me and scraped a few things together to
take away with me. When I come back the cutter's lads dropped upon me,
and I showed fight till a crack on the head knocked all the say out of
me for about a fortnit. When I could speak they told me you'd both been
found."

"Ahoy!" cried the middy, excitedly. "Here comes your rase chap, old
wooden pegs. I'd nearly forgotten him. Does he live here?"

"Oh, yes, he's our gardener and odd man; been with us ever since Dunning
ran away. Capital gardener he makes, sailor--digs a patch and then
walks down it, making holes with his wooden legs to drop in the potatoes
or cabbage plants, before standing on one leg and covering in the earth
with the other. Hallo, Tom, what is it?"

"Sarvant, sir," said Tom, pulling his forelock, man-o'-war fashion, to
the young officer. "Been showing Eben Megg how the cave was busted up,
sir, in the storm. I beg pardon, sir; I've been scouring and swabbing
out the boat 'smorning in case you and the luff-tenant wanted to go for
a sail."

"To be sure," cried Aleck, eagerly. "Here, we'll go for a run to
Rockabie and back, Eben; come and take the helm and show Mr Wrighton
how the smugglers could run a boat close in among the rocks. You know;
the same as you did that night."

"Ay, ay, sir. Come along, Tom. Shall we go round to the Den gully and
fetch her, sir? We could run in up the channel below here, and pick you
up? Bodger says the channel's quite clear."

"Do you think you could find your way in, Eben?" said Aleck, with a
merry look.

"Find my way in, sir? Ay, sir, if it was black as ink, or with my eyes
shut."

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