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Updated: June 7, 2025
It was the strong rope, by means of which one of the mizzen yards was braced, and was rove through a block attached to the outward end of the yard. "Hoist away now with a will!" "Hold on," cried Slagg, stuffing a mass of sail-cloth violently, by means of a hand-spike, underneath the binding rope of the raft. "There now yo ho! heave ho-o!"
Just then a pistol shot rang in the night air. The last of the pirates who was overpowered chanced to use his fire-arm, though without success. It was fortunate the fight was over, for, now that the alarm had been given, they knew that their chance of escaping was greatly lessened. "Cut the cable, Slagg. Out with a boat-hook, Johnson, ready to shove off.
"And what," said Robin with a laugh, "if there should be a few clerks in the bank? We might perhaps find them troublesome fellows to deal with." "We might, Robin. Would it not be wise to return and let Slagg and Stumps know what we have discovered, and take counsel together before we act." "Agreed," said Robin.
"The track's made for walkin' on, not standin', young Hallo!" It was Slagg who had thus roughly encountered his mate. "Why, Stumps, what's the matter with yon?" "Nothing." "Where 'ave you bin to?" "Nowhere." "Who's bin a-frightenin' of you!" "Nobody."
"Well, please yourself, Stumpy," said Slagg with a good-humoured laugh, "you never was the best o' company, so I won't break my heart." At the hotel to which they had been recommended two rooms were engaged, a small single room for Letta, and one with two beds and a sofa for themselves.
As the poor man had by that time fallen into a genuine slumber which appeared to be dreamless he was left under the care of Stumps and Slagg, while Sam and Robin went off to ascertain whether or not the island was inhabited. "We will go straight up to the highest point at once, so as to get a bird's-eye view of it," said Sam.
But Jim Slagg led them to a cottage not far from the sea, where they received from the family resident there at the time a warm and hearty Scottish welcome. It is not uncommon, we suspect, for eccentric natures to undertake the most important matters at the most unsuitable times and in the most ridiculous manners.
"I thought so," rejoined Sam; "now, all we've got to do is to hoist a flag on the highest peak of the mountain, and when a vessel comes to take us off, load her with as much of the booty as she can carry and then, hurrah for old England!" "Hooray!" echoed Jim Slagg, "them's exactly my sentiments." "But the booty is not ours to take," objected Robin.
We've bin washed clean over the reef by the wave that sank us, into a sort o' nat'ral harbour, an' we ain't far from shore. I can feel bottom now, sir, which, bein' a six-footer, you'll touch easy." "So I do!" exclaimed Sam, letting down his feet. "Madge, darling, cheer up, we've got soundings. Give Sammy to Slagg. There, we'll do famously now."
"It's an uncommon pleasant dream, if it is one," remarked Jim Slagg, with a grave stare at Robin, as he sat up on his couch. "I never in all my born days dreamt such a sweet smell of coffee and fried sausages. Why, the old 'ooman's a-bringin' of 'em in, I do declare. Pinch me, Stumps, to see if I'm awake!"
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