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The Attack

           "Hangthem!"saidthecaptain."Thisisasdullasthedoldrums.Gray,whistleforawind."

           Andjustatthatmomentcamethefirstnewsoftheattack.

           "Ifyouplease,sir,"saidJoyce,"ifIseeanyone,amItofire?"

           "Itoldyouso!"criedthecaptain.

           "Thankyou,sir,"returnedJoycewiththesamequietcivility.

           Nothingfollowedforatime,buttheremarkhadsetusallonthealert,strainingearsandeyesthemusketeerswiththeirpiecesbalancedintheirhands,thecaptainoutinthemiddleoftheblockhousewithhismouthverytightandafrownonhisface.

           Sosomesecondspassed,tillsuddenlyJoycewhippeduphismusketandfired.Thereporthadscarcelydiedawayereitwasrepeatedandrepeatedfromwithoutinascatteringvolley,shotbehindshot,likeastringofgeese,fromeverysideoftheenclosure.Severalbulletsstruckthelog-house,butnotoneentered;andasthesmokeclearedawayandvanished,thestockadeandthewoodsarounditlookedasquietandemptyasbefore.Notaboughwaved,notthegleamofamusket-barrelbetrayedthepresenceofourfoes.

           "Didyouhityourman?"askedthecaptain.

           "No,sir,"repliedJoyce."Ibelievenot,sir."

           "Nextbestthingtotellthetruth,"mutteredCaptainSmollett."Loadhisgun,Hawkins.Howmanyshouldsaytherewereonyourside,doctor?"

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