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By dusk the tri away toward the west before a wind that could not have suited her better had it been made to order at the special behest of the devil himself to speed his minions upon their devil's work

All hands were in the best of hu been permitted shore leave at Honolulu in the expectancy of adventure in the near future, for there was that in the atmosphere of the Halfmoon which proclaioal tohich they had been sailing since they left San Francisco

Skipper Siht them to Honolulu in the nick of time, and at the success of Theriere's ured upon a week at least there before the second officer of the Halfoodwill of the Hardings to learn their plans, and now they were congratulating theent as the Frenchman for the work he had handled so expeditiously and so well

Ward was pleased that he had not been forced to prolong the galling masquerade of valet to his inferior officer He was hopeful, too, that co to the fore an opportunity to satisfy the vengeance he had inwardly sworn against the sailor who had so roughly manhandled him a feeeks past--Theriere had not been in error in his estimate of his fellow-officer

Billy Byrne, the arduous labor of ies to the task of piecing out from what Theriere had told him and what he had overheard outside the skipper's cabin some sort of explanation of the work ahead

As he pondered Theriere's proposition he saw the wisdoer amount of the booty for their share Another feature of it was that it was underhanded and that appealed strongly to the mucker Now, if he could but devise so Theriere the pleasure and profit of the adventure would be tripled

It was this proposition that was occupying his attention when he caught sight of "Bony" Sawyer and "Red" Sanders e from the forecastle Billy Byrne hailed them

When the mucker had explained the possibilities of profit that were to be had by entering the conspiracy aimed at Simms and Ward the two seaested that the black cook, Blanco, was about the only other member of the crew upon whom they could depend, and at Byrne's request "Bony" proiant Ethiopian