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CHAPTER VH V Vmirlwalked mirlwalked DIckBIked \\BIked BIked walked \ slo vly dy forwardI forwardIn forwardPis forward H DIck . . . , I keepmg keeping - - a - more nn watchful \ > i atchful atphful eye eyea oira oiraIte Pis In a 51th eye51th Ite the , direction dlrectJon direchon of the lugger and andenfng andtentol sound Theer Theer The Thet enfng , sing for ( or any strange ' er was Invis IAVJS ble In the g100m gloom g100mhe gloombe [ he be t knew the tie e Car bs would creep creepthem creepan . n themIt them \\It It watt \ wittout \ ! out detection unt untilthis until untilIn thIn this In l a 8 few ( cw yards of the schooner schoonerdanger schoonerdanger schoonert8 , ninser danger of a surprise was grow growWIth growrf with wrdi every minute minuteour minuteour minuteIfour 1 1wrdi our times Urnes he made h s circuiti circuIt circuItroet circuitmet [ cat roet met Roseho Kose Rose \ who \\ho ho \ reported evcry every everyiin 8 quiet and peaceful alt afl aft . Then Thenthe Thenthe Thenl the ( he fifth round he was delayed delayedlittle delayedhtde delayedlittle little htde by a no se in theater the \ water \\ater ater that thatunded thatded thatlunded unded ded suspic SUSplC susprc ous He waited warted to torlf 1 \ 1fish ! rly fish ! ? It It , . , and "d d " then resumed his has walk walkore walkore walkBrt ore hurrlcdly hurriedly hurrlcdlyWhen hurriedlyWhea hurriedlyUlai When Whea he reached the r meetmg meeting meetingint meetmgt meetingt t , , she \ nas was as not in m an sight He Heled Heted Hei ted led impat ently entIy for her but buten buten butitn en she did dJd not appear he grew grewous grewsus grewBOBS ous sus There was a chance that thatown thatown thati own delay had caused the trou trouShe trouShe trouft . She had not waited warted tor for hIm ham hImw hamwilmg himtowilling w wilmg l1ng to go back until assured assuredher assuredher assuredher ( her safety he lingered lmgcred unt 1 I .he he she sheeared . sheppcared .hepeared peared , eared nearly ten minutes mmutes later'I laterT later ; 1 'I I T ' missed massed you he excia eAcla med m in inslusper innhisper lusper slusper and couldn t go ba back backiii backntil ck ckII II iii ! I was sure sure'You sureYou sure.YOU sureYOU ( . 'You You ' shouldn t have done that thatfrowned thatfrowned thatit frowned Something Somethmg may have haveppened haveppened haveippened ppened forard forward fora for\\ for \ ard whe wh Ie he ] you were weree wereru wereru wereere e I'll Ill ru ' hurry burry back he replied In Inef ineL Iniiid ef eL . . But wait walt tor for me on the next nextI nextip I must know you re safe safeShe safehe safeShe [ She he nodded and Dick hurried 0 o 0e oe oate e up tor for lost time hme In his hastens has haste hastewas te tewas was careless and tripped along alongmore alongmore alongIh more speed than caut on Het1I Hetill He HeI I till t1I ! thinking thmkmg of o ( the g rl r1 when a ack ad aid ck d shadow rose up to confront confrontStartled confrontStartled confrontE . Startled and not sure that thatwasn thatsasn thatwasn wasn sasn t an opt cal lllus Illus on he hesed hetied heilitd sed tied instead of raising ralsmg his gun to toan toan toe la an alarm alarmat alarmal alarmhit [ at al momentary hes tat on wasmISfortune wasmisfortune was wasII II misfortune By the time he heas heat heni as at convinced a burly Canb Carib was wascIIIg wascog wasK cIIIg cog t him hlffi on the deck of the theOOIJer theposer thettwaa OOIJer poser t vo co other dark forms had