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On his way back to the deck, the captain encountered Suarez The estures, and the satisfaction which lit up his wrinkled face, would

have told the news he wished to convey if Courtenay were not able to

catch the words "Indianos" and "van" In his excitelishman towards one of the peep-holes in the canvas

screen Sure enough, the canoes were ht it was easy to see the threatening arht Even their

raucous cries were yet audible Courtenay was glad he had not ued the necessity of continued

watchfulness

The general attitude of the creas one of real annoyance that the

fight had not been carried on at close quarters They had heard a good

deal of noise and yelling, the starboard squad had experienced the

thrill of having a man fall dead in their midst, but, with the

exception of Tollemache and the Chilean marksman, the main body of the

defenders took no part in the fray and saw but little of it And it is

one of human nature's queer proclivities that it seeks rather than

shirks a coh eager to return to his lathe, was no exception to the

rule He looked a trifle discontented when the captain found hiine-room hatch

"That was a pwetty poo-aap, sir," said he "I did expect to have

a spies, if only for the sake of washin' the