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His boat had scarcely become a speck on the water, when Hugh began to crawl back to the other side of the mound. Joe Durgan, who was evidently not nearly so "looney" as represented, had warned the smugglers of the presence of the Arrow near their retreat, and Hugh realized that no time should be lost if Vinton were to spread sail and go in pursuit of them or of the Petrel.
"Well, but what like is he?" "Oh, as to that, Sir, a man of ordinary shape, like yourself, in a plain blue coat and a wig shorter than ordinary; nothing about him to prepare you for the language he lets fly." "And," put in Arch'laus Spry, "he's taken lodgings down to Durgan with the Widow Polkinghorne, and eaten his dinner a fowl and a jug of cider with it.
As far as he could learn from the snatches of talk which reached his ears, the spot was to be close to this deserted settlement; before them was a little sandy bay where boats could come ashore, even should there be a heavy sea running outside. It was further decided that Joe Durgan would show a light in a window of one of the smaller cabins if the coast was clear.
The occupants of the boat were Billy Worth and Dave. Reaching the place, they stopped the engine, ran the boat's nose into the soft bank, and sprang ashore. "Where -how did you get it?" asked Norton in surprise. "The boat? Oh, we just borrowed it from Joe Durgan and his friends!" Billy declared.
"If I stand here till you'd be bringin' me my orders, I'll have the whole kit av thim buzzin' round to know fwhat's the matther," said Callahan; but there was no other thing to do, and Durgan hurried back to the telegraph office to play the messenger. He was too long about it.
"That you, Harry?" he inquired. "No, it's me -Branks," replied the other man. "Confound your eyesight, Joe! can't you tell an honest poor cuss from a crook?" He laughed at this merry sally, and Joe Durgan responded with a snort. "Who you-all got thar?" was his next question, as the others came up. "A kid, eh? What you-all doin' with him?"
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