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He naturally bethought himself of the anchor, and shouted out to his mate: "By gox, Jimmy, w'or gan to drift into the German Ocean! Let go the b y anchor!" The mate shouted back: "What the devil's the use of lettin' go the anchor when there's ne chain fast te'ed?" "Never mind a d n about that," shouted the skipper at the top of his voice and with feverish excitement.
A husky voice from within answered in broad Northumbrian accent: "Thor's neebody heor!" "Then by Gox," said the excited mate, "Ye'ar the beggar I've been luckin' for these last few neights!" The slumberer was the person who ought to have been pacing the deck.
Aa'd heard nowt, but there he was glarin' at us, an' showin' his great ugly fangs. "By gox, Geordie," I says to maaself, "it's a mad durg ye have to fettle." Sae I lets oot wiv a kick that would have shifted a bullock, but aal that happened was that he seemed to catch haud o' my trousers, for I felt them rip. Gox!
"By gox, that's true," said Munroe; "where shall I put them?" "In your breeches," said Ralph, sharply. "That's first class," said he, and with Ralph's assistance they were stowed in the part of his wearing apparel where there was an abundance of room generously supplied by the tailor. They had not gone many yards when the mate showed evidences of discomfort. He was obviously suffering pain.
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