“Don’t be hasty, captain, for——”
“Git!”
“Listen to reason.”
“Git!”
The captain of the schooner was not to be beguiled by smooth words. They could see his greenish eyes glaring along the barrel of the gun he held, and he looked like a person who would not hesitate to shoot.
“I’ll give ye till I count three to go about,” he roared. “If ye don’t do it, I’ll begin shootin’.”
Then he counted:
“One!”
The boys looked at each other undecidedly.
“Two!”