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"I'm coming aboard whenever I can get 

 him round." 



" Takin' her oot to sea again ! " said 

 Ronald, aghast. " Mercy on us 1 what 

 for?" 



" To tell you the truth, I don't know, 

 I can't say when we'll get him into the 

 boat ; but I am certain we'll never get 

 him into the shore. I've been trying to 

 guide him in ; but he won't come. Once 

 or twice he has gone round and round 

 this place, and then it looked as if I were 

 conducting a circus. You wouldn't have 

 me do that all night — in a cemetery, 

 too ? Besides, Ronald, if he bolts more 

 than fifty yards we're done, for I can't 

 follow him through the loch on my feet. 

 We're safer in the boat." 



"Vera weel, sir," Ronald answered, 

 turning away with a sigh : " I'll bring 

 her roond." 



We were now in a situation that re- 

 quired tact, skill, rapidity of judgment 

 and of action. The whustler could not 

 be expected to pause in his stroll for our 



