“Do you say, then, you could, and that you would, face the whole Skeleton Crew single-handed?”
“Yes; and trust to heaven for strength to destroy them.”
“You never have seen any of them yet?”
“No; but I much desire to do so.”
“Then behold!” said the one-legged sailor, stamping his foot on the floor, and pointing towards the window.
In an instant a crash of glass was heard.
Every one, save Ned, screamed aloud at the ghastly sight before them.
There, with his head and half of his body visible at the window and protruding through it, stood a horrible form!
It was one of the Skeleton Crew!
In an instant Wildfire Ned pulled out a pistol and fired.