I doubt whether it could be done with his forty boys, but if we can get the powder, it seems to me that, with half as many sailors to help us, there is no reason why it should not succeed." "But you might burn half the town down," Desailles said, gravely.
"If I was sure that it would burn the whole of it down, I should not mind," Leigh exclaimed.

"But there is not much fear of that.

If it cleared out the whole of the slums, where the supporters of the gang of murderers they call the committee of public safety live, I should rejoice most heartily.

As there are several wide streets between them and the business quarters, and as they will have all the soldiers of the town to assist in fighting the flames, I do not think that there will be any fear of the fire spreading very far." "Well, at any rate, Leigh, you have hit on a plan that offers a good chance of success.

We shall find out, in a day or two, how many of the boatmen we can get to aid us, and how far they will be disposed to go.