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I seen her meself a few minnits, an' she was fond av the Capt'in, ma'am, an' graivs fur him; and she said to say the big cat slapin' on the rug moight make the room same homeloike to yez. She knowed Capt'in Errol whin he was a bye an' a foine handsum' bye she ses he was, an' a foine young man wid a plisint word fur every one, great an' shmall.
"Better let ther capt'in say what we shall do wi' yon cuss o' creashun!" suggested one who was apparently a leading spirit; "it's his funeral, ain't it?" "Yas, yas, it's his funeral!" "Then let him do ther undertakin'." Robber Dick was accordingly supported to a sitting posture, and the blood that flowed freely from his wound was stanched.
"Wot about Capt'in Barber?" demanded the mate, impressively. "If they was pudding-basins 'e wouldn't mind," said Nibletts, testily; "he's that nervous 'e don't know what 'e's doing hardly. He was raving like a madman for five minutes cos 'e couldn't fasten his collar, and then I found he'd forgot to put his shirt on. He don't care." He hurried down to the cabin and then came bustling up again.
"The capt'in ses to me, 'Joe. I ses, 'Yes-sir. 'Joe, says 'e, 'wot's to be done? "'Why, ses I, 'thing is ter git this 'ere snake out ag'in! "'Jistso, says the capt'in; 'but 'oo' ter do it? 'E always left everythink ter me and I ses, 'Why, sir, it's thiswise, if sobe all the others are afeared, I ain't, or my name's Double Dutch.
Our folks never said nothin' 'cause dey was very well satisfied lak dey was. We never hear of no whuppin's, or runaways either, 'til afte' de War an' when we got older. "I 'member de War tho'. Marse Tom, he went fust, wid de Van Dorns. He was made a capt'in or somethin' 'cause he was so brave. He fought long wid de fust an' was one of de fust to get hit.
She was a free-spoken woman as a rule, and it was terrible to have to sit still and waste all the good things she could have said to her in favour of unsatisfying pin-pricks. She sat smouldering. "I s'pose you miss the capt'in very much?" she said, at last. "Very much," was the reply. "And I should think 'e misses you," retorted Mrs.
But I shipped fur the voyage, and ye be capt'in, and as ye've finally got the right way to steer, I feel pretty safe techin' the futur'." It was not until they had come to a full stop, and looked around them, that they realized the distance they had come; for they had in truth slid nearly across the bay.
The willing crew answered him with a cheer, and Tom Tarbucket, a square-built, merry faced native of Savage Island, who was stripped to the waist, shouted out, amid the laughter of his shipmates "Ay, ay, capt'in, we soon make pump suck dry if two Miss de Boos girl come." Robertson laughed in response, and then picking up a wooden bucket from under the fife rail, clattered down the companion way.
Enough for the whole cabin-full." "Dat's a fack. Cap'in Dab Kinzer's de sort ob capt'in fo' me, he is!" "How much, then?" "Twenty-five dollars for the lot. They're worth it, specially if we lose Ham's boat." Dab's philosophy was a little out of gear; but a perfect rattle of questions and answers followed in French, and, somewhat to Frank Harley's astonishment, the bargain was promptly concluded.
"Wal, Cinthy says she to old Quassia, says she, 'Is there anybody lives in this house but us? "'Anybody lives here? says Quassia: 'what you mean? says she. "Says Cinthy, 'I thought somebody went past me on the stairs last night and to-night. "Lordy massy! how old Quassia did screech and laugh. 'Good Lord! says she, 'how foolish white folks is! Somebody went past you? Was't the capt'in?
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