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 And mind you, no messages in bottles as you 're sinking. Ouch!" he added, putting a hand to his lame leg and turning his back on them.

Five minutes later the Nautilus was heading round the bend toward Shavay Bay, both her occupants feeling more than a little pleased with themselves.

"Hello, Flagg's boat is out, I see," Dave said when they reached their destination.

"I suppose he has gone fishing," Tempest observed.

"No, he said he was going to be very busy on the plantation all day. He will kick up a nice rumpus with his two Kanakas if they have taken the Firefly." For some hours Tempest and Dave were exceedingly busy. It was probable that their very lives would depend on what they took on board, so they laid out their scant capital with the utmost care at the island's solitary store. A couple of