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Updated: June 1, 2025
Just what made Bell so determined to have us go was a puzzle to me. As Chips climbed over the rail, England came to the side with Journegan. I expected some outburst, and for an instant the carpenter was at a disadvantage. But they let him go over without a hostile movement. He stood up in the bow while a man shoved off. "Ah, ye raskils, it's like runnin' away we are, but we ain't.
Bell and Journegan upon the fallacy of trusting to a power that was highly unintelligible. "For instance," said he, "for why should I give thanks fer this stinkin' junk meat when I don't know but what Dalton, there, has put his dirty hands on it an' pisened it fit to kill? How do I know if he washes his hands afore cookin', hey?
His second officer, Journegan, a heavily built man with mutton-chop whiskers of a colorless hue, was incapable of the smallest attempt at navigation, so he stood idly by while his superior let the sun rise until it had reached its highest point. "Eight bells," cried Sackett, and went below to work out the sight. "By the grace of God," echoed Andrews, who had come upon the poop.
Journegan, Jenks, and Dalton were all powerful men, armed with sheath-knives sharper and better than our own, for they had evidently prepared for just such an emergency. "Let Dalton provision the whale-boat, and you men get out," said Mr. Bell after I had finished whispering my views to Chips.
Then he reloaded it and handed it to the smiling, rosy-cheeked third mate. "You stand by and take care of things while I spell Bull England a bit," said he. "Journegan," he continued, calling to the English mate, "you take the line for a while, and let that young fellow rest, while I try her bilge aft." He stripped off his shirt and stood in his trousers.
But the six were of the strongest and most determined rascals that ever trod a ship's deck. As every sailor carries a sheath-knife, the fight promised to be an interesting one if the men of the Sovereign's crew saw fit to fight it out. England, however, who was stronger than any two of our men, did not like going into the matter with the same spirit as Journegan, Daniels, and Andrews.
Andrews, who had recovered somewhat, now staggered to his feet and drew his knife. "Stand by and follow along the port rail," he said to Journegan and England. "You two," addressing Bell and Jenks, "go to starboard." Dalton, who was below and separated from his fellows, would be our object. Jenks, however, remonstrated at the attack. "Hold on," said he, and England stopped.
Journegan, Andrews, and another man were seen making their way forward across the sunken deck. The heat drove them to the topgallant forecastle and in a few minutes we could see all standing there near the windlass. The bitts sheltered them from the heat. The oil in the ship was not submerged in the after part, owing to her trimming by the head.
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