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THE ENCOUNTER BETWEEN WILDFIRE NED AND THE SKELETON CREW.—See page 40.
“They vowed to hunt you down and slay you.”
“Ah!” said Ned, “and why? What have I done more than any one else to deserve such kind consideration?”
“I know not, young man. All I heard them say was, that, at the moment of your birth, some infernal power told them that you were sent to be their deadliest enemy on land and sea.”
“So be it, then,” said Ned. “If I have any strength or power or will, I will use it all against these demons, and never rest until I have exterminated every one of them.”