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He generally sat by himself in one corner of the cramped smoking-room, and seldom took part in the conversation. The Bum Actor and he had exchanged confidences the night before, and the Texan therefore felt justified in answering in his friend's stead. "You're way off, friend," he said to the Man-Who-Knew-It-All. "There ain't nothin' the matter with the Line, nor the ship, nor the Captain.
That his word was law aboard ship, and that he enforced it in the fewest words possible, was evident in every line of his face and every tone of his voice. If he deserved an overhauling it certainly would not come from any one on board least of all from Carhart the Man-Who-Knew-It-All.
As for the women and children, I suppose they don't count " and he turned on his heel and left the office. On the way out he met the Chief Engineer. "Do the best you can, Mike," he said; "orders are we sail on the 16th." On the fourth day out this conversation took place in the smoking-room between a group of passengers. "Regular tub, this ship!" growled the Man-Who-Knew-It-All to the Bum Actor.
Are you handy with a gun?" "Why?" "Nothing I'm only asking." Carhart, the Man-Who-Knew-It-All, here lounged over from his seat by the table and dropped into a chair beside them, cutting short his reply. The Texan gave a significant look at the Actor, enforcing his silence, and then buried his face in a newspaper a month old.
Didn't want to take me except our folks had a lot of stuff aboard. Had enough passengers, he said." "Well, he took the widow and her two kids" continued the Man-Who-Knew-It-All "and they were the last to get aboard. Half the time he's playing nurse instead of looking after his ship. Had 'em all on the bridge yesterday." "He had to take 'em," protested the Travelling Man.
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