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Then he laughed as only an Australian black can, with a glitter of seemingly endless white teeth, and a strident roar that might have been heard a mile off. 'New chum! This appellation had been thrown at Done a dozen times. 'Pea-souper! trumpeted a horseman through his hands.
The situation recalled Chisley, and something of the old Ishmael stirred within him. He set his teeth and hurried on. 'Pea-souper! was the epithet most in favour amongst his tormentors. Why 'Pea-souper! Jim could not understand. He could see no aptness in its application to him, and yet it was certainly a term of mockery. 'Pea-souper! The taunt had an ignominious flavour.
From the bars, which were frequent, came a babel of laughter and shouting. To the 'Pea-souper' every thing was new and wonderful. A squalid aboriginal swathed in an old tablecloth fresh from some breakfast started from a corner, pointing a long, dirty finger at Done, and grinning a wide grin. 'Yah! dam new chum! he said.
"P'raps the old man'll be glad of it, one o' these days," he muttered mysteriously. The next trip of the Saucy Sally was a more eventful one. She left Tilbury in a light haze, which first thickened into a pale-colored fog, and then, aided by the smoke from the tall chimneys, to a regular "pea-souper."
'Well, I'm hanged if that isn't a little thing to make a row about. Do you reckon it shameful to be a new chum, then? 'Not exactly. No offence is intended; the men jeer out of mere harmless devilment. The new churn's got so much to learn here, he can't help looking a born fool as a general thing. 'And pea-souper and lime-juicer? 'They've been hazing you properly, mate.
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