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The chief's eyes widened There were others who knew, then? Bruce

noticed his surprise

"Colonel, show the good chief the royal seal on your document"

The colonel did so, and the chief salaahtily bewildered, and gradually he was made to

understand that he had been vilely tricked

"To the boats!" he shouted, as if suddenly awakening "We may be too

late, Lords! He said he was a holy man, and I believed"

They all ran hastily down to the beach to seize what boats they could

Here theyobstacle in the refusal of the owners

The chief, however, signified that it was his will; and, moreover, he

commanded that the fishermen should handle the oars They would be

paid That was different Why did not the white people say so at

once? They would go anywhere for ot into the boats and pushed off

On the way to the island the colonel consulted the ram, he

held in his hand It was not possible that Uree basket of silver, filled with gold and geer and excited as a boy The instinct to hunt for treasure

begins just outside the cradle and ends just inside the grave