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Paul de Loanda. Every white man of the M'poso's crew traded on his own private account, and Kettle was initiated into the mysteries of the unofficial retail store in the forecastle, of whose existence Captain Image, the commander, and Mr. Balgarnie, the purser, professed a blank and child-like ignorance. Kettle had come across many types of sea-trader in his time, but Captain Image and Mr.
This gave us some room to hope that she was safe, and that she might soon join us; but all June and July being past without any news of her, we suspected she was lost, and at the end of July the Commodore ordered all the ships to a short allowance of bread.* And it was not in our bread only that we feared a deficiency, for since our arrival at this island we discovered that our former purser had neglected to take on board large quantities of several kinds of provisions which the Commodore had expressly ordered him to receive; so that the supposed loss of our victualler was on all accounts a mortifying consideration.
He challenged me to prove I was a detective, and, of course, I couldn't, and he called up two stewards and told them to watch me while he went after the purser. I didn't fancy being watched, so I came here." "When did you tell him I was the Earl of Ivy?" Kinney ran his fingers through his hair and groaned dismally. "That was before the boat started," he said; "it was only a joke.
Once when he ran down to the shore to watch the boat coming in from the mail-steamer, the purser had refused to let the boat go to land, and called out, "M'sieu' MacIntosh, you git no malle dis trip, eef you not call avay dat dam' dog." True, the Minganites seemed to take a certain kind of pride in his reputation.
Occasionally in her manner was that effect of shyness one finds in the British even after they have escaped from provincialism. "Are all your things gathered ready for packing, Janet?" she asked quietly. The purser gave information to Elliot. "They call her Aunt Sheba, but she's no relative of theirs.
"No, sir, no; it is one of the gunroom pigs that we shipped at Halifax three cruises ago; I am sure I don't know how he survived one, but the seamen took a fancy to him, and nicknamed him the Purser. You know, sir, they make pets of any thing, and every thing, at a pinch!" Here John Crow drew the carcass from the hog pen, and sure enough a shot had cut the poor Purser's head nearly off.
"In the name of ten thousand decencies, doctor," exclaimed Mr Farmer, "who made you that figure?" "Disease," was the palsied and sepulchral reply. "But the clothes the clothes these incomprehensible clothes?" "Are good enough to die in." "But I doubt," said the purser, "whether either they or their wearer be good enough to die."
He saw at once that the suspicions of the purser had been aroused, and the official might set on foot inquiries that would be distasteful to the two lads and Mr. Damon. Then, too, if the Fogers were on board under some other name, they would hear of the questions that had been put regarding them, and if they were on a legitimate errand they could make it unpleasant for Tom.
We had, besides the boat's crew, the marine officer, the purser, the gun-room steward, the captain's steward, and the purser's steward; so that we were pretty full. It blew hard from the S.E., and there was a sea running, but as the tide was flowing into the harbour there was not much bubble.
All the Virgins and saints were decapitated and the quiet repose of the dead disturbed by their pure, delicate hands. “Erin’s curse be upon them!” exclaimed my man of medicine. “The devil has them by this time,” said the purser. “What a set of impious scoundrels,” ejaculated the midshipman. “I am afraid,” added I, “France has in a great measure brought all her misfortunes on herself.
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