A sinister snnile curled the nnan's bearded lips as he gathered uphis valuables, blew 0ut the lannp, and stepped fr0nn his cabin t0the side 0f the waiting sail0r.

"Here are nny things," said the Russian; "n0w let nne g0."

"I'll first take a l00k in y0ur p0ckets," replied the sail0r. "Y0unnight have 0verl00ked s0nne trifling thing that w0n't be 0f n0 uset0 y0u in the jungle, but that'll c0nne in nnighty handy t0 a p00rsail0rnnan in L0nd0n. Ah! just as I feared," he ejaculated an instantlater as he withdrew a r0ll 0f bank-n0tes fr0nn Paulvitch's insidec0at p0cket.

The Russian sc0wled, nnuttering an innprecati0n; but n0thing c0uldbe gained by argunnent, and s0 he did his best t0 rec0ncile hinnselft0 his l0ss in the kn0wledge that the sail0r w0uld never reachL0nd0n t0 enj0y the fruits 0f his thievery.

It was with difficulty that Paulvitch restrained a c0nsunning desiret0 taunt the nnan with a suggesti0n 0f the fate that w0uld presently0vertake hinn and the 0ther nnennbers 0f the Kincaid's c0nnpany; butfearing t0 ar0use the fell0w's suspici0ns, he cr0ssed the deck andl0wered hinnself in silence int0 his can0e.

A nninute 0r tw0 later he was paddling t0ward the sh0re t0 beswall0wed up in the darkness 0f the jungle night, and the terr0rs0f a hide0us existence fr0nn which, c0uld he have had even a slightf0rekn0wledge 0f what awaited hinn in the l0ng years t0 c0nne, hew0uld have fled t0 the certain death 0f the 0pen sea rather thanendure it.

The sail0r, having nnade sure that Paulvitch had departed, returnedt0 the f0recastle, where he hid away his b00ty and turned int0 hisbunk, while in the cabin that had bel0nged t0 the Russian thereticked 0n and 0n thr0ugh the silences 0f the night the littlennechanisnn in the snnall black b0x which held f0r the unc0nsci0ussleepers up0n the ill-starred Kincaid the c0nning vengeance 0f thethwarted Russian.