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Them fern things is as rotten as mud. Don't you hold on by them. Steady! Steady!" "Yes. Slipped a little." "Well, then, don't slip a little. What's your hands for? "`There was a man in Bristol city, Fol de rol de " "Say, Mas' Don, think there's any monkeys here?" "No, no." "'Cause how one o' they would scramble down this precipit. Rather pricky, arn't it?" "Yes; don't talk so." "All right!
Now, look here, you know yourself it arn't safe for me to go out of the cave now, is it?" "Well, I'm afraid it is not just yet, Eben; but " "Wait a minute, Master Aleck. Give a man a chance.
At that moment his daughter, Elizabeth, entered the room. She had an open letter in her hand, and a look half-perplexed and half-pleased upon her face. "Father," she said, "there is a letter from America; Richard and Phyllis are coming; and I am afraid I shall not know how to make them happy." "Don't thee meet troubles half 'way; they arn't worth th' compliment. What is ta feared for, dearie?"
"Oh yes, sir; we was in a lot o' trouble about something, but blest if I know what it was." "Well; try, man," I cried. "Think about trouble. What trouble was it?" "No, sir, I dunno," he cried, after a pause. "We're aboard the Burgh Castle still, arn't we?" "I don't know," I began. "Yes, of course we are, and we must be down in the hold. It's coming now, I think. Why did we come down here?
"Grand!" cried the old soldier, excitedly. "Grand arn't half big enough. He's a hero, that's what he is; and only think of me with a head like the old bull at home. Just as thick and stupid. Why, if he hadn't been such a great, wise, clever general as he is, he'd have knocked me down with the hilt of his sword. But it's all right after all, and look here, boy, you've got to do it."
"I suppose that you do come for to go to know me now, anyhow," said Smallbones. "Hath the sea given up its dead?" replied Vanslyperken, in a hollow voice. "No, it arn't, 'cause why? I never was a drowned," replied Smallbones; "no thanks to you, though; but if so be as I supposes, you be a going to be hung as I'm a good Christian, I'll forgive you that is, if you be hung, you know."
"You've got it pretty tidy." "Tell me what you can see." The sailor grunted and hesitated. "Go on," cried Aleck. "Here, my bottom lip smarts a good deal. It's cut, isn't it?" "That's right, sir. Cut it is, but I should say as it'll soon grow up together again." Aleck pressed the kerchief to his lip, and winced with pain. "Arn't loosened no teeth, have yer, sir?" Aleck shook his head.
"I arn't got no breath to waste in hollering," he panted. "Why, there's a good fathom and a half or two fathom o' water under her keel, and if I slack out down she'll go. Wants a couple o' boats to back in, one on each side, and get a rope under her thwarts. They could get her ashore then. Oh, dear! oh, dear! oh, dear! For him to leave me in charge, and then come back and find I've sunk her!
These here old bells never had a finer set of ringing-men under them, and I lay you never had a finer set of bells above your heads, my lads; now did 'ee? I've heard the bells swung many a time in Carisbury tower, and heard 'em when the Queen was set upon her throne, but, lor'! they arn't so deep-like nor yet so sweet as this here old ring.
"That's it, youngster. I say, what are you going to be first-mate, and skipper arter?" "No," said Mark, speaking in the same low tone as his questioner; "I'm not going to be a sailor." "Lor!" "It is not decided what I'm to be yet." "Arn't it now? Why, if you'd come to sea along o' us what a lot I could ha' taught you surety. Why, I could ha' most made a man of you."
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