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"Ye shud av towld um to go to hell! Wor-rkin' a man wid a foot loike that is croolty to animals; av ye was a harse he'd be arrested." "He didn't tell me to go. He is crowded for men; the grub is rotten; something has to be done; and he asked me if I thought I could make it." Irish pulled thoughtfully at his pipe, and slowly his brows drew together in a frown.
At eight bells, the watch was called, and we came on deck, one hand going aft to take the wheel, and another going to the galley to get the grub for dinner. I stood on the forecastle, looking at the seas, which were rolling high, as far as the eye could reach, their tops white with foam, and the body of them of a deep indigo blue, reflecting the bright rays of the sun.
"Been to your 'dobe yet to-night?" "I slipped in at the back. Russ, it bothered me some to make sure no one was laying for me in the dark." "You'll have to get a safer place. Why not take to the open every night?" "Russ, that's well enough on a trail. But I need grub, and I've got to have a few comforts. I'll risk the 'dobe yet a little."
Now, all the fellers I ever met up here would have taken the gold first." "Feeling sure of getting the girl later; is that it?" "That's about the gist of it. They'd tackle what's sartin first, but you're willin' to try the unsartin." "I am, and when can we start?" "In the morning if it's all the same to you. We'll need some extry grub, which we kin git from Shorty.
The savory smell of cooking greeted the hungry outcasts as they entered the car restaurant. "Shentlemans, your repast is served." He waved his hand towards one of the little tables, which had on it a spotless white tablecloth, and the necessary implements for attacking the grub. "Ah! it looks very good, Herr Scheff," said John Berwick, who could be very gracious when he wished.
When I have been on shore with him, he has been kind and friendly like, and looked after the interests of his men, seeing that they have plenty of grub when it was to be got. Never made us work when there was no necessity for it, and I should be sorry indeed if any harm happened to him." When, however, day after day went by, and the Orion was not seen, even Jack began to feel somewhat anxious.
I'll try to get down to that cabin on the river. The feller may be there, and again he may have gone for grub. I won't say that I can make it, but I'll do my best." Sprudell said stubbornly: "I won't be left behind! It's every man for himself now." The old man replied, with equal obstinacy: "Then you'll start alone." He added grimly: "I reckon you've never wallered snow neck deep."
She liked Lord Ipsden, her cousin once removed, but despised him for being agreeable, handsome, clever, and nobody. She was also a little bitten with what she and others called the Middle Ages, in fact with that picture of them which Grub Street, imposing on the simplicity of youth, had got up for sale by arraying painted glass, gilt rags, and fancy, against fact.
"I'll collect some sticks and we can cook outside. You get out your basket of grub and I'll make a fire." He unhitched Pegasus, tied her to a tree, and gave her a nose bag of oats. Then he rooted around for some twigs and had a fire going in a jiffy.
Gabby Pete, the talkative camp cook, scratched his head under his sombrero, and looked solemn. "Waal, they'll have ter wait a bit," he said. "But I kin rustle grub in a hurry onct I git back ter camp. An', anyhow, Mr. Jack, a feller came to camp a while ago in one o' them there aeryoplanes. Jest flew up almost to the door an' steps out an' gin me this yere letter."
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