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If : : : CMtrl control : , : : ' with : th the thebelp thhwlr : < t : : : ; hwlr belp p of I Romeo n m e JeaklBi Jenkins IDO eaugbt ea ( b ht rannant rannanteontrabaad r > lewtrahuj eODtraband eontrabaad alcobol alcohol lc hl * I 1 li . rakteE maktnl making ' a * toft Ian lad dee- dee deeperate des despetate < - yrato perate petate elrort effort fTt to t * e.cape ecape escape . cay frm from * the th fvrr .ovena ovena govern governmeat . .ovenameDt meDt meat t pat yatfl patbol 1 Pat Pat . , relar relealed released * to ax . W the theeDI'Ia t ' i eDI'Ia eDIIa engine { ' la * . . , . deUberateb deliberately * Uk ratoly ' lUy delay delays * . them tft.Nw tftNw . . . Now * CCBMBB cODtlaae continue * with ltB f the storyi .tory tory story . .tory"Ii tory torycnArrEB "Ii Ii i " - - cnArrEB CDAPTER CnAPTER % xn XU xnIn Ik IkIn In the lale late lat * aftcraoon aftenoon afternoon when for foi forthe foi.e toithe .e e . .ethe the fifth or sixth time the engln engine engirt engirthad englnhad had been itarted started and Pat was wa once oncemore oncemore onemore * more ecured secured In his old positioragainst position positior positionagainst posltloracalnit , against the th * torecaitl forecastle * ladder Mr MrJenkins MrJenkins MrJenhin Jenkins * took the wheel while Ro Romeo Romeo meo with a thoteun shotgun on his hi * knee kneekept kneekept 1 . , 1meo kept guard ( Hard over Angus and Robin In it itthe Inthe the cabin cablO Romeo was wa beaming ant antexpansive and andexpansive andexpansive expansive with no apparent sense senseof senseof en eot of guilt < ullt tor for hia his treachery He smiled8t smileda smiledat smiled 8t at t Robin with a flash fla h of teeth andi andsaid andsaid and i a said aid omethine something to her and Robinsomewhat Roblrsomewhat Robin Roblr omewhat somewhat doubtfully answered hinsmile his hin hisamile hl amile smile mil * and said carefully * . ' Je ne ire pane parle pas francais " . He laughed throwine throwing back his hin hisl hinJ hinbead hihead * l J ' head bead a great guffaw he rattled ofl off oil offsomething oilsomething oflom something om thine and she he heard her own ownphrase ownphrase ownphrase phrase twice or thrice repeated and andlooked andlooked andlooked looked at Angus enquiringly Angus Angustold Angustold Angustold told her In expressionless expre.sinless expresinless exprecalonless . ( ) tonesr tones r ' ' . EasyI Easy ! Sit still He s ashing asking you youto youto youto to go with him It If he tries to touch touchyou touchyou touchyou you he U 11 II be near enough so I can canJump canjump canjump Jump himShe himShe him himShe She obeyed him but Romeo with witha a vigilant eye on Angus the shotgun shotgunin shotgunth in th hia his left hand reached across the thetable thetable thetable table to catch her arm She leaned leanedback leanedback leanedback back away from him and Jenkins Jenkinscoming Jenkinscoming Jenklnscoming coming quietly through the door doort doorfrom 1 ; t from the th * engine engme room appeared at atRomeo atRomeo atRomeo Romeo s 1'1 11 ' shoulder He caught the thebarrel thebarrel thebarrel barrel of thp thf the > thotgun shotgun with one handforced hand handforced handforced forced the muzzle up out of the way wayjammed wayjammed wayjammed jammed his pistol into Romeo sa s stide a Bide side Romeo twisted his head to tof tosay totay say f ay something furiously over hIs hIsshoulder hisshoulder hisshoulder shoulder but he did not nol resist when whenJenkins whenJenkins whenJenklns Jenkins twitched tWllched the shotgun sholgun free freeJenkins freeJenkins freeJenklns Jenkins came into mto the cabin cabm keep keepIng ' Ing Romeo in front of him He drove drovethe drovethe drovethe the man for\\ for forward forard \ . ard into inlo the englOe engine englOeroom engineroom engineroom room Romeo shrugged laughedagain laughedagain laughed again gain kissed his hand to Robin and anddeparted anddeparted anddeparted departed They felt the boat heel BS as asf asRomeo ; f Romeo In the pilothouse brought It Iton Iton Iton on its course once moreMr moreMr more moreMr Mr Jenklns Jenkins with a B weapon In Ineach ineach Ineach each hand stared at Robhi Robin In a ven yen venomous yenomous Tenomous omous perplexity perplexlly Curse youi you ! ! hef he hesaid , f 8a said Id I wish you were out of here hereHe hereHe hereHe He said to Angus querulously See Seewhat Seewhat Seewhat what I mean mean7 ? ' That Romeo s bound boundto boundto boundto to fall for any girl glCI he sees You dhave d dhave dhave have jumped him in another second secondand secondand , and you d have been dead before you youcould youcould youcould could finish your jump He 11 II have haveus haveus haveus us all killing each other before we re rethrough rethrough rethrough rethroughAfter