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Updated: September 4, 2025
Why could not these eccentric westerners be consistent? he wondered. The Englishman kept second watch yesterday, and Ling had fully expected that he would do the same again; while now "Me lathel watch filst, mastel," he pleaded; "me no sleepy. You sleep now, mastel; me look out."
"Ling," he demanded, "how long will it be before this water will go low enough to allow us to cross?" The Korean shrugged his shoulders. "Me no know, mastel," he said. "Pelhaps by to-night; pelhaps not fol week. No can do nothing, can only stop hele."
Her captain was a Norwegian, and a jolly fellow; while the crew she carried was entirely Japanese, with the exception of the stewards in the saloon, who were two pig-tailed subjects of the Celestial Empire. "Numbel one Clistmas dinnel has got to-night, Mastel," expostulated John Chinaman to me in his pidgen English, as I was busy making my cabin comfortable.
But all was silent, and he could see some of the shadowy forms of the men on guard. It was then half-past eleven, as he found by looking at his watch, and too late to go to sleep again, even if he felt inclined. Precisely half an hour later a figure appeared at the door of the tent, and a voice observed quietly: "Time to wake up, mastel. You tellee me wake you one piecee time twelluf.
What's in the wind, I wonder? Yes go on," he added to Ling impatiently. "What's your message?" "Me wait, mastel, six, seven day," said Ling, "wait fol the smoke-junk, to tell you that the Govelnol at Seoul, he got know about evelything, and he sendee tloops catchee you, if he can.
The carts were drawn up in precisely similar formation, and supper was cooked; and by the time that this was disposed of, all hands were more than ready to seek their couches. Frobisher had already pitched his tent, and had just entered it to get his cutlass and second revolver when Ling came up to him. "Me keep filst watch, mastel, same as last night," he remarked ingratiatingly.
Very well, then; get over to your place and lie down; and mark this don't let me catch you slinking about this camp any more to-night. Savvee?" "Me savvee plenty, mastel," replied Ling, gathering himself up and hobbling away.
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