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Then his eyes lit on a small wooden chest in the bottom of the box. He lit the lantern and reached for the brownbottle that would give him relief. My tastes incline very much towards our lovely Dutch girls. Why have you not gone on, Gundwane? he panted.

Hal went smoothly back on guard, and glanced quickly around for hisnext opponent, but the charge of seamen had almost wiped out the fileof musketeers. Barnard and hishounds never let up. Helooked down the barrel and picked up the pip of the foresight in thenotch of the backsight. At last Slow John stepped away from the peep-hole and nodded atManseer.