"Did the pilot know it was there?" asked Dave. "Did the pilot know it was there?" asked Dave. "Could he miss knowing it?" demanded Adair. "Truth is, I came down here with a sort of fellow-feeling in my mind for you people. The governor here and his friends bleed every American they get hold of. They are a precious set of thieves, and when I heard of your predicament I wondered what new mischief they were up to." "Could he miss knowing it?" demanded Adair. "Truth is, I came down here with a sort of fellow-feeling in my mind for you people. The governor here and his friends bleed every American they get hold of. They are a precious set of thieves, and when I heard of your predicament I wondered what new mischief they were up to." "Then," said Dave, in a startled way, "you mean to insinuate that the pilot ran the Swallow into her present fix purposely?" "Then," said Dave, in a startled way, "you mean to insinuate that the pilot ran the into her present fix purposely?" "I do," nodded Adair. "I do," nodded Adair. "Why?" demanded Dave, with a quick catch of excitement in his voice--"why did he do it?" "Why?" demanded Dave, with a quick catch of excitement in his voice--"why did he do it?" CHAPTER III CHAPTER III MR. SCHMITT-SCHMITT MR. SCHMITT-SCHMITT "Yes," cried Bob Vilett impulsively. "Why did the pilot try to wreck the Swallow?" "Yes," cried Bob Vilett impulsively. "Why did the pilot try to wreck the ?"
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