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But another voice, hoarse as a foghorn, boomed through the door which Iris had left ajar. "Bring 'er in 'ere, you swab. D n your eyes, if you come courtin' my nurse, you'll 'ave to do it in my room or not at all. Wot the " "Come in, dear," said Iris. "The doctor says he is not to excite himself. And he will be so glad to see you. He has been asking for you all day."
"Next, Bill! why there be nothing to do, 'less they shave off the beard of the grand Turk to make a swab for the cabin of the king's yacht, and sarve out his seven hundred wives amongst the fleet. I say, I wonder how he keeps so many of them craft in good order?" "I knows," replied the other, "for I axed the very question when I was up the Dardanelles.
Couldn't walk two fathom! Had to spit on my quarter-deck, did you!" Rumble from the mate. "No, by God, you won't call up any of the crew. You'll get a swab and do it yourself. You'll get a hand swab and get down on your knees, damn you! I'll teach you to be lazy!" The mate said something again. "It don't matter if we ain't under way. That has nothing to do with it.
"What do you think you have your string fast to, anyhow? A bay scow? If you fellows endanger my ship bickerin' over the salvage I'll have you before the Inspectors on charges as sure as God made little apples. I got sixty witnesses here to back up my charges, too." "You hear him, Jack?" howled Hicks. "Wouldn't that swab Flaherty drive you to drink," Gibney complained.
It caught him on the knee-cap, and put it out, causing him the most excruciating agony. He now could do no work whatever, not even swab the deck. It was only with difficulty that he could limp along, and every move caused him violent pain.
Henry George was a sailor; every part of a sailing ship was to him familiar from bilge- water to pennant, from bowsprit to sternpost. He could swab the mainmast, reef the topsail in a squall, preside in the cook's-galley, or if the mate were drunk and the captain ashore he could take charge of the ship, put for open sea and ride out the storm by scudding before the wind.
The awkward-looking hostler comes around several times and eyes the proceedings with glances of genuine disapproval, doubtless thinking I am cleaning it myself instead of letting him swab it with a besom with the single purpose in view of dodging the inevitable tip. The proprietor can speak a few words of English.
"Think there'll be any more fighting, matey?" said Barney eagerly. "Think there'll be any more fighting? Just hark at him, gentlemen. Why, you grumbling old swab, do you think as, once having hold of the Burgh Castle and calling hisself skipper, old Frenchy's the sort o' man to let a few planks and a hatchway keep him from making another try?
'It is, indeed, a sore sight to see them suffer so patiently and uncomplainingly, I answered, 'and for such a man, too! 'Aye, the chicken-livered swab! growled the seaman, grinding his teeth. 'How are my mother and my father, I asked, 'and how came you so far from home? 'Nay, I should have grounded on my beef bones had I waited longer at my moorings.
Set all the dishes, when scraped, in regular piles, the smallest at the top. Put the nicest articles in the wash-dish, and wash them in hot suds with the swab or nicest dish-cloth. Wipe all metal articles as soon as they are washed. Put all the rest into the rinsing-dish, which should be filled with hot water. When they are taken out, lay them to drain on the waiter.
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