hadg hadwvat g out oul of the gloom back of ofD ofD ofB D ck raised his gun to shoott shootI shoot shootill \ill ill \ t I a hand knocked it upward wh Ieof heof Ie he of the long po ' verful 'lerful lerful hairy harry hairys harrys hairynu s of Black Burley encircled hIS hISand hisand hisClt ! md and cru crushed hed the wind wmd out of'hen of ofWhen ( When rben 'hen hen ' D ck ek recovered and his hisII histi hist II ti returned to him the Canbsre Carrbsm Canbs Carrbs , in m full possession of the theDer theaer the"loner theloner " Der aer Helneeded He needed .needed . no further furthercat furthercat furthernUcat cat on of this than titan his Ius o 0 vn vnpless vnpless vnpless pless cond tion tlon . . Trussed up se seely seely sely ely ( he was lying lymg on his back backIus backhis backHi his Ius face turned up to the moonl moons moon moonsky s sky Storm clouds were scur sour sourg scurtat scurg g oicr o\er o er over \ his head and the treachmoon treachmoon treach < " Boon moon was st at U mv rnv sible srble srbleck sibleicfc icfc ck Stalls for Time Tzme TimeBargaining y ' Bargammgfoot Bargainingloot Bargaining Bargammg ribsi toot foot loot prodded him in the nbs ribs nbsa ribsa a > black face was thrust into mto his hisck hisck hisck ck recognized recogmzed the crafty one of ofP.a1D ofpain ofMM P.a1D Pa1D pain tnumphAm triumphfun . Tucu leering leermg with tnumph triumph triumph"nt triumphnt " Am fun t dead I see the hall half breed breedBted breedated breedtated Bted ated . . Y Yo want ant to be careful nextchow next ! chow ' , how now y h t t that deck . . . It amt amton ain am t tlolt tlott lolt on p pUow pUow'ck llow flow llowck flowck 'ck ck ' ck ckstared itared stared at hIm 'Where Where ' him'Where himWhere ' s Captain CaplalD Bedford sughter sughter s s"WtM " "WtM WtM ughter + ' getin getr r , ' he asked Did she get get'Neu Tucu 'Neu Neu ' K " : " sm1ed smled im-led im led - cruelly realizing reahzmg heanother he hetnother 1 hisml lus1s hisifs tnother another wea weapon n of torture in lus his hisV 1s ifs She aID am ami t dead neIther neIthergrinned neithergrbmed neithertrtaned V grinned grbmed We re keepm keepin her m in in"bin-me in"bin inbin me Burley"it Burleyit Burleye cablD-me cablD me cabm-me cabm mcablDme incabmme " - an Black Burley " e therds intended IDtended significance of the rds " " aroused " "used used " Dick youher to fury If you youin orw oruJI oralt in uJI alt her ? Tucu he Iald said slowly or ory y lifef her you 11 pay with your lifeIS life f " n IS war between you and me meS ave meave itWhat " her out of t it itAnything ( What Whst 11 u y do If rf I promise ? he ed heed heeel eel , eelsin sm sin lmg ling warily p plYthmg Anything AnYhmg lYthmg warilyAnYhmg ! you ask 4 Y 1 U ustick " stick tick to showwhere y bargain an show where " - ' " ' 'hem hem them ' jewels droppedrboard droppedrbbard was dropped droppedTfet rboard rbbard " rboardes rbbardes Tfet es ! rtred estr tr ed to trIckme trick me once once"M onceM onceled " led ed the Itla- Itla ItY itn other an ye 11 ll do It ItlaYword n - Y Yword word wordam am amt t wurth noth rl nothrl rld thoughto thoughtNo I nothI ' 1 d cut y throat If HI I thought- thought - - - No thought-"IIdldnt thought "IIdldnt IIdldnt " o I 1 dldn didn DckinTpled inted . t t"ck tck tnck trick " you D ck in inild ild pted ted : l 1 I interfered only hen4t hen s \ \ 4tbegan began bepan henbepan henfgan . _ _ 4t fgan niq . . * . - war Thatt - - on v.i vi a a woman wuuian . . . That inai aI bargainaI " t Part of ofour o ( our bargam