John Conroy Hutcheson

Name: The Ghost Ship — Chapter Twenty Four.
Author: John Conroy Hutcheson

The Ghost Ship — Chapter Twenty Four… (1901)

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“The Ghost Ship — Chapter Twenty Four.”, published in 1901, is a work by John Conroy Hutcheson. It explores elements such as poop, Vereker and deck.

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John Conroy Hutcheson, The Ghost Ship — Chapter Twenty Four… (1901)

“ The black scoundrel gave out a shrill laugh like that of a hyena, as Colonel Vereker had described it to us when telling his yarn.
“Pardon me, sir, I am here,” he yelled out mockingly. “I am here. I do not run away like your white trash! Why don’t you come and fight me? Bah! I spit on you, my fine plantation colonel. When I get at you I will serve you just as I did your sly slave the other day, whom you sent to betray us, though you, yourself, were too great a coward to come amongst us, yes, to come amongst us yourself. Aha! colonel.” ”

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John Conroy Hutcheson, The Ghost Ship — Chapter Twenty Four… (1901)

“ Like poor Ivan, and with equal ferocity, the Frenchman sprang at the ugly villain’s throat, the whole lot of us tumbling headlong on the deck together, which caused the wretch to release me in order to protect himself from Captain Alphonse, who, kneeling on the top of him, hammered him against the bulwarks as though trying to beat the life out of him. ”

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John Conroy Hutcheson, The Ghost Ship — Chapter Twenty Four… (1901)

“ For before he could get so far, giving a fierce growl, the dog at once sprang up at him, his fangs meeting in the Haytian’s throat, whereupon the latter, toppling backwards over the poop-rail, fell into the waist below, with the dog hanging on to him; and I noticed presently that both were dead, the brave animal who had come so opportunely to the rescue of the colonel, his master, being stabbed to the heart by a knife which the negro still held in his lifeless hand, while his own neck had been torn to pieces by the dog whom death could not force to relinquish his grip! ”

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John Conroy Hutcheson, The Ghost Ship — Chapter Twenty Four… (1901)

“ Making a last desperate effort, the Haytian “marquis” gripped his antagonist round the waist as he previously gripped me, dragging him down beside him again; and then, as the two came with all their might against the side of the ship where the port flap was loose, the whole of the planking gave way, and poor Captain Alphonse, with that scoundrel the black “marquis,” crashed through the splintering wood together, falling with a heavy splash overboard into the sea beneath, going to the bottom locked in each other’s arms—a terrible ending to the terrible episode of this, their last meeting. ”

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John Conroy Hutcheson, The Ghost Ship — Chapter Twenty Four… (1901)

“ Then if word were wanted to spur us on, the skipper gave that word with a vengeance!
“By George! my lads, we’re in time yet to save the child and our other white comrades!” he cried out loudly, at the same time jumping into the mizzen rigging, where he hung on the shrouds with one hand, while in the other he held a cutlass which he had hastily clutched up, whirling it round his lionlike old grey head. “See, men, they’ve retreated to the cabin below, where they’re fighting for their lives to the last. Tumble up, my lads, and save them, like the British sailors that you are! ”

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John Conroy Hutcheson, The Ghost Ship — Chapter Twenty Four… (1901)

“ He and the Haytian were tightly locked in a deadly embrace, the negro gripping him with both arms round the body, and the colonel endeavouring to release his revolver hand, the two rolling over and over on the deck towards the rail forward. ”

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John Conroy Hutcheson, The Ghost Ship — Chapter Twenty Four… (1901)

“ Crack, crack, crack, went his revolver with venomous iteration from the other side of the vessel, where he was standing by the bulwarks, close to the hatchway of the companion-ladder leading to the cabin below, which he was apparently endeavouring to reach, while a crowd of Haytians barred his further progress towards those imprisoned in the cabin, whom they thus prevented his releasing, a fresh foe starting up for every one he disposed of, and a rough and terrible fight going on all round him all the time. ”

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John Conroy Hutcheson, The Ghost Ship — Chapter Twenty Four… (1901)

“ I’se come help you soon!”
“A thousand devils!” hissed a tall black near by—a man with a large, crinkly, ink-black moustache, and certainly with the most satanic visage I had ever beheld before. “A thousand devils!” repeated he, giving him a thrust with a large knife that pierced poor Accra’s arm, and making him drop the capstan bar. “Take care of yourself—beast!”
A cry from the colonel told me who this was. ”

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