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Captain Scuddy was of large and steady nature, and nothing came to him with a jerk or jump perhaps because he was such a jumper and he wore his hat well on the back of his head, because he had no fear of losing it. But for all that he found himself in a sad quandary now.
The sorely afflicted animal licked his lips, and looked up for another hatful. Captain Scuddy deserved a new hat for this though very few Englishmen would not have done the like and in the end he got it, though he must have caught a bad cold if he had gone without a hat till then.
She looked utterly spent and weary. "Jane," he said desperately. She started. She, too, had been thinking. "Scuddy is in love with Helen, Macleod is in love with Ethel. I wish to God I had fallen in love with you and you with me. Then we would have something to look forward to. Do you know, Jane, I am like a boy leaving home? We are going to drift apart. Others will come between us."
You have looked out your words, Smith, but chanced upon the wrong ones." "Oh, Captain Scuddy," cried the head boy, grinning wisely, though he might have made just the same blunder himself; "after that, do tell us one of your sea-stories. It will strike five in about five minutes. Something about Nelson, and killing ten great Frenchmen."
"She need not be; I shall not bother her any more," said Scuddy bitterly, "and you can tell her that for me, if you like." "No, I won't tell her that, Scuddy," said Larry, "and, Scuddy," he added, imparting a bit of worldly wisdom, "campaigns are not won in a single battle, and, Scuddy, remember too that the whistling fisherman catches the fish. So cheer up, old boy."
"Do it again now, Captain Scuddy; do it again; you know you must." "You touched the rim with your shoe, last time. You are bound to do it clean, once more." "No, he didn't. You are a liar; it was only the ribbon of his shoe." "I'll punch your head if you say that again. It was his heel, and here's the mark." "Oh, Scuddy dear, don't notice them. You can do it fifty times running, if you like.
The best chance of getting home lay clearly in going yet further away from home, and so he stuck to the good ship still, and they weighed for the Cape on the 12th of May. Everything set against poor Scuddy wind, and wave, and the power of man.
But before he could get into the tub again, to prepare for the clear spring out of it, he beheld a man with silver buttons coming across the playing-field. His heart fell into his heels, and no more agility remained in him. And the boys, who understood his nature, with a poignant love like that of our friends in this world began to probe his tender places. "One more jump, Captain Scuddy!
"But why not, Helen? You ought to be good to Scuddy, poor chap. He's a splendid fellow, and I won't have him abused." "Not to-night, Larry; I can't have him to-night. You will take me home, won't you? I am going very soon." "You are, eh? Well, if you can go within ten minutes, I shall be ready."
There was nothing very angry in the sky, nor even threatening; only a general uncertainty and wavering; "I wish you well all round," instead of "Here's a guinea apiece for you." Scuddy understood it, and resolved to carry on.
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