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Updated: May 7, 2025
When you've done as much work as he's done there now, you've done it at last. I told you so." This last remark had reference to the fact that young Teddy Machowl, having been over-fed by his father, had gone into a stiff blue-in-the-face condition that was alarming to say the least of it.
That night, highly elated at the success of their labours, our four friends sat round their evening meal in the pagoda and related their various diving adventures and experiences to the admiring and sympathetic Molly Machowl.
His cottage by the sea had comforts in it, but nothing that could fairly be styled a luxury, except, of course, a luxurious army of well-trained grandchildren, who invaded his premises every morning with terrific noise, and kept possession until fairly driven out by force of arms. Rooney Machowl and David Maxwell stuck to their colours manfully.
And to cap it all, after dinner, when they went out into the garden, and were seated in floods of moonlight in the bower, two men opened the garden gate and made for the back kitchen, with the evident intention of calling on the cook. These were discovered to be Rooney Machowl and David Maxwell.
Meanwhile the gun-boat approached close to the enemy, and it soon became apparent that they meant to fight trusting, no doubt, to their very decided superiority in numbers. "They mean mischief," said the captain, as he shut up his telescope. "Faix, an' they'll git it too," replied Rooney Machowl, who chanced to be near at the time, though the remark was not addressed to him.
Still he gave no order to fire, although the pirates were seen to be busily re-loading. Hanging up to within a hundred yards, the captain looked quickly at his men. "Port, a little," said he to the man at the wheel. "Are you ready?" "Ay, ay, sur," from Rooney Machowl, in a deep bass undertone. "Fire!"
Presently the breeze increased, and the pilot boat leaped over the waves as if it had received new life. "It's a bowld thing to try," muttered Rooney Machowl, "but I'm afeard, sir " He was silenced by a peremptory "Hush" from Edgar. "Get down so as to be out of sight," he continued, "all of you except the Chinamen. You two come and sit by Dwarro."
Putting on the new dress, our hero was soon ready to descend, with the lamp burning in his hand. "There are three men down just now," said Baldwin as he was about to screw on the mouth-piece, "two of 'em bein' your old friends Maxwell and Rooney Machowl. They've been down about three hours, and won't be up for an hour yet. See that you don't foul them in your wanderings below.
We therefore beg leave at this point to shut the lids of our dexter eye, and drop the curtain. One day Joe Baldwin, assisted by his old friend, Rooney Machowl, was busily engaged down at the bottom of the sea, off the Irish coast, slinging a box of gold specie.
These had jumped overboard with their "creases" and other weapons in their hands, and were so vindictive as to show fight furiously in the water when the sailors attempted to save them. Many of the men suffered from this. Poor Rooney Machowl was among the number.
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