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"It don't do to speak no harm of the dead, but as to them men as 'ad a collusion with a iceberg in the Australier sea, serve 'em jolly well right I say. What was they a-doing down there, risking their lives for nothing, when they ought to have been a-thinking of their wives and children. My Tom wanted to go for a sailor, but I wouldn't let him! Not me!
If I was you I'd a durned sight ruther have a Christmas dinner in hand than a house an' wife in the bush. `I ain't thinkin' o' marryin' a girl in Australier, says I. An' Andy he grinned, an' said I wouldn't marry nobody if I had to live on sp'iled vittles till I got her.
Even if they was soaked with salt water, they'd be better than nothin'. Part of the cargo of the Water Crescent was tools an' things fur some railway contractors out in Australier, an' the mate told the men to bring over some of them irons that might be used to fish out the stores.
In fact, so much so, that there was a dangerous note in Sonora's voice when, presently, he blurted out: "See here, gambolier Sid, you're too lucky!" "You bet!" approved Trinidad, and then added: "More chips, Australier!" But Trinidad's comment, as well as his request, only brought forth the oily smile that The Sidney Duck always smiled when any reference was made to his game.
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