Will you go quietly, or are you going to betray us ?" The dog made no resistance, but allowed himself to be stowed in the middle of the cloth, which was tied up bundle-wise, the end of the sheet-rope was attached, a signal made, and the animal drawn up and in at the cabin-window without his uttering a sound.
A minute more and the rope came down.
"Can you bear it round you, my lad ?" whispered Gregory to Morgan.
"I'll bear anything," was the calm reply; and he did not wince as the rope was secured about his chest.

Then a signal was given, and he was drawn up, to be dragged in at the cabin-window with his wound bleeding again and he insensible.
"Can you climb up, major ?" said Gregory as the rope came down again.
"No, sir," said the major stoutly.

"I shall have to be hauled up like a passenger, I suppose.

I am no climber.

But won't they hear us on deck ?" "I wonder they have not already," said the mate, though all was perfectly still, and the stern stood out so much that they were in some degree protected.
"This is confoundedly undignified, sir, confoundedly," said the major, as the cotton rope was secured about his waist.