"Come away," exclaimed Harkaway; "come away from this. It makes me sick and faint."

"Yes," said Jefferson; "it is not to my taste."

"Nor mine."

"Nor mine," said Dick.

"This may be Justice, my friend," said Jack Harkaway "but it isn't English—it is not humanity."

"Five."

A cry came from the prisoner.

"Cast him loose!" cried Harkaway, "No more—no more!"

But the sailors did not appear to hear.

"Six."