"‘Jump!' I yelled, as he hesitated and turned and fumbled with the blessed parrot-cage for a few seconds, and then hurled it in their faces.

"‘They'll be after us,' he choked, as we plied the paddles.

"Wogo grinned and shook his head and kicked a spear at his feet. Then we knew he had destroyed their navy.

"‘Why did you tarry?' I gasped, as we tore through the water.

"‘Couldn't bear to think of Hen making such a clean-up,' he panted. 'I changed the quotation on Amalgamated to nineteen. John W. G. is now on velvet. Hark!'

"And a deafening cheer up-stream told us they had paused to count the marks, and that the Beni's boldest plunger had come into his own again.