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Entering with this figure, we shall soon find it to be Leonard Hust, who now, watching an opportunity, slipped into the apartment where the young commander had been confined since he left the factory of Don Leonardo. No sooner was the door closed quietly, so as to avoid the observation of the watch between decks, than the new comer opened a secret lantern and discovered himself to the prisoner, at the same time cautioning him to silence. ENTERING WITH THIS FIGURE WE SHALL SOON FIND IT TO BE LEONARD HUST WHO NOW WATCHING AN OPPORTUNITY SLIPPED INTO THE APARTMENT WHERE THE YOUNG COMMANDER HAD BEEN CONFINED SINCE HE LEFT THE FACTORY OF DON LEONARDO NO SOONER WAS THE DOOR CLOSED QUIETLY SO AS TO AVOID THE OBSERVATION OF THE WATCH BETWEEN DECKS THAN THE NEWCOMER OPENED A SECRET LANTERN AND DISCOVERED HIMSELF TO THE PRISONER AT THE SAME TIME CAUTIONING HIM TO SILENCE
tion of affairs, while he knew very well that Charles lay in chains on board his ship in the harbor. Then he recalled the memory of his parents, as connected with this state of affairs. The father was dead, the mother, a weak-minded woman, was also bowed by ill-health; indeed, their early lives had few happy associations. Robert himself had embittered all its relations. It was nearly midnight, and the moon had sunk behind the hill that sheltered the harbor on the north, leaving the dark water of the bay in deep shadow. At long gunshot from the shore lay the ship in which Charles Bramble was confined. All was still as death, save the pace of the sentinel in the ship's waist, and a ripple now and then of tide-way against the ship's cable. An observant eye, from the leeward side of the ship, might have seen a dark form creep out from one of the quarter ports, and gradually make its way along the moulding of the water-lines toward the larboard bow ports, one of which it stealthily entered. HE DID NOT DO HE WALKED HIS ROOM BITTERLY MUSING UPON THE SINGULAR POSITION OF AFFAIRS WHILE HE KNEW VERY WELL THAT CHARLES LAY IN CHAINS ON BOARD HIS SHIP IN THE HARBOR THEN HE RECALLED THE MEMORY OF HIS PARENTS THE FATHER WAS DEAD THE MOTHER A WEAK MINDED WOMAN WAS ALSO BOWED BY ILL HEALTH INDEED THEIR EARLY LIVES HAD FEW HAPPY ASSOCIATIONS ROBERT HIMSELF HAD EMBITTERED ALL ITS RELATIONS IT WAS NEARLY MIDNIGHT AND THE MOON HAD SUNK BEHIND THE HILL THAT SHELTERED THE HARBOR ON THE NORTH LEAVING THE DARK WATER OF THE BAY IN DEEP SHADOW AT LONG GAUNT FROM THE SHOREY THE SHIP IN WHICH CHARLES BRAMBLE WAS CONFINED ALL WAS STILL AS DEATH SAVE THE PACE OF THE SENTINEL IN THE SHIP'S WAIST AND A RIPPLE NOW AND THEN OF TIDE WAY AGAINST THE SHIP'S CABLE AN OBSERVANT EYE FROM THE LEEWARD SIDE OF THE SHIP MIGHT HAVE SEEN A DARK FORM CREEP OUT FROM ONE OF THE QUARTER PORTS AND GRADUALLY MAKE ITS WAY ALONG THE MOULTING OF THE WATER LINES TOWARDS THE LARBOARD BOW PORTS OF WHICH IT STEALTHILY ENTERED
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