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 what kind of a cell it is, but I do not imagine it is very modern or formidable; and, anyway, once inside, Varge will help us. Besides the file, we'll need a good strong bar and a lantern."

"I'll get 'em—up to the coast-guard station," said Jonah Sully cheerfully. "You, leave that to me. I'll get 'em. Reckon though it's a mite early to begin operations, ain't it? There might be someone snoopin' 'baout."

"I intended to wait until after midnight," said Janet quietly. "We will be sure then of no interference—and that will give Varge four or five hours before daylight. And now I must get back. Will you meet me then at the other end of the village in front of the church?"

A dry chuckle came from Captain Jonah Sully.

"Lord!" said he, "I never thought of that."

"Of what?" asked Janet.

"Why, the hullabaloo there'll be in the mornin' when they find the young feller's gone. The hull community 'll be dancin' 'raound like hot fat on a griddle," said the erstwhile skipper of the Mary K. Jones, with another chuckle. "Reckon though," he added more cautiously, "we'll have to step right keerful after tweakin' the nose of the law audacious-like—we hadn't ought to forget it's a pesky serious business."

"I haven't forgotten it," said Janet, a pathetic grimness in her voice. "At the church then, at midnight, and you—you won't fail, will you?"

"Great snakes!" said Captain Jonah Sully earnestly. "Don't you worry none 'baout that, Miss Rand. I'll be there—sure-lee."