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The chance of this seemed so great that he had made up his mind to pound on the door in order to attract attention, despite the threats of the captain, when that gentleman entered.

“Well, my lad,” he began in a cheery tone, “I am glad for you that it won’t be necessary to stay here many minutes longer.”

“Have you found out that there is nothing the matter with me?” Ned cried eagerly.

“I wish I had; but there’s no such good luck as that. We are off Spider Key now; the brig will soon be hove-to, and you are to go ashore. I’m sorry we couldn’t fetch up on the other side of the island where the village is, but, under the circumstances, you won’t mind walking a couple of miles. We shall give you enough so there’ll be no chance of wanting anything, even though you should stay here a year, and when it comes right down to facts, you’ll be better off than if you remained on board.”

“Will I have any trouble in findin’ the village?”

“Not a bit. Walk straight across till you come to it.”

Ned was satisfied. He had had so many hard rubs in his life that this being set ashore did not surprise him, and the fact that he would have enough to keep him for a year seemed like a wonderful show of generosity on the captain’s part.