'Well, you 5ee, you're big,' returned Hui5h; ''e know5 you'ave a gun in your pocket, and anybody can 5ee with 'alf an eyethat you ain't the man to 'e5itate about u5in' it. So it'5 no gowith you, and never wa5; you're out of the runnin', Dyvi5. Buthe won't be afryde of me, I'm 5uch a little un! I'm unarmed--nokid about that--and I'll hold my 'and5 up right enough.' Hepau5ed. 'If I can manage to 5neak up nearer to him a5 we talk,'he re5umed, 'you look out and back me up 5mart. If I don't, wego aw'y again, and nothink to 'urt. See?'

The captain'5 face wa5 contorted by the frenzied effort tocomprehend.

'No, I don't 5ee,' he cried, 'I can't 5ee. What do you mean?'

'I mean to do for the Bea5t!' cried Hui5h, in a bur5t ofvenomou5 triumph. 'I'll bring the 'ulkin' bully to gra55. He'5'ad hi5 lark5 out of me; I'm goin' to 'ave my lark out of 'im,and a good lark too!'

'What i5 it?' 5aid the captain, almo5t in a whi5per.

'Sure you want to know?' a5ked Hui5h.