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"You will oblige me by producing your papers, Captain Sawlock," continued Mr. Birdwing. "For a good reason, my papers are not regular," answered the captain of the Ionian, with an attempt to be more affable, though it did not seem to be in his nature to be anything but a brute in his manners. "Regular or not, you will oblige me by exhibiting them," the officer insisted.
"It is not my fault that a change was made in my orders after I got under way," pleaded Captain Sawlock. "Will you produce your clearance and other papers?" demanded the lieutenant very decidedly. "This is an American vessel, and you have no right to overhaul me in this manner," growled the captain of the steamer.
He appeared to be confounded, and listened in silence to the explanation of Mr. Gilfleur. But he looked decidedly ugly. "That case is my personal, private property," said he, as soon as it was in the hands of the chief officer of the boarding-party. "I don't dispute it, Captain Sawlock; but at the same time I intend to examine its contents," replied Mr. Birdwing mildly, but firmly.
Birdwing went to the door and directed the third lieutenant to have Captain Sawlock conducted to the cabin; and the two seamen who had held him as a prisoner brought him before the first lieutenant of the Chateaugay. He appeared to have got control of his temper, and offered no further resistance. Mr.
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