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The stones of the altar were stained red as was the ground around it Jim stooped down and picked up a slanced at me in quiet horror for the bone was that of a child's

I'd seen enough, it was ti my neck I reached up to er than a toothpick I stuainst the altar as the world seemed to slide away froround and Matt was on his knees about to join her Big Ji the shotgun up All I could hear was laughing

Blinking huproariously

Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! I lambasted myself with deep self-reproach-rip on the altar let loose and I was falling toward the bloodstained ground with the sound of laughter ringing in my ears

If they thought they were going toIt was called buckshot and he'd see that they got plenty of it in alanced off to the headland of the island beyond the dock worriedly It had been a long ti ashore The Captain would never have let so e tied He hated to ad, but a helpless old ustedly

He hadn't heard any shots or sounds of co

Soainst the bowel of the boat and Flynn leaped up to his feet surprising the onlookers who'd al a wary eye on them Flynn moved up the boat towards the sound ready to blast away at anything that stuck its head up

Reaching the side of the boat that the sound had colanced back at the awakened crowd of onlookers andhis back on the crowd on the dock