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"Mistoo Claude, I see a gen'leman dis day noon what I ain't see' befo' since 'bout six year' an' mo'. I disremember his name, but " "Tarbox?" asked Claude with sudden interest. "Yes, seh. Dass it! Tah-bawx. Sim like any man ought to 'member dat name. Him an' you papa done gone down de canal. Yes, seh; in a pirogue.
Tarbox, beaming apology and pouring out glad greetings, had him by the hand. Burning, choking, stammering, Claude heard and answered, he knew not how, the voice of the queen of all her kind. Another pair pressed forward to add their salutations. They were Zoséphine and the surveyor.
Chil'run and friends and fellow-citizen', I have the p'oudness to int'oduce you the hono'able George Washington Tarbox! And now the exhibition is dismiss'; but stop! Sir, if some aw all desire gratefully to shake hand'?" "I should feel honored." "Attention, everybody! Make rank!
"I am not much of a navigator yet," I observed, "but I will look at the captain's chart, and see whereabouts we are going. We shall, at all events, better know then what to do." "Ah, there's nothing like learning," observed Tarbox; "I wish I had more of it. What a seaman can do I will do, and with your help, Walter, we may still weather this gale."
At length we were once more on our homeward voyage. The first mate of the ship having got appointed to the command of a vessel which had lost her master, Mr Thudicumb took his place. The boatswain also was taken ill, and Dick Tarbox became boatswain in his stead; while the other men entered as seamen on board the Ulysses. We arrived in England after a prosperous voyage.
The girls' faces, too, indicative of astonishment and dismay, amused me excessively. "Well, those are thieves," cried Dick Tarbox. "It is the first time, I have a notion, they have ever seen a human face, and I suppose they take us to be big apes or monkeys like themselves."
"I only hope Mr Thudicumb and the rest are safe on shore," I observed to Dick Tarbox. "They will not attempt to come off while this gale is blowing." In a short time, a fearful havoc was made with the various craft in the harbour. Around us wrecks strewed the sea in every direction; here and there poor fellows swimming for their lives, some holding on to pieces of planks and spars.
A female form came beside him, looking down with the rest and shedding upon the air the soft sweetness of perfumed robes. A masculine voice, just beyond, said: "A thing of beauty is a joy forever." Claude started and looked up, and behold, Marguerite on the arm of Tarbox! His movement drew their glance, and the next instant Mr.
Much as Frank was prejudiced against his stepfather, his natural sense of justice would not allow him to accuse him unjustly. "Did he suggest that you should come to me?" asked Mr. Tarbox, in a tone which Frank did not like. "No, sir." "So that was your idea, too," continued Mr. Tarbox, with a palpable sneer. "Yes, sir," answered Frank.
Still he sat as before, his eyes kept constantly ahead, while with one arm he directed the course of his canoe. She flew so fast that we had to get a considerable distance ahead before we hove to. A boat was then lowered, into which Mr Tarbox and six stout hands jumped for the purpose of intercepting the approaching canoe.
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