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"All right, Dave; close it," added Christy, when he saw there was no one in the passage; and he concluded that Mulgrum was not likely to be practising his vocation when there was no one in the cabin but himself and the steward. Dave obeyed the order like a machine, and then renewed his gaze at the commander. "Are you a Freemason, Dave?" asked Christy.
"What officer, Captain Passford?" asked the steward, opening his eyes to their utmost capacity, and looking as bewildered as an owl in the gaslight. "I repeat that I do not set you to watch an officer; and I leave it to you to ascertain with whom Mulgrum has any talk, if with any one. Now I warn you that, if you accomplish anything in this mission, you will do it at night and not in the daytime.
Farther aft was Lillyworth, as uneasy as a caged tiger, for no doubt he realized that the Scotian was to fall a victim to the circumstances that beset her, rather than as the result of a spirited chase or a sharply fought battle. He looked about him for a moment, and the instant he turned his head, Mulgrum came out from behind the mast, and passed quite near him.
Respectfully yours, CHRISTOPHER PASSFORD, Master Commanding." "I beg your pardon, Captain Passford, but what under the canopy is that letter for?" asked Flint, not a little excited. "It is for Pink Mulgrum to copy," replied the captain. "That is all the use I intend to make of it." Flint leaned back in his chair and laughed heartily, and the commander could not help joining him. Mr.
"But my writing is of a confidential nature," replied the captain. "I have known this man, whose name is Pink Mulgrum, for some time. He is deaf and dumb, and you must have noticed him." "Oh, yes; I have seen him, and he had an interview with Mr. Flint in my presence. I observed that he wrote a good hand, and wrote very rapidly."
Unfortunately for the writer, he did desire to use it himself, and he could not help smiling at the enterprise of the deaf mute in his attempt to obtain an opportunity to forage among the papers in his drawers. Mulgrum certainly did his work nicely and expeditiously, for he had finished it at three bells in the forenoon watch.
Mulgrum had heard the conversation between the first lieutenant and himself, which was intended to blind the listener, and he had reported it to his confederate. It was only another confirmation, if any were needed, in regard to the character of the conspirators.
"He seems to be perplexed by the situation, and his time for action, if he intends to act, has not yet come." "I don't see Pink Mulgrum anywhere about the deck." "I saw him a few minutes since," added Christy. "He passed several times quite near Mr. Lillyworth, and very likely something was said between them; but they had no long talk."
He pretended to be cleaning the brass work." "What was he there for? When a man is as deaf as the foremast of the ship what would he be doing at the door?" "He was down on his knees, and his ear was not a great way from the keyhole of the door." "But he could not hear anything." "I don't know: that is what I want to find out. The mission I have for you, Dave, is to watch Mulgrum.
One thing was fully evident from this surprise that the officer of the deck gave full faith to the bogus instructions which had been imparted to him by Mulgrum. He believed that the Bronx was to hasten to the Gulf, as the former course indicated.
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