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The hail was answered by another from the westernmost boat, commanded by Jemmy Duff; he sung out "Did you see the mistico get into the harbour, with the rest of the rascals?" "No," said Tompion. "Did any one on board see her?" he asked of the crew. "No, sir," was the general answer. "No one saw her go in," he answered. "Then, by Jove, there she is, on our starboard beam," sung out Duff in return.
The mistico sailed well; but, as the wind stood, it was evident that she would be obliged to make one tack, if not more, before she could fetch the harbour, and this gave the British a hope that they should at all events be able to cut her off; and Linton doubted whether it would not be better first to get hold of as many of the boats as they could, and then to wait for her off the mouth of the harbour.
In spite of the violence of the storm, he immediately set out to collect some more youthful and active men to attend him; and he was soon again seen crossing the causeway in the direction of the place towards which the vessel was driving. As it was scarcely possible for Nina to reach her own tower, she continued, with Ada Garden, watching the awful progress of the mistico.
"I shall think of you always with the affection of a sister; but I must not let you go even now; for I fear greatly you will be disappointed in your expectations. See, yonder bark; mark how her head is turned; and tell me if she is steering for the harbour." "Alas! that is not our chief's mistico, after all," exclaimed little Mila, corroborating the opinion Ada had formed.
"That mistico, why she must be a stranger to these parts, or she would not venture near our shore; and she has a crew on board who know very little about their calling, for they are going to wreck themselves as clearly as possible, somewhere at the east end of the island.
The people on the raft were then seen to quit it, and to go on board the mistico, which directly kept away, and ran to the westward, evidently to avoid the stranger which she must have just then seen for the first time. The ship made the number of the Venus, and after standing on some little time, tacked and stood towards the Ione.
"We come from Malta and were bound for Smyrna, but were driven out of our course by a gale of wind, in which we lost our master and mate. Our vessel was wrecked, and becoming the purchasers of the mistico, we endeavoured to find our way home in her. None of us, however, understanding navigation, we were afraid to continue our voyage till we found some one to supply their place.
She glided, however, between them, and slid with a slight grating noise on to the soft sand, close to where still lay the mistico, which it seemed the pirates had not got off. All hands jumped out, with the exception of the boat-keepers, and Captain Fleetwood lost not a moment in leading the way to the cavern, which he feared to find blocked up.
"We must leave the raft to take its chance, sir, while we chase the mistico, I suppose," asked Saltwell. "Yes, by all means haul up a couple of points on the starboard tack." "Port the helm. Larboard fore braces. Starboard after braces," cried Saltwell. "Avast," exclaimed Captain Fleetwood, who had been looking at the raft through his glass. "Starboard the helm again. Keep her as she was.
They could not do it better if they were to try; and as there are only two places on the whole coast where they have a chance of escaping, probably in a few minutes they will have gone to the other world." "Then you think that she is not my husband's mistico," said Nina. "Think! why no, of course not; she is not unlike her either, lady," answered the old pirate.
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