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Updated: June 26, 2025
"Goin' to visit some of the great folks," Abel said to himself. "Wonder who it is." Then to the Doctor, "Anybody get sick at Sprowles's? They say Deacon Soper had a fit, after eatin' some o' their frozen victuals." The Doctor smiled. He guessed the Deacon would do well enough. He was only going to ride over to the Dudley mansion-house.
On this Miles Soper, stepping aft and touching his hat, said, "I never like to peach on shipmates, but, as an honest man, I can't hold my tongue. On two different nights I saw Muggins get up and change the meat and throw dirt in among the bread. One night he carried up some of the best pieces and hove them overboard.
His boat was the first up, and in a short time Soper put two irons into the whale, which almost instantly turned over on its back, threw its lower jaw open, and nipped her clean in two.
Deacon Soper came up presently, and entered into conversation with Colonel Sprowle. "I hope to see our pastor present this evenin'," said the Deacon. "I don't feel quite sure," the Colonel answered. "His dyspepsy has been bad on him lately.
"Judge," he said, "do you think, that, before we commence refreshing ourselves at the tables, it would be the proper thing to crave a to request Deacon Soper or some other elderly person to ask a blessing?" The Judge looked as grave as if he were about giving the opinion of the Court in the great India-rubber case.
Though the weather was warm, as we had had no time to put up a shelter of any sort, the fire was found pleasant; we therefore agreed not to let it go out during the night. It was settled that the doctor should keep the first watch, Mr Griffiths the middle, and I was to have the third with Jim. Brown kept it with the doctor, and Soper with the mate.
As she went through it, his heart, if it did not go with her, was touched, most palpably, unmistakably touched at seeing her go. He had not loved Flossie; but he might have loved her. Mr. Soper, who had been waiting all the while on the stairs, walked in through the open door. He closed it secretly. He laid his hand affectionately on Rickman's shoulder.
Failing to extract from Rickman any distinct promise, he withdrew; but not before he had pressed upon his immediate acceptance a box of his favourites, the Flor di Dindigul. By this time Rickman's heart was exceedingly uncomfortable inside him. He had hated Soper. He thought it was all over, and he was glad to escape from these really very trying interviews to the quiet of his own room.
As soon as I proposed to Jim to explore the island, he at once agreed to accompany me. The doctor and Miles Soper also said that they would go. The latter carried one of the muskets, which the mate said we might take, and the rest of us armed ourselves with long pointed sticks.
Before, however, they had come far, the wind shifted a point and then blew right ahead. First one lowered her sail, and then another and another, while we pulled through the channel, Soper keeping a bright look-out for sunken rocks.
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