One morning, as he took his stand on the Hong-Kong packet dock to ambush the possible tourist, he witnessed the arrival of a tubby schooner, dirty gray and blotched as though she had run through fire. Turning, she heaved at the bottom door and slammed it in his face just as he came leaping forward to grab her. ‘You could have fetched me home. "And you would surrender yourself —eh?" "I'll surrender myself at once, if you'll engage to bring him off; and you'll get the reward from old Wood. I had nosebleeds that day and I got halfway up the rope before I fell off. " Having effected his object, which was to get rid of Blueskin, Baptist turned to Rowland and Sir Cecil, who had watched his proceedings with much impatience, and remarked, "Now, gentlemen, the coast's clear; we've nothing to interrupt us. You'd not know what to do without me, and shan't drive me off. Shrinking involuntarily back into the farthest corner of the seat, Jack buried his face in his hands. Even the chattering monkeys, parrots, and parrakeets departed the fruit groves for the smelly dark of the jungle. Then with an indescribable relief her feet were on the pavement, and she was being urged along by two policemen, who were gripping her wrists in an irresistible expert manner. Would she were alive to back my suit!" "This is beyond all endurance," said Winifred, striving to withdraw her hand. ] THE RAGGED EDGE BY HAROLD MACGRATH AUTHOR OF DRUMS OF JEOPARDY, ETC.
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