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TREACHERY AND INGRATITUDE.
As soon as I reached the deck of the sloop, Bohun eagerly grasped me by the hand.

"My good fellow," said he, "tell me what to do, and I will go about it at once; only tell me what to do first." I cast my eye around, and comprehended in a moment the exact condition of the little vessel.

I felt that a great responsibility had suddenly devolved upon me, and I determined to be equal to the task.

The sloop, pitching and rolling, and jammed between two much larger vessels, was awkwardly situated, and riding, I supposed, at a single anchor.