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cried Frank . The Lieutenant turned with a snarl and pointed the end of his pencil toward the two boys . `` Put them in irons , '' he said . `` We 'll give them a drum-head when we get the goods out of the _ Clara _ and will shoot them at midnight . '' The boys made no resistance . That would have been useless , for there were twenty to one against them . `` And , '' continued the officer , `` send for the relatives of the natives this man Nestor murdered on Banta Isle .