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McAllister's battery, and Schwartz's battery commanded by Lieutenant Nispel, were reinforced by Taylor's battery, commanded by Captain Barrett, brought over from Sherman, and by Dresser's battery, commanded by Captain Timony. A determined and desperate struggle ensued, which lasted, with occasional intermissions, till late in the afternoon.
Besides this, he was wounded by the tone of pretension in which Schwartz spoke of one who was as dear to him as his own daughter; and the thought of her being united to a man of Schwartz's character was intolerable to him. He was almost persuaded that Sara did not love him, and burned with impatience to repel his pretensions, and to remove him at the same time from his house.
Then I noticed that up the valley, instead of the ghostly suggestions of trees and hills which bounded the vista in other directions, there was an appearance like that seen on looking out to sea. "The flood!" said Jim. "He's not going to stop, is he Corcoran?" At this moment came at once the explanation of Schwartz's hesitation and the answer to Jim's question.
Schwartz gnashed his teeth with rage, and shook the bars with all his strength; but Hans only laughed at him, and advising him to make himself comfortable till he came back again, shouldered his basket, shook the bottle of holy water in Schwartz's face till it frothed again, and marched off in the highest spirits in the world.
Burns, who had taken Schwartz's place as second mate, left the group and came toward me. "We'd better waken the women," he said. "If you'll tell them, Leslie, I'll take the crew on deck and keep them there." Singleton seemed dazed, and when Burns spoke of taking the men on deck, he got up dizzily. "I'm going too," he muttered. "I'll go crazy if I stay down here with that."
Unfortunately I work single-handed, but it looks good and it isn't lies. Naturally I want Riveters and Clickers and Lasters and Finishers. Then I could set up a big establishment and gouge out Mordecai Schwartz's eyes. But the Most High denies me assistants, and I am content to want." Moses understood that attitude towards the nature of things.
But the word "beach" let us out. "I'm a peach Upon the beach," sings I, and there we were both off again until one or the other managed to grope his way back to common sense again. And sometimes we crow-hopped solemnly around and around the prostrate Schwartz like a pair of Injins. But somehow we got our plan laid at last, slipped the coins into Schwartz's pocket, and said good-bye.
There was no denial that the Bishop's command was right in itself; but an immense variety of excuses were offered for not complying with it, and only one of the four priests consented, Nyanapracasem, an old man of eighty, who may be remembered as one of Schwartz's earliest converts, and of the four priests ordained by the Lutherans, with three catechists, and ten of the general body; all the others remained in a state of secession.
There are eight gin-mills Over There as against two sample-rooms in the Old Town, and of the local constabulary two-thirds lead exciting lives patrolling the Flats; the remaining third is ordinarily to be found dozing in the backroom of Schwartz's, and if roused will answer to the name and title of Pete Willing, Sheriff and Chief of Police.
At ten o'clock the order was reluctantly given to go on. With the disappearance of Schwartz, the Ella was short-handed: I believe Captain Richardson made an attempt to secure me to take the place of Burns, now moved up into Schwartz's position. But the attempt met with a surly refusal from Turner. The crew was plainly nervous and irritable.
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