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She brushed away the tears determinedly, and looked at the boat,

already a white speck on the green carpet of the bay She could see

Courtenay distinctly; soone out froer than a couple of

seconds when he turned and waved his hand She replied instantly,

fluttering a handkerchief, poor girl, long after it becauish whether or not he returned her signals In the

calht have been bent on a pleasant

picnic It was outrageous to think of Good Hope Inlet as a place of

skulls; yet she knew that the sea floor beneath the ship was already

littered with bodies of the dead Women would wait in vain for their

men to return; why should she be spared?

At last she appealed to Mr Boyle, as nearest to her

"Who is sitting next to Captain Courtenay?" she asked, and she had a

fleeting impression that he was anxious for her to speak, so quickly

did he answer

"Tollemache He shinned down the ladder as the first volunteer; the

skipper ordered hilad he is there Courtenay ought to have one sure enough white ?"

"Huh, it's a bold plan, an' I'oin' to conde's news--how Suarez found out fro in a cave on Guanaco