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The wet and soiled clothes which had accumulated there during the past month were brought up on deck; the chests moved; brooms, buckets of water, swabs, scrubbing-brushes, and scrapers carried down and applied, until the forecastle floor was as white as chalk, and everything neat and in order.
"Set about 'em, you swabs. Don't hurt anybody unless they ax for it. Round every son of a gun into the fo'c'sle till I come. Mr. Watts, the bridge for you. Olsen, take the wheel. Mr. Hozier, see wot you can find in their flag locker. Now, Mr. Norrie! Sharp for it. You're wanted in the engine-room."
The men brought swabs aft and had cleaned the deck and the ladder down to the cabin door, when Mr Vanslyperken came on board. "Has that woman been here?" inquired Mr Vanslyperken, as he came on deck. "Yes," replied Dick Short. "Did not I give positive orders that she should not?" cried Vanslyperken. "No," replied Dick Short. "Then I do now," continued the lieutenant.
"You can't fool me. So let's have it." "Well, to tell you the truth," said Captain Hamilton, "I don't quite like the actions of the crew." "No more do I," said Tyke calmly. "Have you noticed it too?" "I've still got a pair of pretty good eyes in my head. But heave ahead." "Well, in the first place," said the captain, "it's about the worst set of swabs that ever called themselves sailors.
As she passed in front of the boat-houses, she had to step over oars, tar-barrels, old swabs, and all sorts of rubbish, which was scattered among the boats. All around lay the claws of crabs and the half-decayed heads of codfish, in which the gorged and sleepy flies were crawling in and out of the eye-sockets.
Seven gentlemen hurriedly gathered together, one a doctor and another in full possession of a mahogany case containing two duelling pistols with their accompanying ammunition, G. D. gun caps, powder-horn, swabs and rammers, and it past eleven o'clock at night, would have excited but little interest to the average darky especially one unaccustomed to the portents and outcomes of such proceedings.
And, beyond a doubt, they would have done it had I been alone and unprotected beyond a doubt they would have killed and eaten me! But I was not alone I was not without a protector. As the fierce cannibals advanced, Brace sprang between them and me, and drawing his clasp-knife, threatened to cut down the first who should lay a finger upon me. "Off!" cried he, "off, you cowardly swabs!
It was out of touch with the general quiet: "When the gay Forty-Seventh is dashing ashore, While bullets are whistling and cannons do roar, Says Montcalm, 'Those are Shirleys I know the lapels. 'You lie, says Ned Botwood, 'we swipe for Lascelles! Though our clothing is changed, and we scout powder-puff, Here's at you, ye swabs here's give you Hot Stuff!"
"It is to them ignorant swabs for'ard," growled Tyke. "Good thing, though. They'll be too scared to want to roam over the island. We want it to ourselves till we find the loot. Don't we, Allen?" "That's true. The disturbance over there may not be an unmitigated evil," was the young man's rejoinder.
And now you see, mate, I'm pretty low, and deserted by all; and Jim, you'll bring me one noggin of rum, now, won't you, matey?" "The doctor " I began. But he broke in cursing the doctor, in a feeble voice but heartily. "Doctors is all swabs," he said; "and that doctor there, why, what do he know about seafaring men?
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