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this minit on," said Jerry, and the compact was sealed by a handshake. The girls came down to see them off, and Dora warned Dick again to be on guard. It was decided that Lesher and old Jerry should do the rowing. Baxter sat in the bow of the boat, and Dick in the stern. The trip to the wreck was accomplished in almost utter silence. Everybody was busy with his thoughts. As they drew near Dick showed the mate where a ladder hung from the side, and as they drew close to this Baxter was the first to mount to the deck. As Dick had surmised, Lesher's first hunt was for liquor, and he drank several glasses at a gulp. Then he began to roam around the wreck, noting the damage that had been done and the amount of stores still on board. "Might float her, if the tide got extra high," he said. "Eleven men in our crowd and five in your own ought to be able to do something, surely." "The captain says the ship is too deep in the sand," answered Dick briefly. "Blossom don't know everything," growled the mate. Both he and Baxter soon found some comfortable clothing, and put it on. Then they made up a bundle of things they said the other sailors needed. When arming themselves, the Rovers and Captain Blossom had placed all of the remaining firearms in a stateroom and locked the door. "What did you do with all of the guns and pistols?" asked Lesher presently, after looking in vain for them. "They are packed away in a stateroom. Captain Blossom thought it wouldn't do to leave them lying loose. Some savages might come to the islands and steal them, and then we'd be in a bad hole." "We've got to have some guns and pistols, Rover." "Well, you can see the captain about that." "I shan't wait. Which stateroom are they in?" Dick would not tell the mate, and Lesher went around trying the various doors. Coming to one that was locked he burst it open with his shoulder. Dick scarcely knew what to do, and while he was trying to make up his mind Jack Lesher secured a pistol and a rifle, and also a pistol for Dan Baxter. He would have taken more fire-arms, but Dick stopped him. "That is enough," he said. "I want some for the men," said the first mate. "They can get pistols from Captain Blossom when they get here." "Humph! You think you are in sole command, don't you?" "I am not going to allow you to take away all the firearms that are here, Mr. Lesher." "We'll see:" The mate went into the pantry and se
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