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"Why, Colin and Halcro were most friendly. It seems to me ridiculous that anyone should ever suspect such a thing o' the lad!" Mr. Duke here rang his bell and told Macfarlane to bring in Tom Kinlay. It was a considerable time before Tom appeared, with the jailer at his side, for he had to be brought out of the cell in which the smugglers were imprisoned.
I asked him if he did not think she would beat us in this race; but he assured me there was no fear of it, for that though Kinlay had the start of us, yet he had not the advantage of a well trained and disciplined crew, and his ropes were too new to run free.
We watched him closely, for there was something strange in his look. On seeing Kinlay he walked straight up to him, laid a big hand on his shoulder the hand that wanted a finger and, without a word, dragged him to the middle of the room. Kinlay turned quickly round, and putting his hand on his sheath knife drew the weapon.
Tom himself was standing near the old Jew, and bargaining with him for all the treasure that had fallen to his share. The Jew had made some offer for the gem when I came up, and Kinlay was deliberating whilst listening to the advice of the fishermen. "Take his offer, lad," advised Jack Munroe. "Ay, take it, Tommy," added another. "Ye'll mebbe never hae anither such chance again."
"I hae done so already," I said. "I left it wi' the dominie yestreen." The lads looked at each other, but neither offered any objection. "Oh, very well!" said Rosson, "I'll bring mine down i' the mornin'." "And I mine," echoed Hercus. During the first lesson in school it was noticed that Tom Kinlay was absent. "Where is your brother this morning, Thora?" asked Mr. Drever.
Without waiting to explain to herself the meaning of what she saw, or the reason of my being away from the sheep, Jessie hastened towards the clover field. As she approached, however, something occurred that made her run with all speed. Suddenly there was a commotion among the sheep and a noisy barking, for in their midst was Tom Kinlay with his great retriever dog.
There now remained only one other of the smugglers to be captured, and he was ultimately discovered crouching like a terrified dog in a dark corner. Before the revenue men left, however, they made a careful search of the cavern; but they brought nothing down to the boat excepting the wooden box that Kinlay had been searching in when he was surprised by the arrival of the blue jackets.
Here the speaker was interrupted by the appearance of Captain Abernethy. "Come on, Gordon, old boy!" said he; "come along. I'm going to pay all expenses, every penny of them. I'm willing to sport a thousand pounds to clear Jack Paterson. Only to think of that scurvy rascal Kinlay bringing up Jack, and him with a wife and a whole crew of young children. Shall we allow it? No; not if I can help it.
"I suppose, sir, that he had my ropes;" and I pointed to the coil of rope on the table. "Now, further, do you recognize this gun?" "Yes; it is mine." "When did you last use it?" "Two days before I went away in the Falcon, more than two months since." There was a pause here and a passing of the snuffbox. Bailie Duke then turned to Kinlay, holding the viking's stone in his fingers.
I was quickly overtaken by old Isaac and Tom Kinlay. "Ericson," said Tom with a friendly tone in his voice, as though we had never quarrelled. "Let the old man hae a sight o' that thing ye've got round yer neck, will ye?" I put my hands in my trousers pockets, and made no reply. "I gif you tree shilling for it," said the Jew. "Keep your dirty money, sir," I said, turning on my heel.
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