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He wanted a shirt, and I wanted something to eat, and we made a bargain. I brought him my extra mustering shirt it was too large for me, anyway and he gave me some bread and butter, cold potted tongue, three bananas, and " "For mercy's sake, stow that," muttered a voice from back of the gun-mount. "Don't we suffer enough?" "That's 'Hand-Out' Hood," grinned "Kid."
"Stump," than whom no more daring and aggressive man could be found on board, thought it wise to obey, so he crouched behind the gun-mount and compressed himself so as to be out of range. From this position he had only to reach out one hand to train the gun, which was his special duty. Meanwhile, he continually urged "Hay" to keep on firing.
Imagine in the centre of one of these groups a wicked, menacing gun a five-inch breechloader, its long, lean barrel raised shoulder-high upon the apex of a conical gun-mount, near the base of which are significant wooden cases, some empty and others filled with elongated, formidable cartridges; and pails of black, dirty water ascum with powder; and other objects each significant of war.
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