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AKTKR ONE SWIFT GLANCE OVER THE IIULWAKKS, THE CAITAIN 
SAID, 4 ALL HANDS MUST 1*K KKLOW, FOR TH ERE S NOT A MAS 
IN SIGHT, NOT EVEN A MAS AT THE WHEEL." 5 
every particular. Halloa! 
Here’s blood ! rT The mate 
had drawn a cutlass from 
a scabbard that hung on 
t he cabi n wa 11. lie* poi n ted 
to spots on the blade. 
‘‘ Blood} sir, yet why did 
the man that used the cut- 
lass take the trouble to 
put it back in its sheath? 
And” — looking at the 
woodwork of the cabin 
round about the scabbard 
-‘‘see these marks; more 
blood; Piracy, sir, that’s 
it. There’s a Captain Kidd 
in tli is job. and he's made 
’em all walk the plank.” 
“ Pirates, Adams ; yes ! 
But, then, there’s the valu- 
the two watches in the 
mate’s room, and the lady's rings 
and other jewels, and the full 
money- chest..” 
“ Well, captain, anyway she is 
our prize-’’ 
Aye, Adams; but what 1 
can’t make out is, how did 
they leave the ship ? Not in 
their own boats, eh ? ” 
“■ No, sir ; because the boat that 
would be carried by a craft like 
this Is here present and accounted 
for.*’ 
*' Well, then, Adams, they got 
away in a boat belonging to 
another vessel.” 
u Now else could they get 
away, sir ? ” 
u So, all we/ve got to do, Mr. 
Adams, is to tow her into Gibral- 
tar, and try and find out why 
this A i craft was abandoned 
by her people.” 
The reader may wish to try 
and unravel this hard nautical 
knot for himself. Therefore, here 
are further details of the examina- 
tion made by the two British 
sailors on the abandoned ship 
Marie Celeste. 
First, it was clear that the 
abandonment of the vessel was 
not due in any way to a storm 
or even bad weather. 
” Look at the sewing-machine,” 
said the skipper, as he and the 
mate discussed the situation in 
the brig's cabin. “ There’s been 
