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Cormorant Crag

CHAPTER TWENTY EIGHT
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I'm cruising about round the island a-looking for them two young shavers." The captain turned his head sharply round and looked aft; but, keen as his sea-going eyes were, the presence of the boys passed unnoticed, and, probably concluding that they were farther aft, the captain said in a lower tone, but still perfectly audible.
"Dey look for zem ?" "Look for 'em?
The whole island's been at it 'bout the rocks and cliffs, and with every boat out; but do you know, Skipper Jarks, they arn't fund 'em." The old scoundrel chuckled, and Mike heard Vince's teeth grate together; and then directly after, he drew a deep breath, like a sigh, for the captain said softly,-- "And zey vill not find zem, eh ?" "They've been all day a-looking for their corpusses--for they're dead now." "Aha! so soon ?" "Ay, skipper; they say they've gone off the rocks and been drownded, and when they told me I says I wondered they hadn't been years ago, for they was the owdaciousest pair as ever I see.

They'd do anything they took in their heads." "Aha! is it so ?" said the captain.
"Ay, Skipper Jarks, it's so; but I'm 'fraid I shan't find their corpusses to-night.

What do you say ?" "Nosing, _mon ami_: I on'y sink zat ze brave pilot.

Josef Daygo, who know evairy rock and courant about ze island, vill find zem if any ones do.

But, my friend, vat you sink?
Zey find ze vay down to ze cave ?" "Nay, not they.


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