The Flag-Lieutenant

A STORY OF THE SLAVE SQUADRON

BY

S. WHITCHURCH SADLER, R.N.
AUTHOR OF "LAST CRUISE OF THE ARIADNE," "THE SHIP OF ICE,"
"PERILOUS SEAS," ETC., ETC.

MARCUS WARD & CO., 67, CHANDOS STREET
AND ROYAL ULSTER WORKS, BELFAST

1877

251.

C.

662.

X. THE FRIGATE TAKES A PRIZE

XI. THE SLAVE-CAPTAIN'S WARNING

XII. "BRING HER SAFELY BACK

XIII. ALICE GOES ON BOARD THE VENUS

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CHAP.

XXV.-A NIght ADVENTURE UP THE CONGO

XXVI.-ONSLOW TURNS SPY

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“UTTERING A PIERCING CRY, SHE STRUGGLED, BUT IN VAIN". 208

"I SAY, THERE'S A HIPPOPOTAMUS," CRIED THOROLD .

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THE CAPTAIN OF THE SLAVER

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"AH, SENOR INGLESE, WE HAVE YOU!".

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"BY YOUR LEAVE, SENOR PEDRO," SAID THE LIEUTENANT 287

THE FLAG-LIEUTENANT.

CHAP. I.-THE WARDROOM OF H.M.S. ROVER.

HREE

years on the coast of Africa! I wonder how many of us will live

to see old England again."

The Coast is not so bad after all, Onslow. If death is on one side of the balance, promotion is on the other-to say nothing of prize money; which of course you, as a dashing young flaglieutenant, scorn; but which I, as an old first lieutenant, and a poor one too, welcome to my heart and pocket."

"In fact, Langley, you consider that the chance of promotion, plus prize money, on the one side, weighs down that of death on the other."

"Is there not something else?" said a third