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The skipper declared that the only papers relating to the Queen were in his cabin. "'Get those papers, or I'll blow your head off, said the German. Below, the captain moved his hand to his hip pocket to get his keys, the German started, and put the muzzle of his revolver close to the Britisher's head.
The gallant Britisher's face, too, brightened up with good-nature, the boatswain sounded his whistle, the savage guns disappeared in their ports; the yards were manned with jolly tars, and away streaked the admiral in his barge, skimming the sullen water, towards the Yankee, under a heavy cannonade of grape.
Mr Chollop was so delighted at the smartness of his excellent countryman having been too much for the Britisher, and at the Britisher's resenting it, that he could contain himself no longer, and broke forth in a shout of delight.
"Den you not care about English, de officer say, and Sam draw hisself up and pat his chest and say, 'Me Melican citizen, me no Britisher's slave, some day me go back States, go on board Melican man-ob-war, me pay out dese Britishers for make Sam slave. Den de officer laugh, and say dat if I like I could fight dem now; and if I prefer French uniform to French prison, me could have him.
O'Higgins wandered into this street and that, studying the signs and resenting the Britisher's wariness in using too much tin and paint. This niggardliness compelled him to cross and recross streets. Suddenly he came to a stop, his mouth agape. "Solid ivory!" he said aloud; "solid from dome to neck! That's James Boyle in the family group.
"He's got a team of Esquimaux dogs calls 'em Mahlemeuts, and he's got a birch-bark canoe, and a skin kyak from the coast." Then with an inspiration: "His people are the sort of Royal Family down there," added the Boy, thinking to appeal to the Britisher's monarchical instincts. Mac had meditatively laid his hand on a side of bacon, the Boy's eyes following.
That afternoon the observatory was finally blinded, a wardrobe having been drawn in front of it upon the other side; and while Silas was still lamenting over this misfortune, which he attributed to the Britisher's malign suggestion, the concierge brought him up a letter in a female handwriting.
So he stepped softly up to the swell, tapped him lightly on the shoulder, and pointed aft holding his arm out like a pump handle and his forefinger rigid. The Britisher's face was a study; it was blank at first and then it went all colours, and wore, in succession, every possible expression except a pleasant one.
For another half minute Rankin hesitated; then he reached over and grasped the other man by the hand. "Baker," he said, "you ain't very practical, but you're dead square." And he shook the hand again. Of a sudden a twinkle came into the Britisher's eyes and he tore himself loose with an effort. "By the way," he said, "I'd like to ask a question for future guidance.
They broke through the glacial atmosphere which surrounds the Britisher's breakfast-table; newspaper propped against jam-pot was no barrier; their gladsome invitations or suggestions, dammed for the moment, would rise at last level with the paper's edge to trickle down the other side and mingle with the eggs and bacon, porridge, kidneys, or whatever trifle the plate might contain.
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