"
To the Captain Redfox reported, "I did not think it possible for that
boy to come down from the rigging alive, and now he is telling that I
tried to push him off the yard, and, of course, that numbskull of a
Green is only to ready to believe him. That fellow has got wind of
some things, too. We must see to it that he gets no chance to tell
what he knows or thinks he knows."
"You are my bad angel, Redfox, and want to drag me deeper and deeper
into crime," said the Captain. "Haven't I told you again and again
that I will not have that boy put out of the way?"
"Oh, you are always for half-way measures. I take no account of them
in my reckonings. It would have been very fine for you,
if--accidentally--he had fallen from the rigging," growled Redfox.
"No, no, I won't have any bloodshed," said the Captain most earnestly.
"There are enough things now for which I have to answer,--and there
will be more when we wreck the 'St. George' on one of the many reefs
off the east coast of Australia, as we have planned to do. Now, if
against my will, you do anything to that boy, I'll have you turned over
to the authorities, even if I run the danger of being arrested as your
accomplice.
Pages:
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82