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"I lose the hundred, that's all," he exclaimed. "But I'll bet another hundred he can't work that trick again!" Hop smiled. "You allee samee watched too muchee," he said. "You bet I would watch." The cards were laid on the table by him, and Hop picked them up in an offhanded way. "Here um nicee lillee tlick," he said, as he ran the cards up his arm in a long string. "Evelybody no do lat, so be."
"Well, we must have food and water, if we are going out of the mouth of the river," said Mr Brooke, and he turned the boat's head shoreward. "No makee haste," said Ching deprecatingly. "Too soon, evelybody fas' asleep." Mr Brooke gave an impatient stamp on the frail bamboo half-deck, but said no more for a few moments.
Are they waiting for men?" "P'laps; but Ching think they know 'bout other big junk. Some fliends tell them in the big city. Say to them, big junk load with silk, tea, dollar. Go sail soon. You go wait for junk till she come out. Then you go 'longside, killee evelybody, and take silk, tea, dollar; give me lit' big bit for tellee." "Yes, that's very likely to be the reason they are waiting."
"Allee done," said Ching. "Execution man have velly much plactice." He said this to me, but I made no reply, for the whole place seemed to be going round and round. "You thinkee they all come back again and have junk? Go kill shoot evelybody, pilate ghost-man?" "No," I said hoarsely; "can we go now?" "Velly soon. Gleat clowd all along gate. Lookee, Mis' Tanner go s'eep."
They'll go through here like a twelve-inch shot." "You alle same tell cop?" grinned Chow, green hatred showing through his skin. "Then I tell evelybody about you fliend in there." "Do just as you please about that," retorted Dave with pretended carelessness. "For one thing, you don't know his name." "Oh, yes, I do," swaggered Chow impudently. "Know heap 'bout him. His name alle same Pen'ton."
"Soon know; see big junk come down liver, and pilates go after long way, then go killee evelybody. Muchee better go set fire both junk to-night." "We shall see," said Mr Brooke quietly. He rose and walked down to the two sentinels. "Keep a sharp look-out, my lads, for any junks which come down the river, as well as for any movements on board those two at anchor.
"Why, Ching," I said, "you here?" "Yes; velly hot down below, no sleepee sleepee. Come on deck, nicee cool. You have fightee morrow?" "I hope so," I said; but asked myself the next moment whether I really did hope so. "Velly bad fightee, bad pilates come, and captain killee whole lot. Allee velly bad man, killee evelybody." "Do you think they will come out of hiding?" "Ching don'tee know.
Pilate get big junk, swordee, gun, plenty powder; go killee evelybody, and hide tea, silk, lice up liver. One pilate twenty pilate allee do same. Hide up liver." "Perhaps he's right," said Mr Grey, who sat back with the tiller in his hand, listening. "They do imitate one another. What one gang does, another does. They're stupid enough to have no fresh plans of their own."
"Velly bad men, killee evelybody. They killee now." My eyes would not close.
As I leaned over the side, Ching heaved a deep sigh. "What's the matter?" I whispered. "Ching so velly mislable," he whispered back. "Mr Blooke think him velly bad man. Think Ching want to give evelybody to pilate man. Ching velly velly solly." "Hist! look out!"
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