bargain bargainhii bargame aIa e a hall half i- i ible - breed pau paused ed watchmg watching A Ae Apr pr watchmgpr soner saner with " e t It makin melon doubtful eyes I no war on women said womensaid inme ftnally finally Cap n Bedford in me aboard his schooner an 0 0Iia Iia e a crazy yoU knew He vasn t tons fi ons ens ble The ; schooner was in m , v fiand Wand fiandof Wandof ! daughtere ind inind inv ot of his hi , daughter 1e daughter1e 1ea tImber ttmber e a tin aln atn t 10 so crazy tho that I he don t t A4 theA4 A4rt Imber tmber rl rt lherl Soon some thmgs things was lhe the s we can find lhat that yip thatyip yipere ere ure he s ' pickedup picked up we 11What 1) 1 II 11 ) . What " " t treasure1 treasure ' , ' r rtpta apla tpta ' ' ' n " Tun Tu Tucu Tuc % d Tud doe n " t know cu " w nited nked eked and laughed laugher ! IIe Ipose nothin bout pout out t I pose Ie ' 1 Tain Tamn Taint , I t likely y heered him an h s da ghter ghler a ant n I t saIdnothln saidnothin said | nothin nothln to yeD yeD ye yeD D ck'S ck ns \'S 'S S tins \ ' puzzled and myst fled fledHe fledHe fledHe He sl si ook 00k his head finally I don t tkno tkno tkno kno v what you re talking talkmg about aboul . If H Ifthere Hthere Ifthere there s any treisure tresure treasure , on the schoon schooner er I don t kno Eno v of itTucu itTucu it itTucu laythere Tucu was unconvinced unconvmced Y lay laythere there an think thmk about It Mebbe y 11 ll 11remember llremember Uremember remember or we 11 ll find itWhen it itWhen , When he walked waJ1.ed waJ1ed . away in the thegloom thegloom : opportunityto opportumtyto gloom D ck had ample opportumty opportumtyI opportunity I to reflect There came to h s m nd nda nda nda a vague remembrance that in hIs hIscrzy hiscrazy hiscnzy crzy crazy , chatter Captam Captain Bedford had hadmade hadmade hadmade made reference refercnce to a prize-a prize a priz - ' - - treas treasurehe treasurehe - - - - - ure-he ure he - - had found | If I ! Tucu believed beheved there was any anytreasure anytreasure anytreasure treasure hidden on the schooner schoonerhe schoonerhe schoonerhe he would search for it spend days daysoverhaul dayso\ dayso daysoerhaul 0erhaul overhaul overhaulng 0\ 0 \ \ erhaulng erhaul ng every part of the craft craftTllIs craftThis craftTins TllIs This would cause further dehy delay and andtime andlime andtime time lime was prec ous Any hour or day daya daya ay aya a sh p might cross their path and andhe andhe andhe he might l I ot of be able to s gnal final for forhelp forhelp forhelp forhelpHe help helpHe He concluded finally to favor the theidea theidea theidea idea that tl1at there was something of ofval ofval ofval val e a aboard and that Capta n Bed Bedford Bedford Bedford ford had hidden it By pretend pretcnd ng ngthat ngthat ngthat that he and Rose kne v of its ex st stence Stence stence ence but couldn t locate it they theywould theywould theywould would gain gam time With two treas tress treasures tressures treasures ures dangled before Tucu s eyes eyesthere eyesthere eyesthere there \ was as a possibil posslb ty of eventually eventuallyfind eventuallyfind eventuallyfind find ng a way out of their troublesWhen troublesWhen troubles troublesWhen When Tucu appeared a few hours hourslater hourslater ! later with the first fast streaks of dawn dawnbreaking dawnbreaking , breakmg breaking in m the east Dick s mmd mind mindwas mindwas was \ as made up He met mct the eye , . , of ofthe ofthe ofthe the old renegade with a look of com corn compi cornpl cornpiance cornpianceTucu