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Updated: June 2, 2025
To reach the powder-room, which is always situated in the after-part of a vessel, was easy. There would be no want of powder in a vessel which followed such a trade, and a spark would be enough to destroy it in an instant. Ayrton stole carefully along the between-decks, strewn with numerous sleepers, overcome more by drunkenness than sleep.
I seized it immediately, and, going to my hammock, lay there, swinging and reading, until the watch below was out. The between-decks clear, the hatchways open, a cool breeze blowing through them, the ship under easy way, everything was comfortable. I had just got well into the story when eight bells were struck, and we were all ordered to dinner.
Remember, Ikey, we don't know a livin' thing about that first periscope the lookouts spied." "Sure I won't tell," agreed the other. "It wasn't such a good joke after all, was it, Frenchy?" And Frenchy agreed with a solemn nod of his head. The Kennebunk shook throughout her structure at that moment and Ikey darted for the between-decks ladder. "Another submarine!" he shouted. "Oi, oi!"
She was a very beautiful little boat, evidently intended for a pleasure craft but very strong and seaworthy, too; and it no doubt was to keep her in good order for delivery that she had been stowed between-decks for the long voyage.
A few other friends were of the party, but at last they left us, and we were alone upon the sea, and the sailors were busy with the sails and ropes. The Lexington was an old ship, changed from a sloop-of-war to a store-ship, with an after-cabin, a "ward-room," and "between-decks." In the cabin were Captains Bailey and Tompkins, with whom messed the purser, Wilson.
Small as the vessel was she was absolutely spotless. Her steward, who cooked for all hands, was smart and in a snow-white suit. The contrast between-decks and that above was very comforting, though my quarters were small. The crew were all stocky, good-humoured, and independent.
"The vessel was so tossed by the storm, and the waves broke over her so continually, that the between-decks were full of water, and as the hatches were kept down, the heat was most oppressive. When it was not my watch, I remained below, and looked out for another berth to sleep in.
"Whatever else happens, God takes care to give us a right share of sunshine, and more than a right share too, if we reckon upon what we deserve." A portion of the crew were below, but one after the other they came up, complaining that the between-decks was more like a stew-pan or hothouse than any place they had ever before been in.
The between-decks, which is the space included between the upper and the lower deck, was fitted up for the accommodation of the officers and crew. Descending by the companion-way which in the Young America extended athwartships on the right, at the foot of the stairs, was the officers' cabin, occupying the part of the ship nearest to the stern.
These between-decks were holystoned regularly, and kept in the most perfect order; the carpenter's bench and tools being in one part, the sailmaker's in another, and boatswain's locker, with the spare rigging, in a third. A part of the crew slept here, in hammocks swung fore and aft from the beams, and triced up every morning.
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