⛵ ⛵ ⛵ ⛵...(Tour of "High Island")...Continued...
[Last time...]
“Fife includin' yoorselves. Errisl, ye will pick thee men reit away- every hoor coonts an' Ahh damn weel don’t want tae lose a guid officer tae these bludy dobbers!” 👥
“Aye Sairrr.”
“Git it dain!”
Galligan nodded as he stood up. Though fatigue wracked his bones, he knew the captain was right- every hour counted!
(See: @joshuaslane/silver-adventures-captain-joshua-slane-20jn25-every-hour-counts )
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[Youngstown...12 Williams St...]
Quickly arriving at the small shack, Ripper opened the iron padlock and shoved the wooden door open. Feeling his way to the small table in the center of the room, he took the glass off the lantern and picking up the flint with one hand he struck it with his dagger in the other. The oil in the lamp wick quickly caught fire.
“Set him down in a chair by the table!” He ordered as Fard pulled Able Seaman Lupega into the room and sat him down, facing the door.
“Should I light a fire in the hearth boss?”
“No you fool! No fire, no smoke!”
“Why boss?”
“You are as dumb as you look aren’t you?!” Ripper scolded, “Have you already forgotten that those Scots have Stank?! He’ll squeal like a pig at the point of a blade! He knows where the shack is!”
“Oh…right.”
Lupega chuckle at the exchange which drew an angry glance from Ripper...
Closing the door he walked back over to the table and emptied out his trouser pockets. Forty-two silver coins fell on the table-top in a harmonic jingle…
“Let’s see what you’ve got…on the table!”
Fard dug into his pockets and dumped another seventeen coins on the pile.
“Hmmm…fifty-nine ounces…that’s a far cry from what we should have gotten!” Ripper complained as stacked the shiny in three, neat stacks.
“What do we do boss?”
“What do you mean- what do we do?! We get out of town!”
“Out of town?! But to where?” Fard questioned with a worried look.
“South…along the river! Those Scots will be here before sunrise!”
“Tonight?!” Fard exclaimed with a tired face.
“Yes tonight you idiot! I don’t aim to hang by a rope from that Frigate’s yard-arm!” Ripper barked, “Get me a bag for these coins, quickly!”
Fard walked away from the table and pulled open a small cabinet drawer, pulling out a money bag while Ripper carefully slid the shiny stacks of coins to the edge of the table. Meanwhile, Lupega was busy wiggling his right hand. Slowly and carefully he freed it and with great discretion, picked up the sharp flint and quickly scratched the letter “S” with a small arrow next to it on the wooden table-top.
Then he slid his hand back into the raw-hide binding that held them. This caught the eye of Ripper!
“What’s this?! You’re trying to escape boy?!” He warned loudly as he pulled Lupega up off the chair and started retying his bindings. In the sudden commotion, neither he nor Fard notice the small, scrawling letter on the table-top. Retying the binding, Ripper pulled Lupega away from the table.
“Get a hold on him and keep your dagger close!” He ordered as he tied the small money bag on his waist band and opened the door, “Put out that lantern and let’s move!”
“Yes boss…”
(Moonrise...)
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📝 Note: "If th' Toor o' High Islain' has caught yer intrest, all o' me stoatin' adventures kin be foond by searchin':
Silver Adventures of Captain Joshua Slane
Oan yer 'Hife Search tool' an' sae forth." 😉 -Keptin
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References: - Pictures from: www.freeimages.com, www.pexels.com, pixabay.com, Hive.blog, Wikipedia an’ www.google.com/maps. Data also loosely interpretted froms: historica.fandom.com, Wikipedia, an' sometimes finely crafted reit from th' author's extensiff personal experience an' such.
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