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Updated: May 15, 2025
Several days after his talk with Harpending, Benito met Adrian and Francisco, the latter a tall, gangling lad of sixteen. Father and son were talking animatedly, discussing some point on which Francisco seemed determined to have his way. "What d'ye think of this youngster of mine?" Stanley questioned. "Scarcely out of short pants and wants to be a newspaper man!
Here it's nearly midnight and no captain." "He's not with us," said Harpending quietly. But his face paled. Navigator William Law was the only one of whom he had a doubt. But the men must not suspect. "Law will be along soon," he added. "Let us all get aboard and make ready to sail." The men followed him and went below. Harpending, Greathouse and Rubery paced the deck.
Then he sat down, leaned against a spar and smoked. After a while the pipe fell from his listless fingers. "Ahoy, schooner Chapman!" The sleeping sentinel stirred languidly. He stretched himself, yawned, rose in splendid leisure. Then a shout broke from him. Like a frightened rabbit he dived through the hatchway, yelling at the top of his lungs. "The police! The police!" Harpending was up first.
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