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Updated: April 30, 2025
Well, whether you do so or not, all I have to say is that the innocent yokel actually went up on deck with the potato-net in his hand, holding it out in front of him as he took his station beside those standing round the grog-tub.
The men having helped themselves freely from the grog-tub, until it seemed that they could take no more, tumbled rather than scrambled down into the boat alongside, and I was just beginning to cherish the hope that after all they would go away forgetting to scuttle the ship, when I saw Jose, the boatswain who appeared to have assumed the command of the party seize and detain the only man except himself who still remained on the ship's deck.
Whether ordered to the main-truck in a gale; or rolled by the drum to the grog-tub; or commanded to walk up to the gratings and be lashed, Landess always obeyed with the same invincible indifference. His advice to a young lad, who shipped with us at Valparaiso, embodies the pith and marrow of that philosophy which enables some man-of-war's-men to wax jolly in the service.
Captain Grantham, sir, the soldier officer, with the big beard, is a mixing punch in the grog-tub. "'From the consequences of this day I proclaim myself innocent, said I with a solemn voice, as I drew on my duck trowsers, and prepared to set out. "'And the mainsail, sir, said the steward, not understanding what I said.
"Except from the excess of his appetite, I know of no risk he runs. His servant is making gruel for him all day in a thing like the grog-tub of a frigate. But you've heard the news, Sparks has been exchanged. He came here last night; but the moment he caught sight of me, he took his departure. Begad, I'm sure he'd rather pass a month in Verdun than a week in my company!"
"I think, colonel, I could bring up the rations: biscuits and cold pork, anyhow," suggested Hyde. "And the grog-tub: don't forget that, sergeant" cried a fresh voice. "By all means, Hyde, get us what you can," replied Blythe; "the men are all fasting, and some sort of a meal would be very good for them, only you must keep a sharp look-out for us. We may not be still here when you return."
I was watching the colour come and go on the Irish boy's face, and he was making comical signs to me to show his embarrassment, when Mr. Johnson shouted for the grog-tub to be sent aft, and the boatswain summoned me to get it and follow him. The smokers were not more silent than we, as the third mate slowly measured the rum half a gill a head into the grog-tub.
When the boatswain and I got back to the forecastle, carrying the grog-tub, we found the company as we had left it, except that there was a peculiarly bland expression on every man's face as he listened to a song that the cook was singing.
Captain Grantham, sir, the soldier officer, with the big beard, is a mixing punch in the grog-tub. "'From the consequences of this day I proclaim myself innocent, said I with a solemn voice, as I drew on my duck trowsers, and prepared to set out. "'And the mainsail, sir, said the steward, not understanding what I said.
The intense dolefulness of the ditty was not diminished by the fact that the cook had no musical ear, and having started on a note that was no note in particular, he flattened with every long-drawn lamentation till the ballad became more of a groan than a song. When the grog-tub was deposited, Dennis beckoned to the boatswain, and we made our way to his side.
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