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Jack, with the greatest politeness, took off his hat, and told him that it was the Rebiera letter of marque, and that the papers were ready for his inspection. "And the other vessels?" "Prizes to the Rebiera, cut out of Malaga Bay," replied Jack. "Then you are a privateer," observed the disappointed officer. "Where are your papers?" "Mr Oxbelly, oblige me by bringing them up," said Jack.
You will have no obstruction from us in the execution of your duty at the same time, I call upon the two young gentlemen by your side, and your own men, to bear witness to what takes place." "O very well, sir just as you please. Your papers, I perceive, are all right. Now you will oblige me by mustering your men." "Certainly, sir," replied Jack: "send all the men aft to muster, Mr Oxbelly."
The person selected by Dr Middleton, by the advice of an old friend of his, a purser in the navy who lived at Southsea, was a Lieutenant Oxbelly, who, with the ship's company, which had been collected, received our hero as their captain and owner upon his arrival on board.
"Have we any men hurt, Mr Oxbelly?" inquired Jack. "Only two; Spearling has lost his thumb with a piece of langrage, and James has a bad wound in the thigh." "Very well; I will ask for the surgeon to come on board." Jack pulled to the frigate, and went up the side, touched his hat in due form, and was introduced by the midshipmen to the other side, where the captain stood.
"But," said Easy, "I am happy to say, that with pay and prize-money, during his short absence, he has brought home nearly five hundred pounds." "Five hundred pounds! you don't say so, sir?" exclaimed Mrs Oxbelly; "are you sure of that?" "Quite sure," rejoined Gascoigne. "Five hundred pounds! Well, that is comfortable dear me! how glad I shall be to see him!
A month after his arrival Jack was married, and was, of course, as happy as the day was long. A few days afterwards, Mr Oxbelly advised departure, as the expenses of the vessel were heavy, and it was his duty so to do. Don Philip and Don Martin obtained leave to go to England, with their sister and her husband.
A month after his arrival Jack was married, and was, of course, as happy as the day was long. A few days afterwards, Mr Oxbelly advised departure, as the expenses of the vessel were heavy, and it was his duty so to do. Don Philip and Don Martin obtained leave to go to England, with their sister and her husband.
"I'm not quite so sure of that." "He's very anxious to see little Billy," said Gascoigne. "What do you know of little Billy, young man?" "And more than anxious to be on shore again. He's quite tired of sleeping single, Mrs Oxbelly." "Ah, very well, he has been talking, has he? very well," exclaimed the lady, in a rage.
But about four o'clock in the afternoon, when the frigate was eight or nine miles off, it fell calm, as Gascoigne had predicted, and the heads of all the vessels, as well as the frigate, were now round the compass. "There's out boats," said Mr Oxbelly; "they will have a long pull, and all for nothing." "How savage they will be!" observed Gascoigne.
The Rebiera's men were paid off, and were soon distributed on board of his Majesty's ships; the vessel was sold, and Mr Oxbelly retired to Southsea, to the society of his wife and little Billy. Whether he obtained from his wife a divorce de thoro is not handed down.
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