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"Do you mean piracy?" asked the Reverend Pettibones; and Captain Obadiah nodded his head. "'Tis a lie!" cried Colonel Belford, smacking his hand upon the table. "He never possessed spirit enough for anything so dangerous as piracy or more mischievous than slave-trading." "Sir," quoth Captain Obadiah to the reverend gentleman, "again I say 'tis to you I address my confession.
Then I told him there was a man in town who could tell him more'n I could about that, an' I jest giv' him your name, Obadiah." This sally turned the laugh on Strout who was about to make a sharp rejoinder, when the store door opened and a strong current of cold air caused all to turn. "Shut the door!" cried Bob Wood in his gruff voice. "I beg your pardon," said the man, as he complied.
It was said that when Captain Obadiah himself was first apprised of the suspicions entertained of the demoniacal possession of the old meeting-house, he had fixed upon his venturesome informant so threatening and ominous a gaze that the other could move neither hand nor foot under the malignant fury of his observation.
The Temple was stripped of the last remains of its glory, and utterly overthrown, the walls were broken down, and the place left desolate; the Edomites who were in the conqueror's army savagely exulting in the fall of their kindred nation; but both Psalm cxxxvii. and the Prophet Obadiah spoke of vengeance in store for them likewise.
And then Obadiah knew everything was all right. "We can have Thanksgiving now, can't we, Ma?" he asked. "It's so near; and I'm going to get all the things. We'll have chicken pie tame chicken pie and plum pudding and butter and cream for the coffee and cranberries and lump sugar and pumpkin pie and " "Oh, me wants supper!" exclaimed Sis.
Now the parish being very large, my father's Bull, to speak the truth of him, was no way equal to the department; he had, however, got himself, somehow or other, thrust into employment and as he went through the business with a grave face, my father had a high opinion of him. Most of the townsmen, an' please your worship, quoth Obadiah, believe that 'tis all the Bull's fault
As soon as Mr Vanslyperken had shoved off, Dick Short, being in command, thought he might as well give himself leave, and go on shore also. So he went down, put on his best, and ordered the other boat to be manned, and leaving Obadiah Coble on board as the next officer, he took with him Jansen, Jemmy Ducks, and four or five others, to have a cruise.
He stopped to enjoy the amazement that was written in every lineament of the other's face. The red blood surged into Nathaniel's neck and deepened on his bronze cheeks. Slowly the reaction came. When he spoke there was an uneasy gleam in his eyes and his voice was as hard as steel. "She will go with me, Councilor! And why?" Obadiah had laughed softly as he watched the change.
"We wouldn't fight, heh?" exclaimed Obadiah in scorn, "what do you say to the Hogue?" "Yes, den you fought well dat was good." "And shall I tell you why we fought well at the Hogue you Dutch porpoise just because we had no Dutchmen to help us." "And shall I tell you why the Dutch were beat off this Head? because the English wouldn't come down to help us."
"If you'll give me two, I will hunt up a snuffbox. There's a fine old stingo in the Chemical Works who takes snuff, and I will get his, and give him a tomato can instead, and keep one hair in that." "And the other?" Hilda persisted, taking the long tresses in her hand, and running them through her fingers in a tantalizing manner, "the other hair, Master Obadiah?"
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