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Updated: May 13, 2025
"It's my opinion," said McMunn, "that the man who pays taxes that he needn't pay I'm alluding to the duty on tobacco, you'll understand for the sake of poisoning himself with a nasty stink, is little better than a fool. That's my opinion, and I'm of the same way of thinking about alcoholic drink." Lord Dunseverick deposited the offending cigarette on the hearth and crushed it with his foot.
Commander McMunn, of the Naval Reserves, at once arranged for a steam launch and started out to rescue the Missouri soldiers. There was a swift current in the river, and the safety of the men caused their commanding officer much anxiety.
Her bow was absurdly high, cocked up like the snout of a Yorkshire pig. Her long waist lay low, promising little freeboard in a sea. Her engines and single funnel were aft. On a short, high quarterdeck was her bridge and a squat deck-house. She was designed, like her owner, for purely business purposes. "You'll have the captain's cabin," said McMunn. "Him and me will sleep in the saloon."
I'm taking risks enough anyway, without unnecessary talking. You never know who's listening to you." "About paying for the er the er our cargo? Is that all arranged?" "They'll be paid in bills on a Hamburg bank," said McMunn. "Won't they expect cash? I should have thought that in transactions of this kind "
"We sail to-night, anyway," said Lord Dunseverick. "Ay, we do. I tell't Ginty. He's the captain of The McMunn Brothers, and a good man." "I've met him. In fact " "If you've met Ginty you've met a man who knows his business, though I wish he'd give over drinking whisky. However, he's a strong Protestant and a sound man, and you can't expect perfection." "Capital!" said Lord Dunseverick.
Soon The McMunn Brothers was under way. Lord Dunseverick looked at the prostrate Von Edelstein. "What are we going to do with him?" he asked. "Drown him," said McMunn. A trickle of blood was running down Von Edelstein's chin. He spat out some fragments of broken teeth. "It appears," he said, "that I have made a mistake about your intentions."
"But if you are not going to fight the English," said Von Edelstein, "God in heaven, who are you going to fight?" "Young man," said McMunn, "you're drinking beer in my ship, a thing which is clean contrary to my principles, though I'm putting up with it; but you're going beyond the beyonds when you sit here and take the name of the Almighty in vain. I'll trouble you not to swear."
"We will not have Home Rule." "You are a curious people," said Von Edelstein. "I thought and even now you say " "That speech," said McMunn, "was made for an entirely different purpose. If you thought that we wanted a German Army in Ulster, or that we meant to fire on the British flag " "It is exactly what I did think," said Von Edelstein. "You're a born fool, then," said McMunn.
"You're not a business man, my lord; but I'd have you know that a bill with the name of McMunn to it is the same as cash in any port in Europe." "Well, that's your part of the affair. I am leaving that to you." "You may leave it What I say I'll do. But there's one thing that I'm no quite easy in my mind about." "If you're thinking about the landing of the guns "
He possessed some twenty more German words, and knew that "beer" was represented by the same sound as in English. The equipment seemed to him sufficient for the interview. "I have the good fortune to speak English easily," said Von Edelstein. "Am I addressing myself to Mr. McMunn?" "Ay," said McMunn, "you are. And this is Lord Dunseverick, a baron like yourself."
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