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Among Malay Pirates

CHAPTER II
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In a few minutes he rose from his stooping position, waved his hand in token of adieu, and walked slowly back into the temple.
"As he disappeared I sat up; Charley did the same.
"We stared at each other for a minute without speaking, and then Charley said: "'This is a rum go, and no mistake, old man.' "'You're right, Charley.

My opinion is, we've made fools of ourselves.
Let's be off out of this.' "We staggered to our feet, for we both felt like drunken men, made our way to our horses, poured a mussuk of water over our heads, took a drink of brandy from our flasks, and then, feeling more like ourselves, mounted and rode out of the jungle.
"'Well, Harley, if the glimpse of futurity which I had is true, all I can say is that it was extremely unpleasant.' "'That was just my case, Charley.' "'My dream, or whatever you like to call it, was about a mutiny of the men.' "'You don't say so, Charley; so was mine.

This is monstrously strange, to say the least of it.

However, you tell your story first, and then I will tell mine.' "'It was very short,' Charley said.

'We were at mess--not in our present mess room--we were dining with the fellows of some other regiment.
Suddenly, without any warning, the windows were filled with a crowd of Sepoys, who opened fire right and left into us.


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