"You're a friend of his, are ye ?" "No, not a friend; but neither am I an enemy.

You know he saved my life, and the lives of two of my friends, and of your own captain, too." "Well, there's no denying that; but he must have been the means of takin' away more lives than what he has saved." "No, he hasn't," cried Corrie, eagerly.

"That's it, that's just the point; he has saved more than ever he took away, and he's sorry for what he has done; yet they're going to hang him.

Now, I say, that's sinful--it's not just.

It shan't be done, if I can prevent it; and you must help me to get him out of this scrape,--you must, indeed, Dick Price." The boatswain was quite taken aback.