12/15 I want to make J Small, his mark, on some of their brown carkidges. Don't you, boys ?" A low whispered growl came in reply, a sound that was as full of fight as if it had been uttered by some fierce beast. "You slip up there first, Billy Widgeon, and you others go next. Stop: Billy, send down a table-cloth." "Table-cloth, sir ?" "Yes, to tie the dog in; we mustn't leave him." Widgeon went up, his mates followed one by one, for the cotton rope stood the strain, and then a big white table-cloth was dropped into the boat. |