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And now, even though the industrious colonists had provided themselves with tools, these treasures would find their use.
It would not do also to forget that the six survivors of the "Speedy's" crew had landed on the island, for they were in all probability scoundrels of the deepest dye, and it was necessary that the colonists should be on their guard against them.
For several days the colonists were actively employed in haymaking and the harvest.
A tremendous report was heard, but the piece had held good, and the colonists rushing to the windows, saw the shot graze the rocks of Mandible Cape, nearly five miles from Granite House, and disappear in Shark Gulf.
The colonists would no longer as before, be able to go and come without fear.
At present, the colonists had reason on their side against Pencroft.
Chapter 6However, the chief business of the colonists was to make that complete exploration of the island which had been decided upon, and which would have two objects: to discover the mysterious being whose existence was now indisputable, and at the same time to find out what had become of the pirates, what retreat they had chosen, what sort of life they were leading, and what was to be feared from them.
If anything occurred at the corral, or in the neighborhood, he could instantly warn the colonists by sending a telegram to Granite House.
The colonists worked with a will, and the two dams which besides did not exceed eight feet in width by three in height, were rapidly erected by means of well-cemented blocks of stone.
It was agreed that a gunshot should announce the colonists' return, and that at the signal Neb should return and reestablish the communication between the two banks of the river.
They found no trace of the fugitives who, no doubt, not having yet discovered the number of the colonists, or the means of defense which they had at their disposal, had gained the less accessible parts of the island.
In this way, the "Bonadventure" would be always within reach, under the eyes of the colonists, and if necessary, under lock and key.
The colonists waited, therefore, for Ayrton to appear on Prospect Heights.
The colonists' uneasiness was great.
The colonists, after leaving the plateau of Prospect Heights, immediately took the road to the corral.
The colonists walked rapidly and in silence.
The colonists were now half way between Granite House and the corral, having still two miles and a half to go.
And now did the colonists possess an efficacious agent to act against the inflammation which might occur?
As may be believed, during the four-and-twenty hours they had been in the corral, the colonists had no other thought than that of nursing Herbert.
This laconic note contained all that Neb ought to know, and at the same time asked all that the colonists wished to know.
This was the colonists' saddest thought.
But what would have been the condition of the colonists if his state had been aggravated,--if, for example, the ball had remained in his body, if his arm or his leg had had to be amputated?
As in so many other conjectures, the colonists had appealed to the logic of that simple good sense of which they had made use so often, and once more, thanks to their general knowledge, it had succeeded!
Were these the first blows aimed by adverse fortune at the colonists?
It can, therefore, be well understood how injurious this seclusion in the corral must have been to the colonists.
There it was examined by the colonists, who found that it was a fragment of Ayrton's waistcoat, a piece of that felt, manufactured solely by the Granite House factory.
Certainly if Neb had any important matter to communicate to his master he could not employ a more sure or more rapid messenger, who could pass where neither the colonists could, nor even Top himself.
However, the colonists kept a strict watch.
The wood appeared as deserted as on the day when the colonists first landed on the island.
Chapter 10Of the convicts, the dangers which menaced Granite House, the ruins with which the plateau was covered, the colonists thought no longer.
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