We will get your friends here in no time." But when Mr.Allen came ashore Dick was again unconscious.

The mate fetched two more surgeons, who, after conferring with the first, were all of opinion that although he might possibly recover from his wounds, weeks would elapse before he would be convalescent.

Before night fever had set in, and it was a fortnight before he was again conscious of what was passing round him.

He looked feebly round the room.

One of the red-shirted men was attending to a pot over a charcoal fire.