Thankin' you all
the same, Bob, as have been a good mate to me, and as I sha'n't forget
wherever I am. But see now!" he added, hastily, hearing a sound in
the room above. "You understand, Bob; I h'ist that signal, as it might
be to-morrow, and I keep her flyin' night and day. And so long as
you see her flyin', you says, 'Cap'n's all right so far!' you says.
But you keep a sharp lookout; and if some mornin' you don't see her,
you says, 'Sailin' orders!' you says, and then you calls Cap'n Nazro,
as never failed in a kindness yet, nor ain't likely to, to take the
wheel, and you put for this island. And Cap'n Nazro he takes the
_Huntress_ in, and then goes straightway and sends a telegraft to
the lady and gentleman, sayin' as Cap'n January has sailin' orders,
and they please to come and take the child, as lawfully to them
belongs. And you, Bob,--" the old man's steady voice faltered a
little, as he laid his hand on the other's arm,--"you'll do all you
can, well I know. For she'll take it hard, ye see. She has that depth
o' love in her little heart, and never nobody _to_ love 'cept me since
she were a baby, that she'll take it cruel hard. But the Lord'll have
her in mind! He'll have her in mind! and you'll stand by, Bob, and
bear a hand till the lady and gentleman come.
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