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Oh," by a sudden inspiration, "five hundred and fifteen." "Five hundred d'ye say five" said the postman from the half of his mouth that was clear. "Five," said Pete emphatically. "Aw, they're well up." "If you say so, Capt'n," said the barber, and down went "515."
Light work ut was, wid lashins av beer and the gurl that dhressed the orf'cers' ladies but she died in Aggra twelve years gone, an' my tongue's gettin' the betther av me. They was actin' a play thing called Sweethearts, which you may ha' heard av, an' the Colonel's daughter she was a lady's maid. The Capt'n was a boy called Broom Spread Broom was his name in the play.
Some shook their heads, but the word went no farther, for the man who does his business on the great waters has a vast respect for ancient institutions. And Merton's had been a good bank for many generations. "P'raps," said an old woman who had nothing to lose for the sea had even kept her corpses from her "p'raps what they say 'bout reconstruction may be all right. But here comes the capt'n."
The captain of the life-savers comes into view outside the big open door, at left; he appears to have been hurrying, peers in, sees the men, goes quickly to them. CAPTAIN: I'll take this now, boys. BRADFORD: No need for anybody to take it, Capt'n. He was dead when we picked him up. CAPTAIN: Dannie Sears was dead when we picked him up. But we brought him back. I'll go on awhile.
"You were full as a goat at 'K' Troop's stables Where'd ye get the whiskey if " "I'll lay you, Lanigan, when I get two hands agin, though I misdoubt wan would do it. It's me horse I want now and lave to go on wid the capt'n.
He turned to Reynolds: "Capt'n, I want you to get me a chance to punch cattle on a car down to Chicago." Reynolds looked surprised. "What fur do you want to go to Chicago, Mose? I never have knew you to mention hit befo'." Mose felt his skin growing red. "Well, I just thought I'd like to take a turn in the States and see the elephant." "You'll see the hull circus if you go to Chicago," said Mrs.
And two on 'em made a rush for it and we caught 'em just like's we was terriers by an oat-rick; we had to be main quick. 'Twere like pitching hay. And then three more, and then more. And none on us uttered a word. "An' when it wur done and we had claned our bay'nets in the straw, Capt'n 'e said, 'Men, you ha' done your work as you ought to ha' done." He paused for a moment.
We sailed with a regular westerly roarer astern of us, to which the `old man' I mean the capt'n, sir, showed every rag that would draw, up to to'gallant stunsails, and the skipper kept well to the south'ard, hoping to make all the easting that he wanted out of that westerly wind.
And Capt'n Billy put you on his knee, and looked at you sideways, and slapped his thigh, and blew a cloud of smoke from his long pipe and cried again, 'This boy is for a sailor, I'm telling you. You fell asleep in the old man's arms, and I carried you to your cot upstairs. Your father followed me into the bedroom, and your mother was there already dusting the big shells on the mantelpiece.
"Gharri dhriver here, dhrunk, Sorr," sez I; "I've found his gharri sthrayin' about cantonmints, an' now I've found him." "Oh!" sez the Capt'n; "fwhat's his name?" I stooped down an' pretended to listen. "He sez his name's Jungi, Sorr," sez I.
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