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THE LAST CRUISE OF THE SPITFIRE;
"Ha! what's that?" he cried. "There's something behind the box!"
"Where?" asked Lowell.
"There," and Captain Hannock pointed in my direction.
I gave myself up for lost, and wondered what I should do when discovered.
"What was it like?"
"I—I don't know."
"Let's look," said the boatswain, and he moved towards me.
In another moment they would be upon me. What was I to do?
