Besides, the Bellevite may return on the present tide, and I am informed that she is a very fast sailer, as the Reindeer is not, and I must make the most of my opportunity; but when my fortune is made out of my present cargo, I shall owe it largely to you.

Adieu for the present." Captain Stopfoot left the cabin, locking the door behind him.

The hands of the prisoners, ten in number, were tied behind them with ropes, for probably the steamer was not provided with handcuffs.

Christy examined his men in regard to the manner in which they had been overcome.

The three men who had been left near the cabin door had been overthrown by those who jumped down upon them when they were separated, one at the stern, one on the bales, watching the Bellevite in the distance, and the third asleep on a cotton bale.