pi pl ance anceTucu Tucu he sa d you ve ye got me mem mein mein m in your power and there s no use , - - , - - - - I \ \ ( iW iWThen Then Thcn it s 5 a . a . bargain bargolD ? fighting fightmg against agamst fate I 111 III H make a anew anew anew new deal with you Captain Captam Bed Bedford Bedford Bedford ford has enough loot aboard to make makethose makethose makethose those smuggled jewels look like likecheap likecheap likecheap cheap ImitationsThought imitationsThought imitations imitationsThought Thought y said there wasn t tnone tnone tnone none gro vied the man scowlmg scowling scowlmghard scowlinghard scowlinghard hard at h s pr sonerDick sonerDick soner sonerDick Dick smiled That was before beforeI I thought you kne v he replied I Id Id Id d dn do t want you to kno Imo v of ot it at I Ithought Ithought Ithought thought I could get a\ a at aay \ ay with It ItThat itThat itThat That s why I d dn do tant t \ want \\ant ant you to toboard toboard toboard board the schooner schoonerY Y wanted to get the treasure anthe an anthe anthe the g rP rh rhWasn rl rPWasn ' Wasn t any harm in that was wasthere wasthere wasthere9 there ' , laughed D ck You d do doas doas doas as much if of you had the chanceReckon chanceReckon chance chanceReckon Reckon I got em leered theother the theother theother theotherNo other otherNo No slo ly you haven tYou t tYou tYou You ve ye got the girl but you haven t tgot tgot tgot got the treasureReck treasureReck treasure treasureReck Reck n one goes with the other otherI otherShe otherShe otherShe I She U 11 tell when I want her toNo toNo to toNo No she won t replied D ck ckI ckboldly ckboldly ckboldly I boldly for she doesn t know where wherei whereit whereit i it is isThe The hell hcll she don t Y re lym lyin lymto lyinto lymto to me meAll All nghtshrugg rightshrugg right nght -shrugg shrugg - shrugg ng his shoul shoulders shoulders shoulders ders Don t I believe behee belrete behe\ behe \ e me Ask herThe herThe her herThe The half breed surveyed h m mqUIetly mquietly mquietly qUIetly a moment and then became becameconvmced becameconvinced becameconvinced convmced convinced nothing nothmg was to be gamed gained gamedby gainedby gainedby by stubbornnessThreat stubbornness stubbornnessThreat Threat ofa of a Storm StormForces StormForces Forces Tucu's Tucus ' Hand HandIt HandI1 It If I1 she don t kno v where it is iswho iswho Iswho who does does9 ' he demanded sur surlily Illy Capta n Bedford Bedtord of course Heh He lie Heh lieh h d it in m one of his crazy moments momentslIIs momentsHis momentsHis l-IIs l IIs His - daughter knew where it was be before before betore fore that but now she doesn t know knowany knowany knowany any more than you do Her father tather 5 s 5so sso sso so crazy \ we e couldn t get the secret secretfrom secretfrom secretfrom from him We were trying trymg hard hardwhen hardwhen hardwhen when you came aboard It If IS we tound found toundIt foundit foundit It we intended mtended to escape in m the thesmall thesmall thesmall small boat and leave the schooner schoonerto to you youY Y ain aln t lym Iym lyin to me ag in m eJac aac eJaculated aaculated ejaculated } ulated Tucu ee eyeng e ) eng ng his pnsoner prisoner pnsonerSUSplC prisonersuspic prisonersuspic SUSplC suspic ouslyWhen ouslyWhen ously ouslyWhen When d d I he l1e to you betore before beforeThe ? The other growled savagely and andmade andmade andmade made no reply After a wh while e he heasked heasked heasked asked What s this new deal y had hadIn hadin hadin In m nd nd9 ' + |