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At the same time he cashed the order, which was indorsed to him, and the next morning the lad went aboard the brig, apparently in good spirits, having shaken hands with each of us and wished us a pleasant passage home, jingling the money in his pockets, and calling out ``Never say die, while there's a shot in the locker. The same boat carried off Harris, my old watchmate, who had previously made an exchange with my friend Stimson.
Conversation except in the line of duty was forbidden among the bridge officers of the Titan, and his watchmate, the third officer, stood on the other side of the large bridge binnacle, only leaving this position occasionally to glance in at the compass which seemed to be his sole duty at sea.
Collins, my watchmate, had not escaped unscathed from the attack of this furious northwester, but being provided with a pair of stout boots, his injuries were much less than mine. In a few days he was about the deck as active as ever.
We had also orders to strike the bells every half-hour through the night, as at sea. My watchmate was John, the Swedish sailor, and we stood from twelve to two, he walking the larboard side, and I the starboard. At daylight all hands were called, and we went through the usual process of washing down, swabbing, etc., and got breakfast at eight o'clock.
"Good, boys, good!" cried Israel, moving up to one of the gun-carriages, where three or four men were sitting "slip along, chaps, slip along, and give a watchmate a seat with ye." "All full here, lad; try the next gun." "Boys, clear a place here,", said Israel, advancing, like one of the family, to that gun.
Sometimes earlier and sometimes later, the captain came down; when, after a good drenching in the surf, we went aboard, changed our clothes, and turned-in for the night, yet not for all the night, for there was the anchor watch to stand. This leads me to speak of my watchmate for nine months, and, taking him all in all, the most remarkable man I had ever seen, Tom Harris.
The same boat carried off Harris, my old watchmate, who had previously made an exchange with my friend S . I was sorry to part with Harris. He gave me a strong gripe with his hand; and I told him, if he came to Boston again, not to fail to find me out, and let me see an old watchmate.
I was sorry to part with Harris. He gave me a strong gripe with his hand; and I told him, if he came to Boston, not to fail to find me out, and let me see my old watchmate. The same boat brought on board Stimson, who had begun the voyage with me from Boston, and, like me, was going back to his family and to the society in which he had been born and brought up.
And now to tell how, tempted by devil or good angel, and a thousand miles from land, we embarked upon this western voyage. It was midnight, mark you, when our watch began; and my turn at the helm now coming on was of course to be avoided. On some plausible pretense, I induced our solitary watchmate to assume it; thus leaving myself untrammeled, and at the same time satisfactorily disposing of him.
Our united complaints, which by no means resembled a concert of sweet sounds, aroused from his slumbers our remaining watchmate, Newhall, an experienced tar, who cared little for weather of any description, provided he was not stinted in his regular proportion of sleep. In a surly mood he inquired what was the trouble.
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