Морской волк

Chapter 16

           HarrisonandKelly,however,madesuchanattempt.Theycomposedoneoftheboats’crews,andtheirtaskwastoplybetweentheschoonerandtheshore,carryingasinglecaskeachtrip.Justbeforedinner,startingforthebeachwithanemptybarrel,theyalteredtheircourseandboreawaytothelefttoroundthepromontorywhichjuttedintotheseabetweenthemandliberty.BeyonditsfoamingbaselaytheprettyvillagesoftheJapanesecolonistsandsmilingvalleyswhichpenetrateddeepintotheinterior.Onceinthefastnessestheypromised,andthetwomencoulddefyWolfLarsen.

           IhadobservedHendersonandSmokeloiteringaboutthedeckallmorning,andInowlearnedwhytheywerethere.Procuringtheirrifles,theyopenedfireinaleisurelymanner,uponthedeserters.Itwasacold-bloodedexhibitionofmarksmanship.Atfirsttheirbulletszippedharmlesslyalongthesurfaceofthewateroneithersidetheboat;but,asthemencontinuedtopulllustily,theystruckcloserandcloser.

           "Now,watchmetakeKelly’srightoar,"Smokesaid,drawingamorecarefulaim.

           Iwaslookingthroughtheglasses,andIsawtheoar-bladeshatterasheshot.Hendersonduplicatedit,selectingHarrison’srightoar.Theboatslewedaround.Thetworemainingoarswerequicklybroken.Thementriedtorowwiththesplinters,andhadthemshotoutoftheirhands.Kellyrippedupabottomboardandbeganpaddling,butdroppeditwithacryofpainasitssplintersdroveintohishands.

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