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The two pirates turned to each other for consultation, irresolute, but

evidently impressed by the fact that their prize did not purpose to

hoist sail and make a run for it

"What ho! ruff a voice as he

could co"

"Suppose the villain plays us false," rejoined the " that for a h these three years past I

rarely had smiled at all

The captain turned to one side, so that now I could see both him and

his crew The leader was as fine a specis, brown of face, red of hair, ragged and

tuhtly less robust, a

fair-haired, light-skinned chap, blue-eyed, and so winning about his face At a

glance I knew his soul He was a dreamer, an idealist, an artist, in

the bud My heart leaped out to hireat i Indeed, suddenly, I felt the blood

tingle through my hair I looked upon life as I had not these three

years The ilas I cruelly had missed these last few years, it seemed

to me

"Ho, shipmates?" I remarked mildly "Wouldst doubt the faith of