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At all events it is entirely in the spirit of Firebrand's words in Pasquin: "Speak boldly; by the Powers I serve, I swear You speak in Safety, even tho' you speak Against the Gods, provided that you speak Not against Priests."
The Captain hailed, "I sent your orders on board, Mr Cringle, to bear up on your separate cruise." At the same moment, the Firebrand's ensign and pennant were hoisted we did the same a gun from the Commodore ditto from the tidy little Wave and lo! Thomas Cringle, esquire, launched for the first time on his own bottom.
"I'm the construction boss av this section, an' I'm the mon that had the unhappy experience av lookin' into the business end av 'Firebrand's' six-shooter yisterday." "'Firebrand's'?" she said, with a puzzled look at him. "Thot mon, Trevison, ma'am; that's what they call him. An' he fits it bedad beggin' your pardon." "Oh," she said; "then you know him." And she felt a sudden interest in Carson.
If you're in charge, it's up to you to smooth things out. Though from the looks av your mug 'Firebrand's' been maulin' you some, too!" Corrigan's answer was a cold glare. "You quit without a fight, eh?" he taunted; "you let one man bluff half a hundred of you!" Carson's eyes brightened. "My recollection is that 'Firebrand' is still holdin' the forrt.
I passed the word to one of the Firebrand's marines, who was on duty, who again repeated the order to a seaman who was standing at the door. "I say, Moses, call the clergyman."
Mr Peter Swop, one of the Firebrand's master mates, and now, in consequence of poor Handlead's death, acting master of the Wave, popped in his head through the opening in the flags. "How is the weather, Mr Swop?" "Calm all night, sir; not a breath stirring, sir." "Are the sails shifted?" said I, "and the starboard main shrouds replaced?"
"All now went merry as a marriage bell." I was carefully conveyed to Kingston, where I rallied under my aunt's hospitable roof, as rapidly almost as I had sickened, and within a fortnight, all bypast strangeness explained to my superiors, I at length occupied my berth in the Firebrand's gunroom, as third lieutenant of the ship. More Scenes in Jamaica.
"Go it, my boys," shouted I; "a few more as well aimed, and heigh for the Firebrand's gunroom!" At the mention of the Firebrand I thought Obed started, but he soon recovered himself, and looking at me with all the apparent composure in the world, he smiled as he said, "Not so fast, Lieutenant; you and I have not drank our last glass of swizzle yet, I guess.
With such a backing of solid comfort between me and `death, I felt soothed, and dropped asleep. "It was Saturday night. On Sunday morning I was awakened by a rushing of water so furious that I fancied the sea must have proved more than a match for the 12-inch armour and 18-inch backing; but a moment or two of attentive reflection relieved me. Your friend Firebrand's voice was audible. I listened.
"A h, Tom, I know what you are grinning at, but I fear it has been no laughing matter to my poor boats crew all my best hands gone, God help me!" Presently being under the Firebrand's lee quarter, we lowered down the boat and went on board, where, for the first time, the extreme ludicrousness of my appearance and following flashed on me.
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