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It was currently believed in New York that Druce kept her for the sole purpose of being able to escape in her, should an exasperated country ever rise in its might and demand his blood. It was rumoured that the Seahound was ballasted with bars of solid gold and provisioned for a two years' cruise. Mr.
A stop at Long Branch was therefore out of the question. "I told you Friday was an unlucky day," said the General. It was eight o'clock that evening before the Seahound stood off from the Twenty-third Street wharf. "I'll have to put you ashore in a small boat," said Druce: "you won't mind that, I hope. The captain is so uncertain about the engines that he doesn't want to go nearer land."
Buller, however, claimed that the tendency of nature was to revert to original conditions, and that some fine morning Druce would hoist the black flag, sail away, and become a real pirate. The great speculator, in a very nautical suit, was waiting for the General when he drove up, and, the moment he came aboard, lines were cast off and the Seahound steamed slowly down the bay.
Scott was not quite satisfied with the steering under the altered conditions, and he went to the wheel himself. He was a very skilful boatman in a sailing-craft, as had been fully proved by his bringing his yacht, the Seahound, from New York through the Bahama Islands. The seaman was inclined to follow the compass too closely, while Scott regarded the effect of the sail.
But we can drop in at Long Branch and receive despatches if you think it necessary." "All right," said the General, much relieved. "I'll meet you at Twenty- third Street at eight o'clock Friday morning, then." Druce's yacht, the Seahound, was a magnificent steamer, almost as large as an Atlantic liner.
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