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"If he only had!" It will be recalled that war with Germany was declared on Good Friday. Bright and early on Saturday morning Cappy Ricks arrived at his office and immediately summoned Mr. Skinner. "Skinner, my dear boy," he chirped, "'the tumult and the shouting dies. We're down to brass tacks at last; and now is time for all good men and true to come to the aid of the party.
Then, with small, flat-headed tacks, spaced close together, he nailed this first piece of canvas over the hole, allowing it plenty of overlap. Then he took the other piece of canvas, which was cut an inch larger each way than the first piece, tarred it well, and strained it tightly over the first piece.
"Be patient, and you'll soon understand," continued Uncle Richard, who proceeded to secure the sheet of zinc to a piece of board by means of four tacks at its corners, and ended by carrying it out, and fixing the board just at the bottom of the border, close to the window. A couple of strong nails at the sides of the board were sufficient, and then he led the way in.
Dat's de spiel, ain't it? he sent youse up fer pinchin' de tacks out of his carpets!" "I never pinched nothin'!" snarled Silver Mag truculently. "He's a dirty liar! I never did!" "Cut it out! Cut it out! Can dat!" complained the Magpie patiently. "De point is, youse worked in his house, didn't youse?" "Sure I did!" snapped the Tocsin, sullenly aggressive; "but "
In a second the boatswain was away piping on the forecastle, and ropes cast off and sails flapping again. "Helms a-lee!" was the next order from the captain, followed by a second which grew familiar enough to me in time. "Raise tacks and sheets!" and the foretack and main-sheet were cast off with the weather main-brace hauled taut.
And so it did, as I afterward learned; for when at length her skipper was compelled to put his helm down and go about, in order to avoid grounding on the mud of the eastern bank of the river, the ship was in the very mouth of the creek wherein our boats were lurking; and while the ship was in stays, and all hands of her crew were busily engaged in tending the tacks, sheets, and braces, our people dashed alongside and took her almost without striking a blow.
Bard, the wagon-maker, made me a stretcher, and with a yard of unbleached muslin, some tacks and white lead, I made a canvas. In the shop were white lead, lampblack, king's yellow and red lead, with oil and turpentine. I watched Bard mix paints, and concluded I wanted brown. Years before, I heard of brown umber, so I got umber and some brushes and begun my husband's portrait.
"I suppose you want Jinnie, eh?" asked Lafe. "Yes. I'll detain her only a moment." Bobbie got up from the floor where he was playing soldiers with tacks and nails. "Boy'll call Jinnie," said he, moving forward. The two men watched the slender blind child feel his way to the door. "Bobbie loves to take a part in things," explained Lafe. "Poor little fellow!"
The wind shortly after died away, as usual, and, after making a number tacks, in order to gain all we could to the westward, we found ourselves so closely, hemmed in by the ice on every side, that there was no longer room to work the ships, and we therefore made them fast to a floe till the weather should clear up. The afternoon was employed in taking on board a supply of water from the floe.
It begins by asking the young gentlemen who have loitered into the room, and are now seated, what they think of bullying boys and hunting cats and tying kettles to a dog's tail, and seating a comrade upon tacks with the point upward. Undoubtedly they reply, with dignified nonchalance, that it is all child's play and contemptible.
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