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The firing was bringing the whole gang about their ears and as soon as he had given Svenson time to reach the top Phil ordered the detective to beat a retreat. They tumbled in among their friends, all but winded. Svenson sat down and wiped away the blood that was trickling down his face from a scalp wound. "Yum pin' Yiminy!" he puffed with emphasis. "Vell, by golly!"
Matt gave ground and the Swede's vision cleared and he paused to consider the situation. "No rest for the wicked," Mr. Murphy declared. "At him, boy, at him!" All Hands And Feet realized he faced a desperate situation, and as Matt stepped in he ducked and leaped upon his antagonist. "By yiminy," he yelled. "I got you now!" and his great hands closed around Matt Peasley's neck. "Lower deck!" Mr.
He wore a bandage across his forehead and came at Kendrick, levelling his rifle. Just as he pulled the trigger he tripped on a root and pitched full length into the open, the gun exploding harmlessly into the ground. Phil had him by the throat in an instant. "Kom on! Kom on, by Yiminy!" bellowed Svenson exultantly as he shook his tawny head and blew the blood from his mouth.
Hansen had taken over the deck stolidly enough, with no show of misgivings as to his ability to handle things, but his words had not been cheering to Rainey. "Plenty ice from now on, Mr. Rainey. Now we bane goin' to have one hard yob on our hands, by yiminy, you an' me!" Rainey was awakened at half past seven by the swift rush of men on deck and a confused shouting.
The Maggie II is commanded by Captain Phineas Scraggs, and after taking on provisions and water to-day will proceed to San Francisco, to-morrow, for discharge of cargo. "By yiminy," quoth Neils Halvorsen, "aye bat you that bane de ole man so sure as you bane alive. And aye bat new hat he skall be glad to see Neils Halvorsen. I guess aye hire Kanaka boy an' he bane pull me out to see de ole man."
They had gone ashore for some kind of a frolic, and the crew had stolen the schooner and left them to their fate, believing that the castaways would never be heard from and that dead men tell no tales. "Yumpin' yiminy," groaned Neils. "I must get a wiggle on if aye bane steal this schooner." He rushed on deck, carried his prisoner down into the cabin, and locked the door on him.
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