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 ^^^9 ^^^^H 358 DICK SANDS, THE BOT C&PTAIH. CHAPTER X. aiARKET-DAY. So sudden was Dick's actioitthat.it had been impossible to parry Iiis blow. Several of the natives rushed on hiav and tn ail lîkelihood would hâve struck him down upon ths spot had not Negoro arrived at that very moment At a sign from him the natives drew back, and proceeded to raîse and carry away Harris's corpse. Alvez and Coïmbra were urgent in their demand that Dick should forthwith be punishcd by death, but Negoro whispered to them that they would assuredly be the gaincrs by delay, and they accordingly contented thcm- selves with ordaring the youth to be placed under strict supervision. This was the first tîme that Dick had set eyes upon Negoro sincc lie had left the coast ; nevertheless, so heart- broken was he at the intelligence he had just received, that he did not dcign to address a word to the man whom he kncw to bc the real author of ail hîs misery. He cared not now what becamc of him. Loadcd with chaîns, he was placed în the dungcon where Alvc7. was accustomcd to confine slaves who had been condcmned to dcath for mutiny or violence. That he had no communication with the outcr world gave him no conccm ; he had avcnged the death of those for whose safety he had felt himself responsible, and could now calmly await the fate which he could not doubt vas in store for him ; he did not dare to suppose that he had been temporarily spared otherwise than that he migfat