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There can be no mistaking its import. The mise en scene explains it, showing the stage set for an execution. If they have a thought of interfering it is too late. While they stand in suspense, a shout reaches them, followed by explanatory words. They are in the voice of Walt Wilder, who has said "Death to the scoundrels! Now, Nat, move your mule forrard!"
In the midst of all this noise and tumult, the undaunted Slorkey, and the indomitable Jalap, rushed to and fro, with clanking scabbards, and brandished scythe blades, twin thunderbolts of war. "Forrard march!" roared Slorkey. With the yell of demons, his fierce followers advanced to the onset, firing their blank cartridges with desperate valor. Equally alert were Major Ryely and his followers.
"That's about right now, sir," said Tom; "and that's about safe, but I'm blessed if I didn't think it had all gone off." Bang! went another gun. "Go it, old gal," cried Tom. "I say, sir, that first shot must have hit us somewheres forrard. Oughtn't we to give 'em a cheer?"
We'll get a chance at their mounted infantry yet. All in God's time, boys. Never doubt it." The bugle-horns of the Legion were now sounding their derisive, fox-hunting calls, and behind us we could hear the far laughter and shouting: "Yoicks! Forrard! Stole away stole away!"
An' sit up burnin' candle, an' lie a-bed wi' the sun a-bakin' you like a cowcumber i' the frame? The clock hasn't been put forrard for the first time to-day, I reckon." The fact was, Hetty had really forgotten the difference of the clocks when she told Captain Donnithorne that she set out at eight, and this, with her lingering pace, had made her nearly half an hour later than usual.
Now, as I have said, we kept silence; but this was only for a time, and our reason for breaking it was a discovery made by George, the younger apprentice. This lad, being no smoker, was fain to do something to while away the time, and with this intent, he had raked out the contents of a small box, which had lain upon the deck at the side of the forrard bulkhead.
"I know yo' did done hit, but I couldn't mind, an' tagged 'long arter yo'." "How'd you know he wuz there?" "I done seed the bushes move over his head. I knowed jest how he wuz a-layin' for yo'. Le's go forrard an' git him."
"I was there an hour or so him and me alone discussin' trade. I reckon he's got a good thing outer that curled horse hair, for I see he's got in an invoice o' cushions. I've stored 'em all in the forrard bulkhead until he sends for 'em, ez Mr. Renshaw hez taken the loft." But although Mr. Renshaw had taken the loft, he did not seem in haste to occupy it.
Whatever he might have been thought of aft, certainly, for the time, he was a very important personage forrard; even the Portuguese, who were inclined to be jealous of what they considered an infringement of their rights, were mollified by the generosity shown. After every sign of the operations had been cleared away, the jaw was brought out, and the teeth extracted with a small tackle.
"Angel," he called, "get the other anchor over and give her all of both chains." "Aye, aye, sir," answered the mate. "Send a lantern forrard, Bill. Can't see our noses." "Steward," yelled the captain, "where are you? Light up a deck-lantern and the binnacle. Bear a hand."
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