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"The others treated you like so many dogs." "We have deserted Lesher," put in Marny. "We came over here on the raft to see if you wouldn't take us in." "Were you alone?" asked Captain Blossom. "No, we had Hackenhaven with us. But he fell overboard just after we left the wreck, and the sharks caught him," answered Gibson, with a bitter shake of his face.
We had a hard pull to get over here, and when poor Hackenhaven was gobbled up both of us felt bad, I can tell you." It was now seen that both sailors were almost exhausted, and Captain Blossom allowed them to rest, while Dick prepared a pot of coffee. While they were drinking, Gibson told them the particulars of how the mate had made himself leader of the sailors now left on the wreck.
We know they've got the best of it having the ship's stores but we don't care for that. They are a drunken, good-for-nothing crowd, and we are done with them." "All right, men, I think we can trust you," said Captain Blossom. "It's a pity that Hackenhaven was lost overboard and eat up by the sharks. We could rather have spared Lesher." "Or Dan Baxter," observed Tom.
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