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He then recommended Roger to the care of one of his officers, and, directing Jake and Bevan to take up their quarters and duties with the other seamen until such time as they could be transferred to their own craft, turned away to give orders and attend to the sailing of his ship.
Bevan half rose and held out his hand, the others contented themselves with a nod, while the big, stout lad stood rather like a great dog under the same circumstances, very angry with everybody, and chiefly with Mr. Audley to whom, nevertheless, he trusted for getting him safe out again. 'Fulbert, said Mr. Audley, 'Mr.
Launching this frail bark without a moment's delay, he found that it was tight; pushed off and went rapidly down with the current. Either he had forgotten the gold in his haste, or the disgust he had expressed was genuine, for he left it lying on the bank. He now no longer fled without a purpose. Many miles down that same stream there dwelt a gold-digger in a lonely hut. His name was Paul Bevan.
The robber chief took no notice of the reply, but led his lieutenant aside and held a whispered conversation with him for a few minutes. Now, among other blessings, Flinders possessed a pair of remarkably acute ears, so that, although he could not make out the purport of the whispered conversation, he heard, somewhat indistinctly, the words "Bevan" and "Betty."
"Among Christians ay," replied Bevan; "but white men ain't always Christians, any more than red men are always devils. Seems to me it's six o' one an' half a dozen o' the other. Moreover, when the missionaries git among the Redskins, some of 'em turns Christians an' some hypocrites just the same as white men.
'Have you been to meeting, Mrs Brick? asked Martin's friend, with something of a roguish twinkle in his eye. 'To lecture, sir. 'I beg your pardon. I forgot. You don't go to meeting, I think? Here the lady on the right of Mrs Brick gave a pious cough as much as to say 'I do! as, indeed, she did nearly every night in the week. 'A good discourse, ma'am? asked Mr Bevan, addressing this lady.
When I visit London, the most eminent living Quaker, J. Bevan Braithwaite, welcomes me to his hospitable house, and we join in prayer together. I wish that the exemplary and useful Society of Friends were more multiplied on both sides of the sea. During the early half of the last century sectarian controversies ran high, especially in the newly settled West.
Bevan and Irwin then each took a taste a pretty long taste it was too, for they returned the mug to Roger empty, both pronouncing it to be the finest brandy of France that had ever passed their lips.
"Joe Bevan, sir," he said. "He used to be champion of England, light-weight." "Joe Bevan!" cried Mr Spence. "Really? Why, he trained me when I boxed for Cambridge. He's one of the best of fellows. I've never seen any one who took such trouble with his man. I wish we could get him here. So it was Joe who suggested that you should go down to Aldershot? Well, he ought to know.
"I see the reptiles," whispered Bevan, as Tom joined them. "They are mustering for an attack on the south side. Just what I wish," he added, with a suppressed chuckle, "for I've got a pretty little arrangement of cod-hooks and man-traps in that direction." As he spoke several dark figures were seen gliding among the trees.
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