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'Lord give me strength to lead him into the straight and narrow path, he'd whine; and sink me, Journegan, if he wouldn't give me a twist that would slew my innerds askew and send me flying acrost the room. Lead me into the straight and narrow path? Man alive, he'd send me drifting along that path like a bullet from a gun. What's the sense of it, hey?"
Look at them warts an' tell me if they ain't ketchin'. Jest think of a stomach full o' warts. Is that anything to be thankful for, I'd like to know." The idea amused Journegan, but it set me to thinking about the medicine chest in spite of myself. Sackett scowled while this sort of talk went on, but said nothing to bring forth an outbreak from Andrews.
Journegan, the second officer, made the last but not least of the select four who had elected to stay aboard with Sackett to take in the ship and get salvage.
"Take the girl and go," screamed Bell, almost fainting from the cut received. "Yes, take her and be damned!" cried Journegan. "Only get off before it's too late." "Seems to me," said Chips, "we could do for them now wid no trouble. Let's try 'em." Johnson advanced at the word, but I called him back just as Chips was making ready for a spring at England.
We kept well apart, each side feeling a distrust for the other, and neither caring to provoke a conflict. In about an hour Dalton announced the boat was ready. "There's salt junk enough for all hands a week or two, and ship's bread for a month. There's water in the breaker. You can go when you're ready," said Journegan.
"Oh, Captain Andrews, you have such a dreadful way with you," piped Bell, the third mate, in his high voice. "Don't you know you really frightened me with such strong words." Journegan laughed outright. "If I have to put up with any more of your insolence, sir," said Sackett, quietly, "I'll have you bound and put away until we are in port."
The oar crashed through nearly to the water line under the power of the stroke. "Blast ye," he cried, "ye'll niver leave that ship alive," and he smote the boat again and again, crushing her down until she began to fill. Johnson took a hand also in spite of England and Journegan hauling away at the painter.
"That's it," said Dalton. "You take him, and we'll take care of him until you say let him loose." Journegan was at the wheel with one of the men who had left with the old sailor, Jenks. Sackett did not question him in regard to the matter of Andrews, as he evidently thought he had already showed signs of mutiny.
Wrenching myself around, I found that I was engaging the tall sailor, Daniels, and as I did so, Journegan, England, Dalton, Jenks, and our third officer fell upon the crowd which had borne Andrews to the deck. All of the English sailors who had started to leave the Sovereign were now fighting with Chips, Johnson, and myself, making eight men as against six.
"There ain't none," said Journegan, snickering and rubbing his whiskers in appreciation of his friend's wit. "Mr. Journegan," said Sackett, "you go on deck, sir." "What am I doing?" asked the fellow, with a smirk. "You go on deck, sir, or I'll be forced to take some action in the matter of discipline. Do you understand?" continued Sackett, now red in the face with anger.
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