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I lifted my hand "I am to have fair play?"

As one man that crew of desperate villains swore that the odds should be only three to one By this the whole matter had presented itself to theht or bearbaiting They that follow the sea, whether honest men or black-hearted knaves, have in their composition a certain childlikeness that makes them easily turned, easily led, and easily pleased The wind of their passion shifts quickly fro a hurricane, the next sinking to a happy-go-lucky su convert a crew on the point of ood-natured souls who--until the wind veered again--would not hurt a fly So with these They spread the upon the white sand in the bright sunshine, their sinewy hands that should have been ingrained red clasped over their knees, or, ar upon their hips, on their scoundrel faces a broad smile, and in their eyes that had looked on nameless horrors a pleasurable expectation as of spectators in a playhouse awaiting the entrance of the players

"There is really no good reason e should gratify your whim," said Paradise, still aht you, one by one"

"And if I win?"

He laughed "Then, on the honor of a gentleman, you are Kirby and our captain If you lose, ill leave you where you stand for the gulls to bury"

"A bargain," I said, and drew my sword

"I first!" roared Red Gil "God's wounds! there will need no second!"

As he spoke he swung his cutlass and made an arc of blue flame The weapon becahtnings and whistling in the air, but in reality not so deadly as it seeuard of anyhis weakness and insufficiency in th in one or two and his modesty take no hurt I was everI would have it do Moreover, as I fought I saw her as I had last seen her, standing against the bank of sand, her dark hair, half braided, drawn over her boso to her knees Her eyes haunted ht well,--hoell the lapsing of oaths and laughter into breathless silence bore witness