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Updated: June 3, 2025
Norah sighed as she thought how soon her young brother, who had never before been parted from her, would be away, with the chance of not coming back for three or four years, for the Champion had only lately been commissioned, and might before long be sent to a foreign station. At length Captain Olding, the Champion being ready for sea, ordered Gerald on board to perform, duty as a midshipman.
"Pore Sam started as though he 'ad been shot, and, arter getting rid of the beer in 'is mouth, stood there 'olding the mug away from 'im and making such 'orrible faces that they was a'most frightened. "'Wot's the matter with him? I've never seen 'im carry on like that over a drop of beer before, ses Ginger, staring. "'He usually likes it, ses Peter Russet.
Then off goes a barker and off go the coves, and there's m'lud 'olding onto 'is harm and swearing 'eavens 'ard. And that's all, sir." "And these men were trying to get at the horses?" "Ah! Meant to nobble 'Moonraker, they did, 'im bein' one o' the favorites, d' ye see, sir, and it looked to me as if they meant to do for your 'oss, 'The Terror', as well." "And is the Viscount much hurt?"
Both were too far off for the guns to reach them, or Commander Olding would not have allowed the pirate to pass unquestioned. The wind, which had been blowing fresh in the morning, as the day advanced decreased, and by the time the two vessels were about three or four miles to the southward of the island it fell almost to a dead calm.
Then I 'eard a noise outside that took me to the door agin and kept me there, 'olding on to the door-post and gasping for my breath. The cook of the Saltram was sitting on a paraffin-cask playing the mouth-orgin, and the actor, with 'is arms folded across his stummick, was dancing a horn-pipe as if he'd gorn mad.
Commander Olding hailed, and her master, in reply, gave her name. "What do those guns mean?" asked Captain Olding. "Can't say, sir," was the answer. "Whereabouts in the fleet is the Ouzel Galley?" inquired Norman Foley. "She was among the leading vessels at sundown, and to the northward of most of them," answered the master.
"I saw my missis jump at the key, and Bob and the others, laughing fit to split their sides, 'olding her back. Then I heard a shout, and the next moment Cap'n Tarbell came up and asked 'em wot the trouble was about. "They all started talking at once, and then the cap'n, arter one look in at the window, threw up his 'ands and staggered back as if 'e couldn't believe his eyesight.
They turned the room upside down pretty near, and then Ginger Dick struck a match and looked up the chimney, but all 'e found was that it 'adn't been swept for about twenty years, and wot with temper and soot 'e looked so frightful that Peter was arf afraid of 'im. "I've 'ad enough of this," ses Ginger, running up to the bed and 'olding his sooty fist under old Isaac's nose.
He went up slowly, and just as 'e reached the deck Jimmy started up and called 'im. Bill pretended not to 'ear, and the boy ran up on deck and follered 'im; and arter a little while they both came down again together. "Did you wish to speak to me, my lad?" says Bill, 'olding 'is 'ead up. "Yes," says the boy, fiddling with 'is fingers; "if you keep your ugly mouth shut, we'll go shares."
Before the sun had risen many degrees above the horizon, the dead Spaniards were for ever put out of the sight of their fellow-creatures. Meantime, the proceedings of the frigate had been watched with no inconsiderable interest by Commander Olding and his officers.
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