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Updated: May 24, 2025
"But she'll beat 'em to it yet, or she wouldn't be Gentleman Geoff's girl! She ain't here now, but we expect her any minute and when she comes the fun'll start." As if in answer the hum and whirr of two high-powered motors chugging in unison stole upon the air and rapidly increased in volume. Ben craned his neck from the window and then turned disappointedly.
Carlsen, before he went below, had sent a man into the fore-spreaders, and now he shouted, cupping his hands and sounding his news as if it had been a call to arms. "Land-ho!" "What is it?" called Rainey back. "High peak, sir. Dead ahead! Clouds on it, or smoke." He came sliding down the halyards to the deck as Lund said: "That'll be Makushin. Now the fun'll commence."
"Then he'll mix in the fight and get hit and go home bawling, same as he did when we had the snow fort. Then his ma'll go around to our mas and tell 'em what rough games we play and how it's a wonder somebody hasn't lost an eye. We'll all get penny lectures and the fun'll be spoiled for a week. Oh, yes, let him fight!" John broke the gloomy silence which followed.
"Ain't there no other battalion company in the regiment, that Number 3's been picked for special twice now in four days?" "The Major's sweet on 'em, that's why," snarled another. "I ain't saying nothing against the Bobs. But what's the matter with us, I'd like to know? Why Number 3 again? Ugh, it makes me sick!" "Our fun'll come later, lads," said the sergeant cheerfully.
"They'll get the ladies off, you know, and then the fun'll begin." "Fun?" Ike winked a long, significant wink. "Yes. Lit'rary Society, you know. A little game in the back room." "And are you going to play, Ike?" "Not to-night, thank you. I aint no saint, but I aint a blank fool altogether, and to-night I got to keep level. To-day's the boss's remittance day.
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