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The fact was, that the deck being composed of bamboos, as already described, one of the pirates below had passed his creese through the spaces between them into Prose's body, when he came down on deck in a sitting posture, and had repeated the blow when he failed to recover his feet after the first wound.
"Yes," answered Tomba in a low voice, though the brown man spoke steadily. "You will walk before me, very slowly. If you attempt to turn, or to disobey, I shall know what to do with this wavy-bladed creese. If you make a move to spring away from me, I shall show you how good a jumper I am and then the creese! Now, walk, very slowly, toward the exit from this place."
Inside their clothing each tucked a sharp-edged creese, also a loaded service revolver. "You'll do, in the dark," nodded Captain Freeman, after looking them over keenly. "Of course, you won't show yourselves in a strong light, anyway. Now, you don't need instructions. You understand your errand." Captain Freeman himself took the two Army boys through the darkness to the trench.
Between the Malay creese and the Castilian carronade the struggle was unequal, but it did not last the less long on that account, nor, obscure though it was, was it the less bloody. On both sides there was the same bravery, the same cruelty.
On this all the boats slipped their cables and made chase, though there appeared a great probability that in the darkness the pirates would effect their escape. A swim in the dark through waters where sharks abound, and in chase of an enemy who may very likely be armed with a sharp creese, is far from an agreeable amusement. Away swam the pirate, and after him swam Jack.
The chant was taken up by the entire tribe, and slowly at first, they began to revolve around the central figures. As their excitement grew, the pace quickened, until they were whirling and gyrating at a reckless rate. Like a pistol-shot came the command to cease, and quietly all returned to their original places. Kali Pandapatan raised his hand for silence. "I shall throw my creese into the air.
He drew forth a creese, and holding it up saw this name cut upon the handle: "JOHN POTTS." The change that came over the severe, impassive face of Brandon was so extraordinary that even Zangorri in his pain and fury saw it. He uttered an exclamation.
Courtenay leaned over the gunwale to haul him in; the malignant wretch grasped him by the collar with his left hand, and with his right darted his creese into Courtenay's breast; then, as if satisfied, with an air of mingled defiance and derision, immediately sank under the bottom of the pinnace, and was seen no more. "Ungrateful viper!" murmured Courtenay, as he fell into the arms of his men.
"I will go by the river," Piang answered quietly, with great dignity. It was a beautiful day. To us, the heat would have been stifling, the humidity distressing, but Piang loved it all and joyfully looked forward to the trip up the river. The trying ceremony over, the two candidates had hurried off to prepare for the long journey. His weapons were a bolo, a creese, and a bow and arrow.
In another minute or two you and I will be in the sunlight again or else you and I have both already had our last glimpse of the light of day." Tomba smiled, though he felt the mastery of this young wearer of Uncle Sam's uniform. "Get up on your feet," ordered Hal. "Stand right before me, your back to me. Do you feel the point of the creese?"
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