Fitz the Filibuster - George Manville Fenn

“Directly I can get at the wires I’ll send a message to New York, telling our people to communicate with your Admiralty, that you are alive and well.”

The next minute the captain was talking with both the Reeds, and to Fitz’s great satisfaction he saw that they were chatting, evidently on the most friendly terms.

As the American captain had suggested, it was nearly a month before he sailed away with Fitz on board, after a parting that made the hearts of the two lads ache, while the pressure of the skipper’s hand lingered long.

But after the fashion of most boys under such circumstances they hid their emotions like men.

“I suppose,” said the skipper, “I shall never have the chance to give you such a cruise again.”

“No,” said Fitz, laughing; “never, I should say. Good-bye, sir! Good-bye, Poole, old chap, till next time.”

“Yes,” said Poole merrily. “So long!”

The End.