through throughAfter After a lIltle little litti * Jenklns Jenkins said "I I " 1 d dlike dlike . like to know where we are His Histone Histone Histone tone was fretful I figure the wind windwould windwould windwould would set us off to the southwest southwestmostly southwestmostly southwestmostly mostly and we ve ye been drifting half halfthe halfthe halfthe the time all day How fast is this thisboa thisboat thisboat7 thisboat7About boa boat t ? ' , About elevenYou elevenYou eleven elevenYou You can t t see ce fifty yards ahead aheadof aheadof aheadof of you in this thi thick We 11 II have to toslow toslow toslow slow down later iater watch our step tep I IIlgure Ifigure figure Ilgure by midnight we 11 U be gettington getting gettingto gettingtoward , to\\ to ton toard \ ard and shore He asked Angus al almost almost almost most plaintively plaintiveiy What do you youthink youthink youthink think 1 ? 1You You re the captain It s your fu funeral funeral funeral funeralJenkins . neral neralJenkins Jenkins lip twisted as though with withsudden withsudden withsudden sudden pain at that word He Hescowled Hescowled H cowled scowled at Robin . . Go cook sup sup- supper supper - . per he said shortlyShe shortly shortlyShe shortlyShe She nodded and went past him Into intothe intothe 1 1the the galley She atood stood trembling and andEhaken andshaken andshaken Ehaken shaken . , , shivering shivermg staring dumbly dumblyto dumblyin in front of her wondering what to tocook tocook tocook cook . . Bacon and eggs ? She Sh * took the thekni'te theknife theknife kni'te knite knife ' from its iu slot and began to slice slicethe tlicethe . the bacon . . She Sh * was bittercold bitterly bitter\ bitter \ ) ' cold coldand coldand coldand and she sbe thought a hot drink would wouldwarm wouldwarm wouldwarm warm them all Bll ell and found a one onepound onepound pound ound cake of cooking chocolate in inthe inthe inthe the stores When the bacon bBcon was wa fry frytug trytog . , 1ng tug the she opened the wrapper at one oneend oneend oneend end of the cake preparatory to sUc slic sUcrog sliclog sllcIng rog log some thin ! flakes takes off the chocolate choco choco- chocolate chocolate - late lateSomeone Someone caught her kft teft feft arm and andt andtwitched andtwitched t twitched her around and she saw sawRomeo sawRomeo sawRomeo Romeo s laughing laughina eyes and his hisfiashing hisflashing bisflashing fiashing flashing teeth here close beside her herHe herHe herH He had bad left the th * wheel come .down down .downinto . downinto iowninto into the forecastle thus seized , hernow her hernow now She Sh * jabbed at him blindly blindlywith blindlywith blindlywith with the th * knife and he recoiled recalled and anddodged anddodged anddodged dodged but then bis his hand hands handa * l1ke like l1kestrlklnl likestriking likectriking strlklnl striking ( snakes snlkes : caught caugbt both herwrists her herwrists herwrists wrists She Sh * twisted desperately desperatelyaround desperatelyaround , around till he was behind herHe herHe her herH He H * still Bull gripped her ber wrista wrist.a wrists . hold holding holdbig holdIng ing big her hands up over her bead head the theknife theknife theknife knife in one of her hands the choco choco- chocolate chocolate chocolate - late In the other Her arms Were werecrossed werecrossed crossed by her own movement when whenshe whenshe whenthe she twisted around . . . She could see seethrough seethrough seethrough through the tire engine engme room Mr Jen JenkIDs Jenkinm Jenkm kinm kIDs * in the cabin cabm door He had risen risenas risenas risenas as though to Interfere but he was waslooking waslooking , loOkmg looking back into the cabin cabm hi hia his . pl pis pistot pistol . to tot ! levelled at Ang is there his teethbared teeth teethbared teethbared bared He shouted like a scream screamsome screamsome screamsome some word she did not hear and andeven andeven andeven even pinned as she was her hands bands bandshigh bandshigh , hlgb high tn In the air as though she- she abe shewere shewerea - - were werea werea a . mutinous mutinoua sailor triced tnced up by the thethumb thethumbs thethumbs thumb thumbs . , , she sh * understood with a pe pecUllar peculler peculiar cUllar culler lucid clarity that Ur Mr Jenklns JenkJna Jenkins JenkJnadared Jenkinsdared JenklnsaTd dared aTd * aot DOt not come coin * to help her for fear fearAngus fearAjafUB AnCua Angus would wauJd take him in the th * rearBomeo rear rearEorneo Bomeo Eorneo " lauehed laughed latgb d In to her ear his hi * bead head - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - against hert hers h rs . , pulling her arm arms . back badl backover badlover bacliover ; over her trad head pulling her baclcwareagainst backward baclcware backwardalalnst backwarcagainst alalnst against ( him . . Pat Donoho Donohoe * fait fast to tothe ti tithe Uthe the ladder In the torecasUe forecastle was bel bellowing bellowing bellowing lowing like lik * a bullThen bullThen bull bullThen Then she and Romeo were wer * thrown thrownbackward thrownbackward throwxbackward i backward into the th * forecasti forec88t1e forecastle * by bysome bI bIsome bsom ? some * . staggering .taggering taggering chock shock that brought brough broughtthe broughthe broughtth ; the * boat to an instant atop stop A terrl terra terrable terrlble terribl ble * smashing IImashlng and splintering spUnterlng of ofbreaking a abreaking olbreaking ' breaking ribs rib * and planking deafened deafenec deafenedber deafenecher afenedI I her ber , , . and she sh * heard the th * breath comeout come comeout cornout * > out of 01 Romeo with a grunt as a 8 * . shefell she ch chell ' , , fell { ell on top of him Thea Then wa water ter was wasgushing wan wangushing waigushing gushing and flooding ftoodlng all around aroundthem arounc arouncthem aroundthem aroundthemMcPhall them themMcPhail McPhall McPhail s 1'1 11 a ' boat sank about two twc twominutes twcminutes twcminutes minutes after she sh * struck She had hac hadrun hacrun badrun \ run at full fulJ speed squarely Into a aledge t tledge aledge . ledge that was too steep to allow alloy allowher alloyher allowher ' her to slide up ulJ , on it out of o1 wa water ter but butthat butthat butthat ; that still stilJ sloped enough to hold her hei hertill heitill h itill till her stern filled tilled and pulled her hen heroff henoff heioff off and downThe downThe down downThe The ledge iedge was some forty yards yardsfrom yardsfrom yardifrom > from the shingle beach at the foot of ofthe of ofthe olth ' the * cliffs clUb with deep water outside outsidebut outsidebut outsidebut but inside it il the th * water was shoaL shoaLRomeo shoalRomeo shoal.Romeo shoalRomeo . Romeo was first to reach the beach beachThe beachThe beachThe The shock of the collision threw him bin himand binand himand and Robin backward and Robin s sweight i iweight iweifiht weight coming down on his stomach stomachknocked stomachknocked stomachknocked knocked his wind out . . He H * madequeer made madequeer madqueer * queer hollow sounds trying to catch catchhis catchhis catchhis his brea breath th , , , fighting to sit up up . . . He Hethrew Hethrew Hethrew threw her off ol oft ! him and Robin beat beatat beatat beatat at him blindly with the th * knife kniff ' andw andAA and andThe w AA h h.o .o o . . l li lx - x t ' i i iThe The rar roar * ot of f sarf surt surf was all aU about aboutthem aboutthem akwtthem akwtthemhe them themhe he squealed squealf'd squealfd ' like a caught rat and andballed andbolted andbolted balled bolted up through the pilothouse to tothe tothe tothe the deckWhen deck deckWhen deckWhen When the boat struck Angus was wason wason wason on his bra feet in the cabin aft facingJenkins facing facingJenkins facingJenkins Jenkins pistol plstoi The shock threw threwhim threwhim threwhim him against the cabin bulkhead and andit andit andit it hurled Mr Jenklns Jenkins headlong into intothe intothe intothe the engine engme room Angus scrambled scrambledto to his feet and came at a run lump iwnp- iwnp lump- iwnpIng lumping lumping - - ing over Jenklns Jenkins to Robin . . By J3y the thetime thetime thetim time * .he he 'he . ' he real-tied real tied reaLhed reached - her water was waspOUrIng waspouring waspouring pOUrIng in through the lh * shattered shatteredbow shatteredbow shatteredbow bow Jenkm Jenkms Jenkins * without a sound dart dart- darted darted darted - - ed past them and scrambled up Into Intothe intothe intothe the pilothouse and Bnd disappearedAngus disappeared . . Angus dragged Robin Robm to her feet feetand feetand feetand and shouted All AU right7 right ? ' She slam stam slammered stammered slammered mered something and he turned to tofree tofree tofre free * Pat Pat s arms were fast to tothe tothe tothe the steel uprights of the ladder and andAngus andAngus andAngus Angus wrenched desperately at theknotted the theknotted theknotted knotted cords till Robin thrust the theknife theknife theknife knife at blmHere himHere him blm himHere Here take thisi this ; ! she screamed screamedashamed screamedashamed screamedashamed ashamed ashamedof of her own voice so shrilland shrill shrilland shrilland and high . . . Angus slashed at Pat s sbonds saonds sbonds bonds aonds and the lights went out and andunder andunder andunder under their feet the inclinfctloa IncUne.uoll IncUneuoll inclination . of ofthe ofhe ofthe the he deck increased mcreased as the th * boat setled set settied settied tied led by the stem- stem Item stern stemAngus - Angus shouted shoutedsome shoutedtome shoutedsome some tome triumphant word and then he heand heand heand |