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There was a pause, and Dick and old Jerry began to unload the things they had brought from the wreck. They had found a large cake of ice. But the coming of Baxter and Jack Lesher had taken away the pleasure of making lemonade and orange ice, and the lump was placed in some water to cool it for drinking purposes.
"Did I? Too bad! I'll have to find another. Where are the girls?" "Asleep in the house, and so are Dick Rover and old Jerry Tolman." "What of Cap'n Blossom and them other Rover boys?" "They are not expected back for several days." "Humph! Say, I feel bad, I do. I must have something to brace me up." "You'd better not disturb them, Lesher. They are mighty stiff-necked since they landed here."
Yet he was not willing to do the mate's work, or put that work onto others, so Jack Lesher had to take his turn on deck, no matter in what condition. "I must say I don't like that first mate at all," said Tom to Sam. "He is very friendly with Baxter." "I have noticed that," replied the youngest Rover. "Such a friendship doesn't count in the mate's favor."
Then an idea struck the mate. "Wait; I am going back," he said, and disappeared on the deck one more. Dan Baxter imagined that Lesher had gone for more liquor. But he was mistaken. When the mate reappeared, he carried a box containing half a dozen pistols, two guns, and a quantity of ammunition. "I am going to hide this in the woods on the other side of this island," he said.
"Come with me." There was now a crashing in the bushes back of Dan Baxter, and in a second more Jack Lesher appeared on the scene. He too was haggard and dirty, and his eyes were much blood-shot, the result of living almost entirely on liquor for several days after being wrecked on the islands. "Well, is it possible!" cried the mate of the Golden Wave.
"I'll wager you started to boss things," said Sam. "Dick doesn't raise a row without just cause." "Good for Sam," murmured Dick. "Your brother was entirely to blame," grunted the mate. He was still far from sober. "Jack Lesher, you tell what is not so," said Dick loudly, and joined the group, followed by old Jerry. Had a bombshell exploded, Lesher and Baxter would not have been more astonished.
"What did Lesher say to your leaving?" asked Tom. "He didn't know it until after we were a hundred yards or more from the wreck. You see, he and the others were drinking in the cabin, so we got away without much trouble," answered Marny. "They might have shot at us, but it was too dark for them.
"Some of them are coming now!" announced Sam, half an hour later. "Everybody get back out of sight," cried Captain Blossom. There was a wild scramble, and in the rush Tom tripped and fell. His foot struck a stone, which went rolling down to the mutineers' feet. "Hi! hi! there they are!" came in a rough, thick voice. "Where?" roared back the voice of Jack Lesher.
The sky was growing dark, and by the time the beach in front of the house was gained the rain was falling. "Where are Dick and, old Jerry?" asked Dora in quick alarm. She had noted long before that only Baxter and the mate were in the rowboat. "They stayed behind on the wreck," answered Lesher. "Come, help get the bundles out of the wet," he added to his companion.
"Yes, yes, keep off!" added the others on the deck. "The ship is mine," said the captain. "If you refuse to let me come on board " At that moment two other figures appeared on deck. "Dan Baxter and Jack Lesher!" murmured Dick. "Captain Blossom, you had better keep your distance," said Lesher in a voice that showed he was just getting over a spell of drunkenness.
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