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" Thirty," was the reply. " To-morrow, the others 

 will have finished clearing out." 



" Giacomo and George," said the pirate, in a sharp 

 peremptory tone, "will go back and take them 

 orders to come up here. Let every man bring his 

 musket and bayonet, pistols and hanger, and let 

 them wait instructions in the great bend of the river, 

 two miles below this place. Don't look down-stream, 

 and then at me," said he angrily to the lieutenant, 

 who had cast a glance down the river ; " the young 

 Englishman has been here, and the old savage has 

 let him go." 



" That's what you did with his companions, cap- 

 tain. I wouldn't have done it." 



"There are many things that Monsieur Cloraud 

 would not have done," replied the pirate, sarcastically. 

 " But this younker has made an infernal confusion." 



" Anything else happened, captain 1 " 



"Nothing particular, except that the old man is 

 tired of our alliance." 



" Pshaw ! Ave don't want him any more, and may 

 well indulge the people with a merry hour." 



The buccaneer glanced at his subordinate with un- 

 speakable scorn. 



" And therefore, as Monsieur Cloraud thinks, do I 

 send for the men. The hour's pleasure would be 

 dearly bought. I hate such folly. You shall learn 

 my intentions hereafter." 



The lieutenant's low bow showed that the lawless 



