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The sea was getting heavy, and the ship and the attached monster had begun to roll. "That's pretty dangerous work," Murell said. "If a man using one of those cutters slipped...." "It's happened," I told him. "You met our peg-legged compositor, Julio. That was how he lost his leg." "I don't blame them for wanting all they can get for tallow-wax."
"How dull and uninteresting the coast-lines are here! No gardens, no palms, nothing of beauty." "You must remember the immensity of this coast and that our summers are really less than three months. Here comes one who can tell us about the yacht," cried Fitzgerald, espying the peg-legged sailor. "I say!" he hailed, as the old sailor drew nigh; "you are on the Laura, are you not?" "Yessir.
The blind abound everywhere in Spain in that profession of street beggary which I always encouraged, believing as I do that comfort in this unbalanced world cannot be too constantly reminded of misery. As the hunchbacks are in Italy, or the wooden peg-legged in England, so the blind are in Spain for number.
The fire in the blue eyes suddenly gave way to a twinkle, and the old man laughed. "Did I frighten you, Mr. Fitzgerald?" "Not exactly." "Well, every secretary I've had has expected to see a red-nosed, swearing, peg-legged sailor; so I thought I'd soften the blow for you. Don't worry. Sailor?" "Not in the technical sense," answered Fitzgerald, warming.
"I'm busted," he said at last frankly. "Oh, that's all right," replied the walking-boss. "Marshall, come here!" The peg-legged boarding-house keeper stumped in. "What is it?" he trumpeted snufflingly. "This boy wants a job till Friday. Then he's going up to Radway's with the supply team. Now quit your hollerin' for a chore-boy for a few days."
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