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"You reot into trouble soon after we sailed

from Valparaiso?" she said "His naht, but not seriously, and he and I are quite

chued by athe coal-trimmers--"

"Oh, Miss Maxwell, come quick!" screamed Mrs Somerville, for Isobel

had lurched sideways out of her chair in a fainting fit, and the

missionary's as barely able to save her head fro the

ship's rails

Joey was shot out of Elsie's lap with such surprising speed that he

trotted aithout any exhibition of lausted, for at least fiveof his intelligence would brighten up when he heard the

wholly unlooked-for story which Christobal was translating to

Courtenay, word for word, as it was dragged hesitatingly out of Suarez

The Argentine le for

possession of the pro to loss of consciousness,

suppleht have choked to death had he

not been rescued within a few ht, and

it was not until th to enable

him to question the Indians on board

Courtenay wished specially to find out what chance, if any, there was

of the Alaculof attack being renewed When Christobal assured hiht safely leave his bunk, he asked the doctor to bring the

Spaniard to the fore-cabin, in which the wounded savages lay under an

aruard

It was obvious that so his changed appearance, the instant he spoke to the, and Suarez was so

disconcerted by the tidings they conveyed that he sta the Spanish rendering