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"I'll fetch it," said he, and taking the lanthorn went aft very quietly, but with a certain stagger in his walk, which I should have put down to the wine if it was not that his behaviour was free from all symptoms of ebriation. The change in him surprised me, but not so greatly as you might suppose; indeed, it excited my suspicions rather than my wonder.
That the boats carried slates that he had frequently gone as far as Paddington by the canal that he was generally three weeks on the journey that the boatmen and their families lived in the little cabins aft that the boatmen were all Welsh that they could read English, but little or no Welsh that English was a much more easy language to read than Welsh that they passed by many towns, among others Northampton, and that he liked no place so much as Llangollen.
Thus pressed, Carter related his version of the story, which was to the effect that the men had refused to obey orders, and had come aft in so menacing a manner that in self-defence he had been compelled to arm himself; and further, that hoping to check the mutiny in the bud, he had shot down the "ringleader." "So that is the explanation of the shots which awoke me," exclaimed Captain Staunton.
The mate of the vessel and his fellow fugitive then went aft to be ready for the decisive action in which they were to engage. But they had hardly reached the quarter-deck before the schooner was hailed by a boat. "Schooner, ahoy! On board the Judith!" shouted a man. "In the boat!" replied the captain. "Who's there?" "Fetters!" responded the boatman.
The saloon was a very spacious and handsome apartment, elaborately decorated with paintings on the panels between the ports, and with a double row of columns running fore and aft as supporters to the great stained-glass skylight overhead.
Then he turned his gaze aft; and encountered the amused scrutiny of a man leaning on a wheel in a little house. The house had big windows, and on top was an iron eagle with spread wings. Two steps led up to a door on each side; and Bobby without hesitation entered one of these doors.
The men were mustered aft, and Trunnell announced that he was the man they wanted to stand from under. They remained silent until Johnson suggested that three cheers be given for the new skipper. Then all hands bawled themselves hoarse. That was all. I was now the first mate and took my meals at the cabin table, where Jennie and her mother had been wondering at Trunnell's dexterity with his knife.
Brown, who just then came on deck, swore violently at me for a fool, and ordered me to lay aside my arms. 'The natives, said he, 'mean us no harm, and I will not affront them by letting any of you timid fools carry arms in their presence. "The following day was Sunday, and the crew came aft in a body, and asked permission for half of the ship's company to go ashore. To this request Mr.
"No, I've got you here now and I don't mean to let you escape," laughed the other in response; "in my cabin its aft there under the break in the poop, you'll find some more overalls, put them on and then I'll set you both to work as tallyers." Harry looked blank at this. He had counted on rambling over the ship and examining her at his leisure.
Once it was in the old harbour, just before the Tremolino's last voyage he vanished thus overboard to my infinite consternation. Dominic and I had been talking business together aft, and Cesar had sneaked up behind us to listen, for, amongst his other perfections, he was a consummate eavesdropper and spy.
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