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"Mebby we can locate the horses on the way." When they returned to the cabin, Gary and Cotton were eating breakfast. Pete flung a pair of broken hobbles on the floor. "Somebody's cayuse got rid of these," he stated casually. He knew that they had been on Gary's horse, as he had seen Gary hobble him. Pete turned and strode out. Andy was unwrapping their lunch.
There ain't a sweeter looking fore-an-after on this coast." "Is that Captain Gary's ship?" asked Ralph, for he had not heard the name of the vessel mentioned before. "Well, you are an ignoramus. Don't know the name of the craft you're shipping on." The old pilot looked disgusted. "Where'd you get your trainin'?"
To fire on an American man-of-war under these circumstances is piracy, and I submit that no captain has a right to issue such orders to true American seamen." Gary's fury was such that he laid hold of one of the cutlasses in the rack at the foot of the mainmast, but the screech of a shot and the crash of a splintered topsail boom, diverted his attention.
Rucker threw down his speaking trumpet in despair, though Gary's eyes were fixed keenly upon the advancing fog. A signal for the slaver to lie to was followed by a peremptory shot athwart the schooner's bow. At the same time a boat was lowered away, filled with armed men, and started towards the Wanderer. "Heave to, men!" ordered the captain. "But be ready to hoist the fo's'l when I give the word.
Ay! that was just it, and that was just what Daisy was not doing. The next words, too, were plain enough. "With all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love." "Forbearing one another" easy to read, how hard to do! Mrs. Gary's image was very ugly yet to Daisy.
The copy was Gary's translation, with illustrations designed by Flaxman; and many of the grand, gloomy passages were underlined by pencil and annotated in the unknown tongue, which so completely baffled her curiosity.
He came and took Gary's place, and silently felt of her hand and looked at her; but he did not ask Daisy what was the matter, because he pretty well knew. His own face, as usual, showed nothing; however, Daisy's came back to its accustomed expression. "Dr. Sandford," said she softly, "what is a meteor?" "Meteors are fiery stones which fall on the earth occasionally." "Where do they come from?"
"What you goin' to do, Pete?" "Me? Why, I'm goin' to drift as soon as I can git a saddle on Blue. Cotton he seen the shootin' but that don't do me no good. He'll swear that I pulled first. He'd say 'most anything he was too scared to know what come off. Gary's hand was on his gun when I let him have it twict." Andy noticed then Pete's torn sleeve. "I reckon that's right. Look at that!"
Maria busied herself with her fish for a minute, turning and washing it; then without looking up from her work she said in a lowered tone, " 'Spect de overseer, he don't hab no favour to such ways and meetin's." "But, with me?" I said; "and with aunt Gary's leave?" "S'pose he like to fix t'ings his own way," said Maria. "Does he forbid them to come?" I asked.
As may be supposed, Duff was paying the closest attention, for he and most others on board had shipped, not knowing the object of the voyage, but tempted by the high wages. "You do, eh." It was Gary's turn to smile now. "You men o' war's men often make mistakes as well as other people. This is the Curlew, four days out of Savannah, in ballast, and bound for Bermuda."
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