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"What does Captain Blastblow mean? Does he mean to run away with the Islander? " demanded Colonel Shepard, when he realized that his steam-yacht was again trying to elude him.
"He must have seen the Sylvania," I replied, very much perplexed by the conduct of the captain of the Islander. "If he stopped at Key West at all, he must have seen us before he started."