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Fetch out The Plank! "At this the bo's'n, Aaron Halyard, stepped forward. "'Oh there you are, are you, Halyard? bellowed the pirate chief, 'well, why don't you fetch out The Plank? It's your duty, you're in charge of it. "The bo's'n pulled at his forelock, and bowed to his commander. "'Beggin' yer pardin, Cap'n, said he, 'kin I have a word with yer private-like?
He turned his eyes painfully to look and beheld the dark, bearded visage of George Dunkin, the bo's'n, who scowled angrily and kicked him in the ribs with a heavy toe. "Get up, ye young lubber!" roared the man and swore fiercely as the boy, unable to move, still lay upon his back. A moment later the bo's'n went away.
"As I said afore, Tom was second mate, an' I was bo's'n.
"No trouble at all . Bo's'n," he called, "summon all passengers on deck." Frank and Jack were already there, and approached. The American officer asked them a few questions, and then waved them away. "All right," he said. Mrs. Wheaton and her daughter appeared a few moments later. The former was angry. She approached the lieutenant.
From the veranda he could look out over the bay, where 'The Angel of Death' lay at anchor. The men's quarters were down the hill, near the beach. "Black Pedro noticed that the men seemed unusually quiet that night. He did not hear the customary yells and cries. Suddenly he was surprised to see old Aaron Halyard, the bo's'n, come over the top of the hill, leaning on his cane.
Then his rage boiled up and the tanned skin of his neck turned the color of old mahogany. "I'll kill the boy," he whispered hoarsely and drew back his heavy rope for a swing at Jeremy's head. "Daggs" a voice cut the air from close by his side. "Daggs, who made you bo's'n of this sloop?" The man whirled and nearly fell over, for Stede Bonnet was at his elbow.
"I feel able enough to go about, and my mates'll think I'm shirkin' dooty." "There's not a man a-board as'll think that o' Dick Darvall," growled the boatswain, who had just entered and heard the last remark. "Right, bo's'n," said Brooke, "you have well expressed the thought that came into my own head." "Have ye seen Samson yet, sir?" asked the boatswain, with an unusually grave look.
He pulled the trigger, but there was no report. Something had gone wrong with the priming. The bo's'n reached the boat, shoved off, and started to row for the ship. There was no other boat, and Pedro could only watch him. The old man rowed to 'The Angel of Death, climbed aboard, and commenced, with the help of the boy, who had been left there, to get up the foresail.
But not alone at this did they laugh, for at the moment of the snap and the turning over, Captain Duncan's unstrung nerves had exploded, causing him to jump as he tensed his whole body. "Why, sir," the steward went on with growing confidence, "I bet I can make him friends with you, too, by this time to-morrow . . . " "By this time five minutes he'll be overboard," the captain answered. "Bo's'n!
We're next, but we're not bosses in the way o' bein' responsible for anything that has happened or might happen to you. We b'long forrard. There's no call to shoot at the crew, for there's not a man among 'em but what 'ud be glad to see you get ashore, and get there himself." "Silence, bo's'n," bawled the captain.
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