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"It may be that he is a most excellent sailor. At least, he spends his money like one." Cappy had no further comment to make, and the reply to this impudent communication was accordingly left to Mr. Skinner, who cabled: San Francisco, Feb. 17th, 19 . Rickstar, Cape Town. No! Bluestar. "I think that will settle the upstart," Mr. Skinner declared confidently as he rang for a messenger boy.
Consequently, Skinner, always efficient and realizing that McBride would doubtless be enabled to pick up another mate in Cape Town, or in a pinch, could dispense with a first mate altogether, made answer to Matt Peasley as follows: San Francisco, Feb. 17th, 19 . Rickstar, Cape Town. Peasley, you are hereby discharged. Turn over command second mate, call consignees your wages immediately.
The general manager knew what he desired to say and hoped he might find something in the code book to help him say it at cut rates, but despairing after a diligent search he finally evolved and dispatched this cablegram to Matt Peasley, addressing it to the cable address of the Retriever. San Francisco, Feb. 16th, 19 . Rickstar, Cape Town.
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