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"O' course it's so So now, thing fer us fellows to do, is just to put

it before 'eet 'eht fer 'eet

married, both of 'eet

married"

"Black Bart would," said Jean Lafitte "I'll bet anything The fair

captive, she's a heartless jade, but I seen Black Bart lookin' at her,

an'----"

"An' I seen her lookin' at him--leastways a picture--an' says she,

'Jiry, who now broke fro

The two boys turned toat all, and wisest to say nothing "I was just going to ask

if you touldn't like to take the guns and go out after some more

ducks--especially the kind with red heads and flat noses, such as we

had yesterday And I'll lend you Partial, so you can try for soo out to the ship, and

also over to the lighthouse, before long The tide will turn, perhaps,

and at least the wind is offshore froo" Jean spoke for both at once

"Very well, then And be careful And you'd--you'd better leave your

auntie and her auntie alone, Jimmy--they'll want to sleep"

"You didn't hear us sayin' nothin', did you, Black Bart?" asked

L'Olonnois, suspiciously