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The heat, the moonlight, and the mosquitoes would not let them even think of sleep. "That was bully," said Jimmie, "what you did to-day about saving that dog. If it hadn't been for you he'd ha' drownded." "He would not!" said Sammy with punctilious regard for the truth; "it wasn't deep enough."
The Captain could not lose so favourable an opportunity of applying his mouth to the keyhole, and calling through it, like a hoarse breeze, 'Poor Wal'r! Drownded, ain't he? after which he withdrew, and turning in again, slept till seven o'clock.
As one of the little ones ran out to fill his jug, he spied his mother and Owen approaching, on which, with the empty vessel in his hand, he flew towards them, his little features distorted by glee and ferocity, wildly mixed up together. "Oh mudher, mudher ha, ha, ha! don't come in yet; don't come in, Owen, till Jimmy un' huz, an' the Denisses, gets the bailie drownded.
Parks called out in a voice hoarse with fighting the wind. The captain sprang from his cot he was awake, his light still burning. "Anybody drownded?" "No, sir; got 'em all. Seven of 'em, so the patrol said. Come ashore 'bout supper-time." "What is she?" "A two-master from Virginia loaded with cord-wood. Surf's in bad shape, sir; couldn't nothin' live in it afore; it's wuss now.
"I should go screaming, raving mad," she said, with conviction. "But but not if 'e was alive!" said Mr. Kidd. "I don't know what you're driving at," said Mrs. Gibbs. "Why don't you speak out plain? Poor Joe is drownded, you know that; you saw it all, and yet you come talking to me about dreams and things." Mr. Kidd bent over her and put his hand affectionately on her shoulder.
It's as plain as the back of my hand. What chance would them two defenceless little children have with a gang of two hundred Blackhanders? "But that looked foolish, even to me. 'Shucks! I says. 'That don't stand to reason. But then I got another scare. 'How about water? I says. 'Any places round here they could fall into and get drownded?
"I wonder how long you've been roarin' At this infernal rate; I wonder if all you've been pourin' Could be cipher'd on a slate. "I wonder how such a thunderin' sounded When all New York was woods; 'Spose likely some Injins have been drownded, When the rains have raised your floods.
As fo' the Nashville widowers," said Cavendish with a chuckle, and a nod to Polly, "I pretty nigh drownded one of 'em in the Elk. We met in mid-stream and fit it out there; and the other quit the county. That was fo'teen years ago; but, mind you, I'd do it all over again to-morrow." "But, Dick, you ain't telling Mr. Yancy nothin' about yo' title," expostulated Polly.
"So I have, sir; it's the sixth time now. It's quite plain I ain't born to be drownded. I only hope as how I won't live to be hanged." "I hope not, Stephen. What was the name of the ship?" "The `Fairy Queen." "The `Fairy Queen," echoed Kenneth, with a slight feeling of disappointment; "from Australia?" "Yes, from Australia." "Did she go to pieces?" "Ay, not an inch of her left.
"I'm sure I don't wish 'im back," said Mrs. Gibbs; "that would be sinful." "But 'ow if he wanted to come back?" said Mr. Kidd, playing for an opening. "And 'elp you spend that money," said Mr. Brown, ignoring the scowls of his friend. Mrs. Gibbs looked bewildered. "Spend the money?" she began. "Suppose," said Mr. Kidd, "suppose he wasn't drownded after all? Only last night I dreamt he was alive."
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