2/23 'There's only one thing certain: it's no use carting this old glass and ballast to Peru. No, SIR, we're in a hole.' 'O my, and the merchand' cried Huish; 'the man that made this shipment! He'll get the news by the mail brigantine; and he'll think of course we're making straight for Sydney.' 'Yes, he'll be a sick merchant,' said the captain. 'One thing: this explains the Kanaka crew. If you're going to lose a ship, I would ask no better myself than a Kanaka crew. But there's one thing it don't explain; it don't explain why she came down Tahiti ways.' 'Wy, to lose her, you byby!' said Huish. |