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I only suggested that your friend the captain might not be as willing as you are to let me escape at Key West." "I will guarantee his fidelity. I am as sure of him as I am of myself." "All right, Percy, I will hold myself subject to your orders. But I think you had better buy the boat, and put it on board of the Snapper, for I could not do so without exposing myself," suggested Christy.
"Perfectly understood," added the other. David hailed his friend Jim Peckson, and Percy was transferred to his boat. Christy felt an intense relief in getting rid of him. Of course he had not the remotest idea of going on board of the Snapper, whose brutal commander had declared that he would kill him. But he realized that Nassau was not a safe place for him.
"It must be the Snapper!" he murmured and hurried to the second craft. But this proved to be nothing but a canoe, and again his heart sank. "Maybe we've made a mistake after all," he thought dismally, but continued to move around the cove.
He married a chief's daughter, and became a Maori in all respects except colour. He was captured by Captain Edwardson, of the "Snapper," and was taken to Sydney, where he seems to have paraded as a savage chief. The New Zealanders, according to Rutherford, have neither priests, nor places of worship, nor any religion except their superstitious dread of the Atua.
"Pray," said he, "did you see anything of one of my officers; who was taken prisoner when I was sent with despatches to the Mediterranean fleet?" "May I first ask the name of your lively little craft?" said O'Brien. "The Snapper," replied the lieutenant. "Och, murder! sure enough we met him. He was sent to Verdun, but we had the pleasure of his company en route as far as Montpelier.
"You have lied to me before about your father, and I cannot believe anything you say." "I am speaking the truth now; my father saved your life. I heard him tell Flanger that he would lose the command of the Snapper if any harm came to you." "If he did so, he did it from the fear of the British authorities. I have nothing more to say about it."
Even before he heard the voice of his savage enemy, Christy Passford realized that he had fallen into the hands of the commander of the Snapper. He was placed on the back seat of the carriage, with a pair of handcuffs on his wrists, and a handkerchief in his mouth to do duty as a gag. Captain Flanger was at his side, with two other men on the front seat, and one on the box with the driver.
But when the Swede boy, who was chosen for the snapper, was so worn and breathless with being popped from the end of the rushing line that he could run no longer, boys and girls had joined in playing tag and blindman's-buff and, afterward, hide-and-go-seek. The little girl was with them. But, so far, in spite of her white dress, which made her an easy prey, she had not been caught.
Harry was soon busily engaged in preparing a bountiful supper for the boys who were ready to do ample justice to his skill in the kitchen. Harry felt justly proud of his ability as did the others, who sat down to a supper of broiled Red Snapper with a mushroom sauce helped out by fried potatoes, hot baking powder biscuits and excellent coffee.
A snapper up of unconsidered trifles. From what town in England does all the butter come in the London market? Cowes. Which is the closest town in Ireland, and is the best when drawn? Cork. A Dirty Member.
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