CHAPTER XXXVI.
A WATERY GRAVE—THE BED OF THE OCEAN—A BOLD STROKE FOR LIFE—THE
RACE WITH A SHARK—A NARROW SQUEAK—HOW TO GIVE A SHARK THE SACK—THE
BOAT—"FREE, FREE AS AIR!"—A STRANGE ENCOUNTER WITH A GENTLEMAN ON
TWO WOODEN LEGS.
Poor boys!
Unhappy Jack.
Luckless Harry Girdwood.
The fall from such a height to the water would render death almost a certainty.
Hand and foot bound, they could not move.
Yet stay.
Could it be possible that these noble boys were to fall victims to the villainy of such ruffians?