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"Why, that's young Roberts, sir," cried Dick. "Ahoy-oy-oy." "Help here!" came from the stern again. "We shall lose the prahu," cried the lieutenant. "But we must have Mr Roberts, sir," cried old Dick, excitedly. "Give the word, sir starn all and we'll overtake her arterwards." "Starn all, my lads, and do your best." "Ahoy!" came once more, faintly, out of the darkness.
Many and many a time when 'e was going to do something he'd ha' been sorry for arterwards I 'ave taken 'im round to the Bear's Head and stood 'im pint arter pint until he began to see reason and own up that I was in the right.
Then she went off the wharf, and I'm blest if, five minutes arterwards, a young fellow didn't come down to the ship with the same letter and ask for the skipper. "Who gave it you?" ses the skipper, as soon as 'e could speak. "A lady," ses the young fellow. The skipper waved 'im away, and then 'e walked up and down the deck like a man in a dream. "Bad news?" I ses, looking up and catching 'is eye.
'It's like you did, Mas'r Davy. Not that I know'd then, she was theer, sir, but along of her creeping soon arterwards under Em'ly's little winder, when she see the light come, and whispering "Em'ly, Em'ly, for Christ's sake, have a woman's heart towards me. I was once like you!" Those was solemn words, Mas'r Davy, fur to hear! 'They were indeed, Ham.
"I know that," ses Isaac; "you keep still, Peter, and see fair-play, and I'll knock you silly arterwards." He pushed some o' the things into a corner and then 'e spat on 'is 'ands, and began to prance up and down, and duck 'is 'ead about and hit the air in a way that surprised 'em.
"Quite by chance I happened to be in the Bear's Head a week arterwards, and, quite by chance, as I came out I saw the skipper saying 'Good-bye' on the bridge agin. He seemed to be put out about something, and when I said 'Wot a lovely evening it would be if only it wasn't raining 'ard! he said something about knocking my 'ead off. "'And you keep your nose out o' my bisness, he ses, very fierce.
"Wal," piped Jim West in a cracked voice, "you've told us what four times, I 'low; now s'pose you tell us somethin' else." "I tell you what, boys," said Bob Short, suddenly remembering his sentence, "don't let's do nothin' that'll git us into no trouble arterwards. Ef we blow up the school-house we'll be 'rested fer bigamy or or what d'ye call it?"
I was at the foot o' the stairs at the time, and, not knowing wot to do, I went up 'em into Bob's bedroom." "Well?" ses Bill Chambers, as Henery Walker stopped and looked round. "A'most direckly arterwards I 'eard Mrs. Pretty and her sister coming upstairs," ses Henery Walker, with a shudder. "I was under the bed at the time, and afore I could say a word Mrs.
And so she took to goin' to the Wednesday-evenin' lecture, and the Friday-even-in' prayer-meetin', and the singin'-school, jest as regular as a clock, and so did he; and arterwards they allers walked home the longest way.
And when he died in prison I didn't undeceive 'em." She took out her 'andkerchief, and while she was busy with it Bill Flurry got up and went out on tiptoe. Young Alf got up a second or two arterwards to see where he'd gone; and the last Joe Morgan and his missis see of the happy couple they was sitting on one chair, and George Hatchard was making desprit and 'artrending attempts to smile.
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