Not in the least embarrassed, the leader chatted with the chief mate. She told him that when Hong Hoi Bay was reached they would be met by janks and sampans would ashore, leaving the ship itself ye declared spitefully, we' don't get safely to there, Lam afraid it will be very unlucky for you, too!
To another officer she remarked: "what do you think of a woman asa leader? Not a single hitch has occurred and, except for the fact that the plunder is not worth much, T am quite satisfied with the way things have gone."
"If you are caught, you will be seeuted," ventured one of the sapped passengers.
But I am not caught," retorted the woman, "At the moment, it is you who are in that fix."
To her "lieutenant," aged Chinese, she get big ransom-money for Prisoners. to please our ashore. It is a pity the cargo is valueless. After the way we had planned the affair, it is most disappointing.'
At 7.42 a.m. the ship-entered the Bay and the woman ordered the mate to steer as near as he could to the inlet, "But be careful not to ran) aground," she cautioned. "We don't want to attract too much al tention from outside, Shots were fired and the siren was Bawn but no answer came from the shore. Again and again efforts were made to attract the attention of the pirates' friends, but without
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