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"Heave two!" roared the capting to the man at the rudder, as the Polly giv a friteful toss. I was sick, an sorry I'd cum. "Heave two!" repeated the capting. I went below. "Heave two!" I hearn him holler agin, and stickin my hed out of the cabin winder, I HEV. The hosses became docile eventually, and I felt better.
"Sah," said the sage, poking down the ashes in his pipe with his little finger, "I've done lived in the Duck River Valley ever sence Capting Jimmy Madison wuz elected President the fust time, and I never seed sich a wet spell as this afore. I reckon hit's all along o' the wah. We allers have a powerful sight o' rain in wah times.
"Now to the boat with 'im an' dump 'im ashore wherever It looks hottest an' hungriest." "Yah," he snarled in the face of the prostrate cook, "ye don't interfere no more with the capting of this here vessel. I hopes ye "
At length I murmured, "Alars! I fear it is too troo! Even I was a Capting of the Home Gards." "To be sure," said the lan'lord; "you all do it over there." "Wall," I said, "whatever nation this person belongs to, we may as well go and hear him lectur this evenin.
Why he arst me fer my bloomin' name, same as if I wus a Countess a steepin' art of a moter-kar at the door of Buckingem Peliss. 'What's yer name, girl? says 'e. 'Sarah Geddes, an it please yer capting, says I. 'Then send the bally flowers to Sarah Geddes, says 'e, 'and take precious good care as she gets 'em. Gawd's truth, yer could 'ave knocked me darn with a 'at pin.
Didn't rest well last night on account of a uprore made by the capting, who stopt the Bote to go ashore and smash in the windows of a grosery. He was brought back in about a hour, with his hed dun up in a red handkercher, his eyes bein swelled up orful, and his nose very much out of jint.
"Niver fear, boy. The capting knows a sight better than you do, and he says it'll rise a fut yit." "Does he?" asked Grim, who was also beginning to despond. "Ov coorse he does.
I had never seen Captain Billings so angry since I had been on board the Esmeralda; his blue eyes fairly flashed forth fire! He took no notice of me at first, advancing towards the chief mate. "Mr Macdougall," said he, sharply, "I call upon you for an explanation of this this discreditable affair!" "Yon dratted loon, Capting, sought me life!" replied the other, glibly.
I bade her good-day, and, after a few words of inquiry as to her health, asked if I could be of any service to her. "No, capting, thank 'ee," she said, fumbling with her bag as if in search of something. "No news of Stephen or Billy, I suppose?" said I in a sad tone. "Not yet, capting, but I expect 'em one o' these days, an' I'm a-gettin' things ready for 'em."
"I say, capting," said a voice in his ear. He looked up, and there stood Tom, the stable-boy, with both hands in his pockets. Tom was not there by his own proper movement, but was agent of Betsy, the under-housemaid. Female servants scan the male guests pretty closely too, without seeming to do it, and judge them upon lamentably broad principles youth, health, size, beauty, and good temper.
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