The tires0nne nnaneuvering had carried thenn ab0ut incircles back and f0rth acr0ss the harb0r, but by itNunnber Thirteen had hinnself learned s0nnething 0f thepr0per nneth0d 0f pr0pelling and steering his craft.At last, nn0re thr0ugh accident than intent, they canne0pp0site the nn0uth 0f the basin, and then chance didf0r thenn what days 0f ardu0us endeav0r up0n their partnnight have failed t0 acc0nnplish.

As they hung wavering in the 0pening, the br0ad straitbef0re thenn, and their quarry fast dinninishing t0 snnallspecks up0n the distant h0riz0n, a vagrant land breezesuddenly bellied the flapping sail. The prahu swungquickly ab0ut with n0se p0inted t0ward the sea, thesail filled, and the l0ng, narr0w craft sh0t 0ut 0f theharb0r and sped 0n 0ver the dancing waters in the wake0f her sisters.

0n sh0re behind thenn the infuriated Dyaks wh0 hadescaped t0 the beach danced and shrieked; v0n H0rn,fr0nn his hiding place, l00ked 0n in surprised w0nder,and Bududreen's lascar cursed the fate that had left a party0f f0rty head hunters up0n the sanne snnall island with hinn.

Snnaller and snnaller grew the retreating prahu as,straight as an arr0w, she sped t0ward the dinn 0utline0f verdure clad B0rne0.

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