Chapter Nine. The Capture.“Pass the word for not a man to go below, Hawkhurst ,” said the pirate-captain.
“I have, sir; and sentries are stationed at the hatchways. Shall we haul the schooner off?”
“No, let her remain; the breeze is faint already: we shall have a calm in half an hour. Have we lost many men?”
“Only seven, that I can reckon; but we have lost Wallace,” (the second mate).
“A little promotion will do no harm,” replied Cain; “take a dozen of our best men and search the ship, there are others alive yet. By-the-by, send a watch on board of the schooner; she is left to the mercy of the Kroumen , and—”
“One who is better out of her,” replied Hawkhurst .
“And those we find below—” continued the mate.
“Alive!”
“True; we may else be puzzled where to find that portion of her ca
