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Updated: May 9, 2025
You perceive at once that he is much above a common sailor in appearance. His manners are good, he is remarkably handsome, very clean, and rather a dandy in his dress. Observe how very politely he takes off his hat to that Frenchman, with whom he has just settled accounts; he beats Johnny Crapeau at his own weapons.
"Ah!" exclaimed Saint Denis, "on this at least we may banquet with some pleasure;" and filling his casque with the fruit, his example being imitated by Le Crapeau, they sat themselves down, with their head-pieces between their legs, to indulge, to their heart's content, in the unexpected treat.
A dozen very ugly little black dwarfs, bearing torches in their hands, now made their appearance, and conducted the Knight to a magnificent couch prepared for him, while another stood in an adjoining room, ready for Le Crapeau, after he had performed the duty of disrobing his master.
Then I would like to show Messieur Crapeau that some things can be done in America as well as others. Aug. 16. "Chalk a big mark for today," was one of the sayings of an old sportsman-friend of mine, when he had had unusually good luck come home thoroughly tired, but with satisfactory results of fish or birds. Well, to-day might warrant such a mark for me. Everything propitious from the start.
A ringing cheer, which those on board the brig might almost have heard, went up from our lads at this sight, followed by a hoarse murmur of: "Lookout! now Johnny Crapeau has lost his temper, and the brig is going to get loco in 'arnest!" as the frigate put her helm down and fired her whole broadside at the flying craft.
Bella, the daughter of Peter McGregor, was supposed to be dear to Big Mack's heart. "What a peety she could not see him the now," said Finlay Campbell. "Man alive, she would say the word queeck!" "'Tis more than she will do to you whatever, if you cannot keep off that crapeau yonder a little better," said Big Mack, reaching for a Frenchman who kept dodging in upon him with annoying persistence.
Le Crapeau, meantime, seeing another damsel of radiant beauty, inferior only to that of the lady of the castle, led her forth, and bounded away, round and round the hall, to strains of the most inspiriting and lively music.
Surely all our victories by sea and land might warrant our stipulating for so much, in place of huggermuggering with doubtful ill defined treaties, specifying that you Johnny Crapeau, and you Jack Spaniard, shall steal men, and deal in human flesh, in such and such a degree of latitude only, while, if you pick up one single slave a league to the northward or southward of the prescribed line of coast, then we shall blow you out of the water wherever we meet you.
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