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Give me a new 'eart, O Lawd, it is you grey-haired old duffer. Chopping and chynging, always the syme to your old wife Jyne. I'd be ashamed of myself in your plyce. But sharpen up the knife, it is".
They on'y showed fight a-cause they see as I did at first. They're good mates and true, and 'll jyne me as they allus have. `Wheer you sails, say they, `we sails. So I thought I'd put in a word, as you wants trusty men." "I can choose my crew, Bob Hampton," said the Frenchman, in a peculiar tone of voice. "Too much talk is only good for parrot birds. Go you and steer."
We don't mean them no harm: all they've got to do is to jyne in and share, for not a yard further do we go, messmates, till we've got to the bottom of that gold." "Then they'll sail without us." "No, they won't," said Jem meaningly; "for we shall want that there brig to take us back with all our gold." "Then there'll be a fight." "Very well then, my lads, we must fight.
"That's so, matey, and their games are over again. You'll jyne us, won't you?" "I? Join you?" faltered the cook, looking across at me; "here, what are you going to do?" "Let the lads out again. It's their turn now." And just then the men in the forecastle finished a chorus and began to cheer.
Theer was nothing else for a man to do but to go with the bad beggars, and when I seemed to jyne 'em, why of course Neb Dumlow and old Barney joined at once." "Bob!" I ejaculated, as a feeling of delight sent a flush of blood to my cheeks, and I felt hot and excited once more, "you don't mean to say that " "But I just do, sir. 'Tarn't likely I should run all this risk if I didn't mean it."
If only she would call him by his Christian name!... She was leaning on the edge of the box, and looking about the auditorium. "That's Lydy Cecily Jyne!" he heard the assertive girl behind him saying. "'Oo?" "Lydy Cecily Jyne. You know!"
"My hye! he is a joosty one," cried Billy. "It's worth waiting till now to get a treat like this, mates. Can't you smell him? Anyone going to jyne in?" "No," said Small; "we've all had plenty, my hearty. So go on, and tell us all about what you've done to-day." "All right!" cried Billy. "Now, then, messmet, she's nearly through. Now haul, my son. Hauly, hi, ho!"
"Nicest old woman as ever was: I say," he added, as if struck by a sudden thought, "how much money have you got?" The Skipper told him, and the man laughed. "More'n I have. Spent some, give the old ooman the rest. On'y got thruppence left. Look here: you and me's shipmets, travellers. S'pose we jyne?" "A ship?" faltered Bob. "No! jyne in a boat. I'll work it: I'm bigger than you.
"Not yet," said the boy; "but I'm going to be some day." "Right you are," cried the man again; and Bob felt as if he should like to tell the man he ought to say, "You are right;" but the man went on, still looking him over from head to foot: "Then you aren't going to jyne the 'Flash'? she's a-lying out yonder." "No," said the Skipper, "I am only going to see my father. He's the Captain."
Bob, lad, what's to be done?" "'Bout what?" came back from the wheel. "Air we to let 'em pitch us overboard, or air we to jyne?" "Jyne," growled Bob Hampton. "Jyne it is, messmet," said Dumlow, in his low growling tone. "Here, unlash these blessed ropes, they're a-cuttin' into my arms like hooroar." "And you'll join us too, Barney?" said Jarette. "I does same as my two mates," said Blane.
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