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Folding his arms, and grinning impudently at the astounded cordon of faces, Roke drawled: "I just dropped in to say 'Howdy' to Mr. Standish. Nobody was around. So I made bold to pick up the fiddle and have a little spiel. I ain't done any harm, and there's nothing you-all can hold me on." For ten seconds nobody answered. Nobody spoke or moved.
The men will be leaving work now," said Mrs. Bradford. Miss Ethel continued her work again, moving quietly about the room. Wave after wave of wet salt air was rolling in from the sea, pressing upon that which travelled slowly inland, so that the roke grew very dense, and the little house seemed to be cut off from all the world. Miss Ethel sat down and leaned her head back with her eyes shut: Mrs.
But I've got a pretty straight tip that, as soon as my back is turned, he cuts indoors and spends most of his day whanging at that disreputable old violin of his. And when Rodney Hade comes over here. I can't get a lick of work out of Roke, for love or money. Hade is one of the best amateur violinists in America, and he's daft on playing.
The boats will be hidden or padlocked. And here I'll stay, with Roke for a chum. till whatever is going on at Standish's house is safely finished with. It's a pretty program. If I can get away to-night without Roke's finding it out till morning " His eyes were beginning to accustom themselves to the room. Its corners and farther reaches and most of its floor were still invisible.
Far in the van was Roke his attention no doubt having been caught by the smoke pouring through the ventilator. The two others were an undersized conch and a towering Bahama negro. All three carried clubs, and a pistol glittered in Roke's left hand. Ten feet from the reeling Gavin. Roke opened fire. But, as he did not halt when he pulled trigger, his shot went wild.
"Fell," said Roke. succinctly, jerking his thumb back toward the corrugated iron hut. "Climbed my roof to mend a leak. Fell. My face hit every bump. Then I landed on a pile of coconuts. I'm sore all over. He gurgled, mouthingly, as his swollen eyes chanced to light on Gavin Brice. who was just following Milo from the launch to the float. And his discolored and unshaven jaw went slack.
And, for a space, all stood gazing in silence at the awesome spectacle. Roke broke the spell by tugging at Hade's coat, and urging eagerly: "Best get out, at the double-quick, Boss! This blaze is due to bring folks a-runnin', an' !" "Well?" inquired Hade, impatiently. "What then? They'll find us looking at a burning tree. Is there any law against that?
"I suppose that will put a crimp in your violin-playing for a while." Turning to Gavin who looked in new surprise at the giant on hearing of this unexpected accomplishment. Milo explained: "I hired Roke to run this key for me and keep the conchs and the coons at work.
Even if he didn't know Hade had smuggled across a bagful of his pet moccasins to Roke, yet he let me be trapped into that " "It's only in the Devil's Ledger, that two wrongs make a right!" she flamed. "I grant my brother treated you abominably. But his excuse was that your presence might ruin his great ambition in life.
Before he could shoot again or bring his club into action. Brice was upon him. Gavin smote once and once only with the willowy metal strip. But he struck with all the dazzling speed of a trained saber fencer. The iron strip caught Roke across the eyes, smartingly and with a force which blinded him for the moment and sent him staggering back in keen pain.
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