Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1899-08-03

pied the man with the gun. con the
whole ! don't know why you shouldn' t
stay where you are. By your own show
ing your companion cant swim, and
if put bullet through one Of your
fins you won't be able to help her or
yourself either 1t really strikes me as
very neat trap, You know"
Come ! say, don't be brute,
retortod Guthrie, hut he shivered slight
ly, for the lean man looked quite capa-
bic of being as good as his word.
Exactly, my dear sir That's inst
what ] wish to avoid. explained the
negro with grin "If | help you
across here, shall have to be a brute to
one of my men by making him stand
sentry over you to see that you don t
bolt. ="
You want to keep us, them What
for, pray2' asked Guthrie in a tone of
surprise, which was, it must be admit
ted, to great extent simulated.
That's II trihe we won't discuss, !"
said the other coolly. "Let it suffice
that as You have poked your meddling
noses in here unasked you've got to
swallow the consequences. You didn t
choose to drown one another when You
had decent chance put in your way
So now You must understand that you
are prisoners, The only question is, Do
you prefer to stay where you are like
a couple of seals with their fappers cut
off, or would you rather come up here
high and dry and give a promise to
cause no further trouble?'
You re pinnng me rather unfair
ly," said Guthrie.
Look hero, young man, returned
the negro savagely. "I m not going to
stay here palavcring. Are You going TO
come or are You going to stay? Settle
quickly or maybe my gun may go off
before you We made up your mind. y
"We'll join you up there, thanks! !"
"Ah, | thought you would Then it
is understood that neither you nor your
sweetheart in the trousers will attempt
a boltY'
The young man hesitated for frac-
tion Of a second. but there was no al
tentative "lll promise, said he sulk-
lily, fer he recognized that to resist fur
Their was hopeless At present his adj
versary held all the trumps
"Mind you don't break Your word, "
said the man with the gun threaten
ingly, ''or dare say some one will con-
trive to stick ballet in your carcasses
before you We got very far George, get
brace of those paddles to make the
lady a bridge
George, one of the three, departed
and in a minute returned with couple
of oars, whose ends he showed ont To
the submerged rock. Henrietta swarlned
up nimbly enough, and the undorgradu-
ate followed her
Now, said the lean man, "vou
can 90 mp round this dark angle, and
you II find Your shipmate there You
may chat with him if he 5 got Il tongue
We can find it,
The three negroes had taken their
long sheath knives from their belts and
stood now To attention Guthrie and
the woman marched past them in the
direction which the leader had indi-
Gated and tried not to show by their
manner that they found the situation
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