“So it ain’t on you,” snarled Hoeseason, when he had finished his search, “but I’ll bet a guinea it ain’t far away. Stand where you are and don’t move as you value your life while I overhaul the bunk.”
A moment later an exclamation of savage delight burst from his bearded lips.
“Ah! Here it is. See, younker, I was bound to find it and—— What the——?”
As the giant of a man stood half-facing him, Jack gathered himself for a crouching leap. He sprang straight at the man’s legs and, catching him entirely by surprise, brought him to the floor with a crash that could be heard above the raging of the storm.
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There was a stir in the bunk above.
“Help me, quick. He’ll be too much for me alone.”
“What in the world, Jack Ready——?”