05Johnny Is Captured

For the prescribed premier production, the crews of the Paul Parrot. That thrilling adventure story of whaling days when small craft roamed the mighty sea capturing monsters of the deep. Captain Dalton and his first mate, George Wainwright, of the Good Ship Paul Parrot, have been attempting to track down a Spaniard named Altesti, who has been causing them all sorts of trouble.

They met a young boy named Johnny Robbins who had just run away from home to go to sea. Altesti, believing Johnny to be Dalton's cabin boy, captured him, and undercover of night road to the Paul Parrot.

After binding Johnny and hiding him in a whale oil cask on the ship, Altesti and his henchman Pancho were discovered by second-make jowad and dicken the peg-leg sailor. Shots were exchanged, but Altesti once more evaded his pursuers.

It is now morning, and we find Captain Dalton, Wainwright, Mr. Grange, and the crew aboard the Paul Parrot, preparing to weigh anchor. Blow me down, George. I'll never forgive myself for letting that boy fall into the hands of that swab, Altesti.

Altestroy, there's no cause to feel that way. There's no fault of yours. But I like that lad. He was a bright boy. You can lay to that. Here he helped us find Altesti, and we bungled our trick and let the Spaniard get away and lay hands on the lad as well.

I'll make this Altesti as a fast bloke. One moment we had him at the muzzle of our pistols. The next moment before I could think. He grabbed the lad and held him in front of him.

We couldn't shoot them or he'd hit the boy. Who was he anyway? A cabin boy from one of the ships? No, Mr. Grange. He was a lad who just went away from home. His parents lived somewhere upstate.