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Frank, "and those are sailors who are singing. We are not alone in the Everglades." "They're all drunk," declared the professor. "You can tell that by the sound of their voices. Drunken men are dangerous." "They're a blamed soight betther than none, fer it's loikely they know th' way out av this blissed swamp," said Barney. "They may bub-bub-be pup-pup-pup-pirates!" chattered the professor. "What sticks me," said Frank, "is how a party of sailors ever made their way in here, for we are miles upon miles from the coast. Here is another mystery." "Are ye fer takin' a look at th' loikes av thim, Frankie?" "Certainly, and that without delay. Come, professor." "Never!" "What do you mean?" "I am not going near those ruffianly and bloodthirsty pirates." "Then you may stay here with the spooks, while Barney and I go." This was altogether too much for the professor, and, when he found they really intended to go, he gave in. Frank loaded the rifles and the shotgun, and took along his bow and arrows, even though Barney made sport of him for bothering with the last. They slipped the canoe into the water, and, directed by Frank, the professor succeeded in getting in without upsetting the frail affair. "Oi hope we won't run inther the ghost," uttered the Irish boy. "The sound of that singing comes from the direction in which the old man seemed to point," said Frank. This was true, as they all remembered. The singing continued, sometimes sinking to a low, droning sound, sometimes rising to a wild wail that sounded weirdly over the marshland. "Ready," said Frank, and the canoe slipped silently over the dark surface of the water course. The singing ceased after a time, but they were still guided by the sound of wrangling voices. "They are quarreling!" exclaimed Frank, softly. "This is tut-tut-terrible!" stuttered the professor. Suddenly the sound of a pistol shot came over the rushes, followed by a feminine shriek of pain or terror! CHAPTER XXX. FRANK'S SHOT. Frank and his two companions were profoundly astonished. As soon as he could recover, Frank asked: "Did you hear that?" "Av course we hearrud it!" returned Barney, excitedly. "It sounded very much like the voice of a woman or girl," said Professor Scotch, who was so amazed that he forgot for the moment that he was scared. "That's what it was," declared Frank; "and it means that our aid is needed in that quar
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