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"I have been expecting to be buried in fog," added the captain, as he took a survey of the deck beneath him. "I see by the log slate that we are making fifteen knots an hour, and we certainly are not driving her." "There can be no doubt that this is a very fast vessel," said Mr. Lillyworth.
Pink used excellent language, as the steward was capable of judging, and it was plain enough that he was not what he had appeared to be. Although Mr. Lillyworth knew very well that Pink Mulgrum was deaf and dumb, he "jawed" at him as though his hearing was as perfect as his own, doubtless forgetting for the moment his infirmity.
Lillyworth," said Captain Passford, when he reached the bridge. "Good evening, Captain Passford," replied the second lieutenant, as he touched his cap to his superior, galling as the act was, according to his own statement. "It looks as though we should have some wind," added the captain. "Yes, sir; and we shall have a nasty time of it across the Gulf Stream."
"He seems to be perplexed by the situation, and his time for action, if he intends to act, has not yet come." "I don't see Pink Mulgrum anywhere about the deck." "I saw him a few minutes since," added Christy. "He passed several times quite near Mr. Lillyworth, and very likely something was said between them; but they had no long talk."
With the deaf mute's leaf in his hand Christy was thinking over this matter of the motives of officers. He was not satisfied in regard to either Lillyworth or Mulgrum, and besides the regular quota of officers and seamen permanently attached to the Bronx, there were eighteen seamen and petty officers berthed forward, who were really passengers, though they were doing duty.
Lillyworth, making a spring at the canvas as though he was disgusted with the operations of his companion on the bridge. "Only what I have just told you," replied Mulgrum. "But you were at the door when the captain and the first lieutenant were talking together in the cabin," continued the officer in a low tone.
Lillyworth must establish a reputation for patriotism and fidelity to the government before he could trust him as he did the first lieutenant, though he was determined to manifest nothing like suspicion in regard to him.
"All that may be, but I have found him once before hanging around that door to-day." At this moment Mulgrum took from his pocket a tablet of paper and a pencil, and wrote upon it, "I am a deaf mute, and I don't know what you are talking about." Christy read it, and then wrote, "What were you doing at the door?" He replied that he had been sent by Mr. Lillyworth to clean the brasses on the door.
"I did," replied Mr. Lillyworth; "but it is all right, and the man at the wheel is Spoors, one of our number." "All right," added Mulgrum, and he descended the steps. Dave kept his place in the folds of the foresail, and hardly breathed as the scullion passed him. With the greatest caution, and after he had satisfied himself that no one was near enough to see him, he descended to the deck.
"The boy is well enough, though he is abominably overrated, as you will see before I have done with him," said Mr. Lillyworth contemptuously. "It is galling for one who has seen some service to touch his cap to this boy and call him captain." "I hope you are not forgetting yourself, Pawcett " "Don't mention my name on board of this vessel, Hungerford," interposed the officer.
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