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"No," answered Barry hotly; "didn't I tell you that I used to write to her? I'm not one of that sort." "Beg pardon, sonny. I'm an old fool. But what was the mess?" "I left the Tawera like a blind fool at Tahiti, and sailed for the Paumotu Group on a pearl-shelling cruise in a cutter.
"Heard you were mate of the Tawera, mister." Barry nodded. "Then you're used to kanakas and their ways" this half questioningly, half affirmingly. "These chaps here most of them, anyway are kanakas. Good sailor men too. Better than those swabs we had to shove in the sail locker until we got to sea. But I daresay we'll knock some work out of them." "Did they try to run away, then?"
Then with lightning-like rapidity of utterance he asked, "You're not a foremast hand?" "I want to ship before the mast," was the quiet answer. "Got a mate's or second mate's certificate?" "Yes; both." "Last ship?" "The Tawera, brig, of Tahiti." "Ha! You're used to the Island trade, then?" "Pretty well." "Willing to ship as mate or second mate?" "Yes, and no.
I've seen larger and better in the Paumotus when I was in the Tawera," said Barry, "but anyway, that lot is worth 400 pounds or 500 pounds." Rawlings nodded. "Well, to cut a long story short, we came to an agreement with the old man, whereby I was to find divers, and provide all working expenses, boats, and the necessary gear, and to receive one-half of all the shell and pearls found.
Of course, when I came out, the owners of the Maid of Judah wouldn't have anything to do with me after spoiling the beauty of their curly-headed pet skipper, and so I was stranded for a bit. But I soon got a berth as mate on a brig called the Tawera, trading between Tahiti, Valparaiso, and Sydney. Then I got into another mess." "Women?" queried Watson, puffing solemnly at his pipe.
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