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Updated: May 17, 2025
Is it you, Docks, that's askin' me that? Well, says he, 'Jagger an' me fixed that all up when I seed him there t' Wayfarer's Tickle. They's three ports above Harbour Deep, an' I'm goin' t' trade un all. 'Twill be a v'y'ge by that time. Then I'm goin' t' run the Sink or Swim back o' the islands in Seal Run. Which done, I'll wait for Tommy Mib t' make up his mind, one way or t' other.
See, lad, says he, pointin' t' leeward, 'they're waitin', aboard that fishin' craft, t' see what we'll do. We'll show un that we're men! Jagger be damned, says he; 'we'll show un that we're men! Call the hands, says he; 'but leave Tommy Mib lie quiet in his bunk, says he, 'for he's dead. "'Skipper Jim, says I, lookin' in his blood-red eyes, an' then t' the breakers, 'what you goin' t' do?
Believe me, sir, they was no rush for'ard with Tommy Mib below. "'Skipper Jim, says I, one day, 'what is you goin' t' do? "'Well, Docks, says he, 'I'm thinkin' I'll go see Jagger. "So we beat up t' Wayfarer's Tickle makin' port in the dusk. Skipper Jim went ashore, but took nar a one of us with un.
We was three days at Tops'l Cove, with folk aboard every day, tradin' fish. An' Tommy Mib below! We touched Smith's Arm next, sir. Come now, speak fair; did they have it there?" "They're not rid of it yet," said Doctor Luke. "Smith's Arm too!" Docks groaned. "An' Harbour Rim," the skipper added. "Noon t' noon at Harbour Rim," said Docks. "And Highwater Cove," the doctor put in.
"They was shiverin' a wonderful lot, an' the cook was holdin' his head in his hands, just like Tommy Mib used t' do. "'Ay, b'y, says he. "'Ay, b'y, says the second hand. "'Been drilled too hard o' late, says the cook. 'We're all wore out along o' work an' worry. "I didn't wait for no more. 'H-m-m! says I, 'I thinks I'll take a look outside. "It was dawn then. Lord! what a sulky dawn it was!
'An' if you do, you'll find a fist about the heft o' that, says he, shakin' his hand, 't' kiss you at the foot o' the ladder. After that the cook an' the second hand slep' in the hold, an' them an' me had a snack o' grub at odd times in the cabin, where I had a hammock slung, though the place was wonderful crowded with goods. 'Twas the skipper that looked after Tommy Mib.
The folk was loafin' about the deck, fore an' aft, waitin' turns t' weigh fish or be served in the cabin. An' does you know what happened?" Docks asked, tensely. "Can't you see how 'twas? Believe me, sir, 'twas a cold, wet day, a bitter day; an' 'tis no wonder that one o' they folk went below t' warm hisself at the forecastle stove went below, where poor Tommy Mib was lyin' sick.
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