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shouted the young but determined commander. "The man who advances another step dies!" All paused, save two of the most daring of the rascals who continued to press on. SHOUTED THE YOUNG BUT DETERMINED COMMANDER THE MAN WHO ADVANCES ANOTHER STEP DIES ALL PAUSED SAVE TWO OF THE MOST DARING OF THE RASCALS WHO CONTINUED TO PRESS ON
 not like the appearance of matters. Scarcely had the lookout after a short passage descried the first land, and hailed the deck with "land ho!" when a change was instantly observed among the crew. Captain Bramble, however, was on the watch, and so were his backers; and seeing this, he instantly called one of the ringleaders aft, and bade him sternly to lay his hand to a rope and pull it taut. The man instinctively obeyed at first, subdued by the calm, stern front of the man who addressed him, but in a moment more he ceased and turned towards the officer flatly declining duty, at the same time beckoning the hands forward to come to the quarter-deck. Captain Bramble paused one second of time and repeated his order. It was not obeyed, and in the next instant the man lay a corpse with a bullet through his brains at the feet of his officer! This prompt punishment for a moment checked the action of the rest, but it was only for a moment when they moved aft in a body. "Hold, where you are!"  L RESOLVED TO MAKE THE ATTEMPT THEY DID NOT LIKE THE APPEARANCE OF MATTERS SCARCELY HAD THE LOOKOUT AFTER A SHORT PASSAGE DESCRIED THE FIRST LAND AND HAILED THE DECK WITH LAND HO WHEN A CHANGE WAS INSTANTLY OBSERVED AMONG THE CREW CAPTAIN BRAMBLE HOWEVER WAS ON THE WATCH AND SO WERE HIS BACKERS AND SEEING THIS HE INSTANTLY CALLED ONE OF THE RINGLEADERS AFT AND BADE HIM STERNLY TO LAY HIS HAND TO A ROPE AND PULL IT TAUT THE MAN INSTINCTIVELY OBEYED AT FIRST SUBDUED BY THE CALM STERN FRONT OF THE MAN WHO ADDRESSED HIM BUT IN A MOMENT HE CEASED AND TURNED TOWARD THE OFFICER FLATLY DECLINING DUTY AT THE SAME TIME BECKONING THE HANDS FORWARD TO COME TO THE QUARTER DECK CAPTAIN BRAMBLE PAUSED ONE SECOND OF TIME AND REPEATED HIS ORDER IT WAS NOT OBEYED AND IN THE NEXT INSTANT A MAN LAY A CORPSE WITH A BULLET THROUGH HIS BRAINS AT THE FEET OF THE OFFICER THIS PROMPT PUNISHMENT FOR A MOMENT CHECKED THE ACTION OF THE REST BUT IT WAS ONLY A MOMENT WHEN THEY MOVED AFT IN A BODY HOLD WHERE YOU ARE 
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