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"Not she," was his answer. "That spread of white canvas cloth is of Brazilian cotton stuff. To my mind she has a wicked, unsatisfactory look I don't like. There's no good about her, depend on that, Mr Marsden." I found, on going aft, that the captain and mates entertained the same opinion of the stranger which Spratt had expressed. "What can he want with us?" was the question asked by several.
James W. Jack, third son of Captain James Jack, married Annie Barnett, a daughter of John Barnett and Ann Spratt. He was a farmer by profession, of unblemished character, and extensive influence, residing and ending his days in Wilkes county, Ga. He had the following children: 1. Samuel T.; 2. Jane; 3. Lillis; 5. Patrick, and 6. Cynthia Jack.
The clerks and employés were armed and placed in readiness to defend the place against an attack, and then Mr. Spratt and Captain Murchison went out to the great square to see what was going on. The greatest confusion reigned there. Numbers of women and children, the families of the Italian and Greek shopkeepers, were hurrying past on their way down to the port.
In general, people were standing, and Uncle Posen Spratt was worming the big end of his steer-horn trumpet between shoulders of men and headgear of women to hear what he could not see. Judge Maxwell commanded order. The prosecuting attorney began to protest against the fulfilment of the very thing that, with so much feeling and earnestness, he had demanded but a minute before.
For three or four days things went on somewhat quietly; we had fair winds and fine weather, and there was nothing to put any one out. Before long, however, some trifle caused the first mate to lose his temper, and he began ill-treating the men as before. He seemed inclined especially to vent his rage against Johnny Spratt.
Had Bobby not bound himself irrevocably to contracts which made him liable for the salaries of every member of this company for the next twenty weeks, he would have withdrawn instantly at the first hint of these suits; but, now that he was in for it, he promptly compromised them at a rate which made Spratt furious.
Spratt was a small-featured, small-statured man, with a remarkable power of language, mitigated by hesitation, who piqued himself on expressing unexceptionable sentiments in unexceptional language on all occasions. 'Mr. Barton, sir aw aw excuse my trespassing on your time aw to beg that you will administer a rebuke to this boy; he is aw aw most inveterate in ill-behaviour during service-time.
Leslie's ears, he shook his head, drew his pipe from his mouth, "A Spratt should not have what belonged to my great- great-grandfather. If I had a good sum of ready money! the old family estates!"
"Well, we have had several celebrated characters who were Jacks. There was let me see Jack the Giant Killer, and Jack of the Bean Stock and Jack Jack " "Jack Spratt," replied Mrs Easy. "And Jack Cade, Mrs Easy, the great rebel and Three-fingered Jack, Mrs Easy, the celebrated negro and, above all, Jack Falstaff, ma'am, Jack Falstaff honest Jack Falstaff witty Jack Falstaff "
As I went on deck I saw the first mate send Johnny Spratt and Tommy Bigg into the boat, but his doing so did not at the moment excite my suspicions. "Come, shove off, lads," he sung out, looking over the side. "Stay," said Mr Henley, ascending on deck again, "I never go away in a boat without a compass, and provisions, and water.
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