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Any one of the ship's company who happened to be near him with a little time to spare would get up a discussion on any matter that came to his mind, work things gently to a climax, and then contradict Cranze flatly. Upon which, out would come the revolver, and down would go the humorist on his knees, pitifully begging for pardon and life, to the vast amusement of the onlookers.
"He can't be found on this ship. Therefore he is over the side. Therefore you put him there." Cranze was still more startled. But he kept himself in hand. "Look here," he said, "what rot! What should I know about the fellow? I haven't seen him since last night." "So you say. But I don't see why I should believe you. In fact, I don't." "Well, you can suit yourself about that, but it's true enough.
He found Cranze doctoring a very painful head with the early application of stimulant, and Cranze asked him what the devil he meant by not knocking at the door before opening it. Captain Kettle whipped the tumbler out of the passenger's shaking fingers, and emptied its contents into the wash-basin.
A steward brought in tea, and it stood on the chart-table untasted, and at last Kettle finished, and Lupton put a question. "It's easy to tell," he said, "if they did swap names. What was the man that went overboard like?" "Little dark fellow, short sighted. He was a poet, too." "That's not Hamilton, anyway, but it might be Cranze. Is your prisoner tall?" "Tall and puffy.
"I should say it would be healthier for you to let him have his own way." "Thanks," said Hamilton, and turned away. "I'll act on that advice." Now the next few movements of Mr. Cranze are wrapped in a certain degree of mystery.
Lupton laughed rather angrily. "And what would be the result of that, do you think?" "Cranze will get mad. He'll probably talk a good deal, and that I shall allow within limits. But he'll not hit me. I'm not the kind of a man that other people see fit to raise their hands to." "You don't look it.
Pratt, the chief engineer, was the inventor of this game, but he openly renounced all patent rights. He said that everybody on board ought to take the stage in turn he himself was quite content to retire on his early laurels. So all hands took pains to contradict Cranze and to cower with a fine show of dramatic fright before his spiked revolver. All the Flamingo's company except one man, that is.
Hamilton and Cranze remained the Flamingo's only two passengers, and so he considered he might devote full attention to them without being remarkable. If he had been a steward making sure of his tips he could not have been more solicitous for their welfare; and to say he watched them like a cat is putting the thing feebly.
I'm Hamilton. I've been in the papers a good deal just recently, because I'd been flinging my money around, and I didn't want to get stared at on board here. So Cranze and I swapped names, just to confuse people. It seems to have worked very well." "Yes," said Kettle, "it's worked so well that I don't think you'll get a jury to believe that either.
Well, what's done's done, and it can't be helped. But, my lad, I want you to look on while I hand in the bill. It'll do you good to see Cranze pay up the account." Kettle went through his careful toilet, and then in his spruce white drill went out and walked briskly up and down the hurricane deck till the steward came with the report. His forebodings had not led him astray.
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