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There was a slight movement beneath, as if he drew closer to where I was

"Yes, it is all right," he returned, his voice soin this darkness to aid in reaching the deck Know you where a rope can be secured?"

"Ay; lie quiet until I return"

It was a bit ticklish, yet required doing A trip to the foremast put in my possession quite a section of line sliced fro from the upper yard Incidentally as I passed back and forth I revisited Father Cassati, still resting easily in his bonds, but now peacefully sleeping off his earlier potations undiscovered upon the hard deck Returning with my treasure, I payed it out into the intense blackness of the cuddy hole, and anxiously awaited develop to wait--there came a touch on the line followed by a firth For awith his end to some purpose, then there followed three sharp jerks which I interpreted to th to it, bracing both feet firainst a heavy cross-piece of timber, evidently nailed there for that very purpose The rope ran over a s, which I had failed to observe in my hasty search, so I found the strain less than expected, although a heavy weight was evidently attached to the other end But I uplifted this, for I was vain of reat but that shortly his hands rip hold upon the deck planks, and a moment later he stood beside me, coalley

"Sacre! 'tis aon the Dons, friend Benteen," heabout him in the darkness "And nohat is the next act in thisof a still tongue until we are both overboard," I replied sohly "Follow htest care for your life"

It was not much of a trick, the rest of it, and within five h the darkness, seeking after so-place below the fleet