Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Updated: May 11, 2025
Riggins, without the slightest trace of embarrassment, admitted his disgrace. "An' bein' what ye are," Mr. Reardon continued, "would ye do somethin' av great binifit to England?" Riggins replied that inasmuch as he had lost two brothers at the Battle of the Marne, that ought to indicate bally well where the Riggins tribe stood on the subject of defense of the realm. "Good!" Mr. Reardon murmured.
Reardon that the little cockney steward, Riggins, had charge of the bedbug ammunition. Riggins, who had been standing with his back against the wall, eyeing Mr. Schultz sourly, now spoke up and said he had some sulphur. "More power to ye, Riggins!" Mr. Reardon declared heartily. "Then do ye, like the good lad, give me two or three balls av it.
"Even if misguided in their pathriotic motives, shtill yer brothers were brave min, an' for that I respect thim. Now, thin, Riggins, ye rabbit, listen to me: In a momint av surpassin' innocince Captain Murphy an' mesilf swallowed a cute suggestion from a lad whose back I'll break in two halves whin the Narcissus gets back to San Francisco.
Following this earnest exhortation, Riggins, never a robust person mentally or physically, came abruptly to the conclusion that this was one of those occasions where silence, if not exactly golden, was at least to be preferred to great riches.
They wouldn't take ye for a gift in the British Arrmy, for I doubt if ye'd weigh ninety pounds soakin' wet an' a rock in yer hand, but for all that, here's an iligant opporchunity for ye to serrve yer counthry, an' should worrd av yer brave action reach the king bad cess to him he may call ye Sir Thomas Riggins an' make ye consul-general av the Cannibal Islands. "Out wit' it, Riggins.
Whin I come out on the shtarboard ind av the bridge an' whistle 'O'Donnell Abu, do ye " "S'help me, chief, I never 'eard of the blighter before," Riggins interrupted. "God forgive me!" Mr. Reardon murmured sotto voce. "I'll have to do it.
'Why not save expinse, says he, 'an' ship the crew av this German liner that's interned over in Richardson's Bay? Riggins, to make a long shtory short, we have thim this minute, an' the dear God knows that even if shipped at the German scale av wages that gang'll prove a dear crew to the Blue Star Navigation Company if you an' I, Riggins, fail to do our djooty.
"He's hiding," the captain soliloquized. "Now, where would I take shelter if I were in his fix? Why, back of the hatch-coaming, of course or the winch." He had a sudden inspiration and called aloud: "Riggins! Riggins! Answer me, Riggins. This is Captain Murphy calling you." "'Ere, sir," came the voice of Riggins from the pilot-house above. The voice was very weak.
Of course, there may be some exceptions, and " "Jamesby," I interrupted in good humor, "don't let your frankness expire for the lack of the proper courage. Let your speech continue during the whole run of an honest statement. But it's all right. I have some indisputable proofs " "Good morning!" It was young Riggins who joined us. "I read that story of yours, sir. It was good, I must say.
To Mr. Schultz, Riggins appeared to be a man who could be depended upon to remember which side his bread was buttered on and who supplied the butter. Arrived at the steward's state-room, Mr. Reardon helped himself to the entire box of bedbug exterminator and addressed Riggins very briefly: "Riggins, ye're a child av Johnny Bull, are ye not?"
Word Of The Day
Others Looking