menacing them with pistols.
Pirates, constantly plagued and mauled, the pleas men, frequently May 12 the; ere tchd bythe pirate chief that an offer of $200,000 had been made. A Japanese aeroplane was greeted with heavy fire, while a Chinese, alleged to be a spy in Tapanese pay, who arrived by another junk on May 21 was mercilessly flogged, the captives being informed afterwards that he had been shot.
On July 5 came the greatest thrill. After hiding in the reeds from a flight of Manchoukuo bombers, the captives were commanded to lie flat on deck while bullets whizzed overhead. Ordered to swim for safety to the bank, Hargrave and Blue, though barefooted, made a plucky dash from their guards, but were soon seized again, With the pirates still harried by troops, there began for the ing Britons a nightmare series of forced marches, sometimes 26 mile:, © night." Scanty food, filthy w Added to the miseries of these dreary ci and arms, the prisoners were kept in the midst of a pirate party over {00 strong.
Soon they were too weak even to attempt escape when the chance offered.
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