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Chapter 19

           Sheandhercompanionsworeshortpetticoats,andakindoftippetontheirshoulders.Theirhairwasjetblack,butinsteadofbeinglong,wasshortandcurlythoughnotwoollysomewhatlikethehairofayoungboy.Whilewegazedwithinterestandsomeanxietyatthesepoorcreatures,thebigchiefadvancedtooneoftheelderfemalesandlaidhishanduponthechild.Butthemothershrankfromhim,andclaspingthelittleonetoherbosom,utteredawailoffear.Withasavagelaugh,thechieftorethechildfromherarmsandtosseditintothesea.AlowgroanburstfromJack’slipsashewitnessedthisatrociousactandheardthemother’sshriekasshefellinsensibleonthesand.Theripplingwavesrolledthechildonthebeach,asiftheyrefusedtobeapartyinsuchafoulmurder,andwecouldobservethatthelittleonestilllived.

           Theyounggirlwasnowbroughtforward,andthechiefaddressedher;butalthoughweheardhisvoiceandeventhewordsdistinctly,ofcoursewecouldnotunderstandwhathesaid.Thegirlmadenoanswertohisfiercequestions,andwesawbythewayinwhichhepointedtothefirethathethreatenedherlife.

           "Peterkin,"saidJackinahoarsewhisper,"haveyougotyourknife?"

           "Yes,"repliedPeterkin,whosefacewaspaleasdeath.

           "Thatwilldo.Listentome,anddomybiddingquick.Hereisthesmallknife,Ralph.

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