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Even Maud, with all her hatred and passion, quailed at the shock, and trembled as she crouched to the ground with averted face. EVEN MAUD WITH ALL HER HATRED AND PASSION QUAILED AT THE SHOCK AND TREMBLED AS SHE CROUCHED TO THE GROUND WITH AVERTED FACE
lavers, and by dividing them he strengthened his own power and weakened theirs. Once more upon their deck, the hand-to-hand battle was short, bloody and decisive, until towards its close, Captain Bramble found himself driven into the forecastle with a number of his followers, and at the same moment saw the mate of the "Sea Witch," with those of his people that were left alive hastening to embark in a quarterboat, and pull away from the vessel's side with great speed. A sort of instinct explained to him the meaning of this, and hurrying his people on shore with the wounded, they sought the shelter of the jungle once more. Scarcely had they gained the shade of the thick undergrowth, when a report like that of a score of cannons rang upon the night air, and high in the air soared a body of flame and wreck in terrific confusion. The slavers had placed a slow match in connection with the magazine, and had blown in one instant of time that entire and beautiful fabric into ten thousand atoms! LE OUTNUMBERED THE SLAVERS AND BY DIVIDING THEM HE STRENGTHENED HIS OWN POWER AND WEAKENED THEIRS ONCE MORE UPON THEIR DECK THE HAND TO HAND BATTLE WAS SHORT BLOODY AND DECISIVE UNTIL TOWARDS ITS CLOSE CAPTAIN BRAMBLE FOUND HIMSELF DRIVEN INTO THE FORECASTLE WITH A NUMBER OF HIS FOLLOWERS AND AT THE SAME MOMENT SAW THE MATE OF THE SEA WITCH WITH THOSE OF HIS PEOPLE THAT WERE LEFT ALIVE HASTENING TO EMBARK IN A QUARTERBOAT AND PULL AWAY FROM THE VESSEL'S SIDE WITH GREAT SPEED A SORT OF INSTINCT EXPLAINED TO HIM THE MEANING OF THIS AND HURRYING HIS PEOPLE ON SHORE WITH THE WOUNDED THEY SOUGHT THE SHELTER OF THE JUNGLE ONCE MORE SCARCELY HAD THEY GAINED THE SHADE OF THE THICK UNDERGROWTH WHEN A REPORT LIKE THAT OF A SCORE OF CANNONS RANG UPON THE NIGHT AIR AND HIGH IN THE AIR SOARED A BODY OF FLAME AND WRECK IN TERRIFIC CONFUSION THE SLAVERS HAD PLACED A SLOW MATCH IN CONNECTION WITH THE MAGAZINE AND HAD BLOWN IN ONE INSTANT OF TIME THAT ENTIRE AND BEAUTIFUL FABRIC INTO TEN THOUSAND ATOMS
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