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“Did he give you any trouble?”

“Not a bit, but acted as if he expected something of the kind. How long will it take you to fix the boys?”

“That part of it doesn’t amount to anything. Bring some rope down, and I’ll end this business mighty quick.”

Nelse and Gil were sleeping soundly when the mutineers opened the unlocked door. Beside them were the revolvers, and these the ringleader took possession of, as he said to his followers:

“Now truss ’em up; but there’s no need of using the gags, for they can’t do any harm, no matter how loud they yell.”

The first intimation the boys had that anything out of the usual course had happened was when the men began roughly to tie their hands and feet, and then only a single glance was necessary to tell exactly what had been accomplished.

“Turn them out on deck, and we’ll make ourselves comfortable here for a while before doing the rest of the work,” the leader said, and, as if they had been so many bundles of merchandise, Gil and Nelse were conveyed to the main hatch, there to be flung roughly down.