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"There they cole of

claht over our point,

Jiht no!"

"Aw, shut up!" was Jiain Why, looky here, as reg'lar castaways on a real desert

island, an' we had a abandoned ship, an' we c'd 'a' lived chiefly by

huntin' an' fishin'; and we had evaded all pursuit an' run off with

the fair captive to a place o' hidin'--why, it's all just like in the

book An' what do we do? Why, we go home! Wouldn't it frost you? An'

what's worse, we let the heartless jade get aith it, too! Ain't

that so?"

"Yes, that's true, Jimmy," I replied

"Well, I was talkin' to Jean Lafitte--but it's so We started out all

right as pirates, but noe let a girl bluff us"

"What would you do, Ji the wench's slender neck, beshrew me! She couldn't put

over none o' that coarse work on me No, curses on her fair face!"

"That will do, Jirave, and Ji the

enchanted island So, all much about the same time, we reached the

Belle Helène and went aboard The ladies went at once to their

cabin, and I saw neither again that day, although I sent down duck,

terrapin and ninety-three for their dinner that night

In half an hour ere under way; and in an hour and a half, having