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Chapter 26

           WhatwasInowtodo?Tobetakenbythesavageswastoohorribletobethoughtof;tofleetothemountainswashopeless,asIshouldsoonbediscovered;andtotaketheschooneroutofthecreekwithoutassistancewasimpossible.Iresolved,however,tomaketheattempt,asbeingmyonlyhope,andwasonthepointofpushingoff,whenmyhandwasstayedandmybloodchilledbyanappallingshriek,inwhichIrecognisedthevoiceofoneofthecrew.Itwassucceededbyashoutfromthesavages.Thencameanotherandanothershriekofagony,makingmyearstotingle,asIfeltconvincedtheyweremurderingthepiratecrewincoldblood.Withaburstingheartandmybrainwhirlingasifonfire,Iseizedtheboat-hooktopushfromshorewhenamansprangfromthebushes.

           "Stop!Ralph,stop!There,now,pushoff!"hecried,andboundedintotheboatsoviolentlyasnearlytoupsether.ItwasBill’svoice!Inanothermomentwewereonboardtheboatmadefast,thelineoftheanchorcut,andthesweepsrunout.AtthefirststrokeofBill’sgiantarmtheschoonerwasnearlypulledashore,forinhishasteheforgotthatIcouldscarcelymovetheunwieldyoar.Springingtothestern,helashedtherudderinsuchapositionasthat,whileitaidedme,itactedagainsthim,andsorenderedtheforceofourstrokesnearlyequal.Theschoonernowbegantoglidequicklydownthecreek;butbeforewereacheditsmouth,ayellfromathousandvoicesonthebanktoldthatwewerediscovered.

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