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Updated: June 19, 2025
It was the Dutchman, Schmitt, fighting like a demon, his strength that of an ox. They gave way in terror before him, and we went down battering our way, until the stairs were clear to the deck, except for the dead under foot. When we stopped, not a fighting man was left within the sweep of our arms.
Convinced this was also my object, they ventured forward cheerfully, as I rolled up the chart, and placed it in the flag locker. One of the Frenchmen relieved Schmitt at the wheel, and, a little later, Sam served Dorothy and I on deck. The food was appetizing and well cooked, and we lingered over it for some time, while Watkins busied the men forward.
I never saw a dirtier hole, the filth overpowering, and once satisfied that both men were beyond help, I was content to lower the scuttle and leave them there. God! it was a relief to return once more to the open deck and breathe in the fresh air. Schmitt was holding the schooner close up in the wind, which, however, was barely heavy enough to keep the sails full.
"I remimber all uv yez when yez used fer ter worrk fer Schmitt, here," said Pete. "It reminded me of that when I came along." "Yer fayther, he used fer ter drive th' wagon fer 'im. Big Bill 'n' Little Bill, we used fer ter call him 'n' yer bruther. Yer fayther wuzn' fond uv worrk, I guess." "He used to get cramps," said Tom simply. "He used fer ter lick yez, I'm thinkin'."
He has a favourite expression which runs thus: "His Majesty the Kaiser said Germany's future lies on the sea; I say Germany's future lies under the sea." He is inordinately fond of this statement, and the youngsters continually say: "What made you take to U-boat work, Schmitt?" and the invariable reply is as above.
He glanced apprehensively at the open door, speaking even lower than before, if possible. "No more am I, Senor. The blood make me faint. I go hungry in Santo Domingo God forgive me for ever going there! and, to keep from starving I took this job." "With Sanchez, or before the bark was captured?" "Before, Senor. The captain's name was Schmitt.
So that was the ship on which somebody or other known to the fugitive, Adolf Schmitt, had thought of sailing in order to carry certain information to Germany. As Tom gazed curiously at this picture he thought of a certain phrase in that strange letter, "Sure, I could tend to the other matter too it's the same idea as a periscope." Yet Mr.
Once his father had sent him there to get fifty cents from thrifty and industrious Bill, and Tom remembered the shiny oilcloth on the kitchen floor, the snowy white fluted paper on the shelves, the stiff, spotless apron on the buxom form of Mrs. Schmitt, whom Mr. Schmitt had called "Mooder."
He was very lonely at Pre-Charmoy, with only his little girl and a maid, the boys being at college, but he frequently went to dine there with the principal, M. Schmitt, from whom he needed no invitation, and who always made him welcome. He was also cheered by my letters, which told him of his aunt's rapid improvement in health and strength.
"Make one of them help; who is the best man?" "Schmitt for this sorter job." I called him, and growling to himself at being awakened, the Dutchman crept past cautiously and wedged himself in beside Watkins.
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