer bought the coal, and the steward the provisions and ice. "I can well understand why you should not remember me, Captain Garningham, for you met a great many people about the time I saw you, and your mind was occupied with some peculiar matters, such as the sinking of the other steamer."
"I am the pilot of this steamer for the present," replied Cornwood; and I thought he felt a little "cut" by the question. "Isn't this a little derogatory to the profession?" laughed the Colonel. "I don't practise at the bar much, as you are aware: my health does not admit of the confinement," the pilot explained.
Cornwood said some native would take possession of him, and in two or three months his teeth would be for sale in the stores at Jacksonville. We were on board in time for dinner at one, the hour at which it had been ordered. In the afternoon I received a visit from the gentleman who was sailing the little steam-yacht near us.
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