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It's small blame to that fool of a steward to be afther taking him for somethin' onnatural, sure!" While the mate had been giving this explanation of the stowaway's condition Captain Dinks had not been idle.
The Captain's gaze settled on the stowaway's spotless white shirt and collar. Then he nodded his head slowly. "Mr. Gray is the Chief Engineer," he explained, with mock courtesy. "Yes, sir, I know," responded Percival. "He comes of one of the oldest and most highly connected families in Baltimore. He informs me that his father " "Never mind!" snapped the Captain. "We need not discuss Mr.
The stowaway's tired body, during that sleep, had soaked in renewed strength as a squeezed sponge soaks up water. He could afford to blink with impassive eyes up at the troubled face of the young man wearing the oil-stained cap. "What's wrong?" he demanded, awakening to a luxurious comprehension of where he was and what he had escaped.
But the world had discovered that Nissr and her crew had not yet been destroyed, and the Legionaries felt they must prepare for all eventualities. The stowaway's rash act was still big with possibilities of the most sinister import. "This is probably just a temporary respite," said Bohannan, as he sat with the Master in the latter's cabin.
Everything pointed to the truth of the stowaway's story, for as they stood in the bows there was a portion of the deck almost untouched, and the remains of a stay-sail furled up and only burned through.
Before many more minutes had passed, at least a portion of the stowaway's story had been verified. Two men were found to be missing, although, strange to say, they had not been missed up to the time that noses were counted. They were down on the ship's roster as Norwegians, New York registry, and had come down with the Doraine on her trip from the north.
The stowaway's answer was a laugh of wild derision; a hideous, shrill, tremulous laugh that rose in a kind of devilish, mockery on the air of that high level. For just a second the man hung there, swaying, at the rail. Beyond him, up the tilt of the falling Nissr, brighter flames whipped back.
"There's nothing the matter, I think," said Mark laughing, for the stowaway's face was comical with terror. "I think David has seen another noise, or found a steam snake, like I did." "No, no," panted the stowaway. "Boats! pirates! coming!"
Gwynne was taken into the boys' confidence and, after protest, agreed to make arrangement with the railroad authorities whereby Sam for that was the stowaway's name might retain his place in the car. He was a poor, wretched creature, reminding Larry of the scarecrow which he had put up in their garden the summer before. He was thin beyond anything the boys had ever seen.
Never before had he seen one in a braided cutaway coat and wedding trousers. It was true that the garments were in grievous condition, but they were worn with an air. The stowaway's face showed some embarrassment, but not at all the usual hangdog mien of such wastrels. They rose to a white-painted girder that ran athwart the cabin ceiling. "A good Christian ship," he said to himself.
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