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"So Smallbones tell Dick Short, when he speak to him on bowsprit." "Did it speak to Short?" inquired Vanslyperken, catching the corporal's arm. "Yes, mynheer; Mynheer Short speak first, and den the ghost say dat you not do it, but dat you give gold to old woman to do it, and she knock him brain out vid de hammer." To portray Vanslyperken's dismay at this intelligence would be impossible.
The first allowance brought in was now dispatched, and the bell rung, and double as much more ordered, to Vanslyperken's great annoyance; but he was in the hands of the Philistines. What made the matter worse, was, that the company grew every moment more uproarious, and there was no saying when they would stop. "A song a song a song from Mr Vanslyperken," cried one of the party.
After a hundred times returning to kiss her dear, dear hand, and at last sealing the contract on her lips, Mr Vanslyperken departed, full of wine and hope two very good things to lay in a stock of. But there was something doing on board during Mr Vanslyperken's absence.
"Bless thee, my son bless thee!" said the old woman, laying her palsied hand upon Vanslyperken's head. "It is not often I bless I never did bless, as I can recollect I like cursing better. My blessing must be worth something, if it's only for its scarcity; and do you know why I bless thee, my Cornelius? Because ha, ha, ha! because you are a murderer and a traitor, and you love gold."
At this moment Snarleyyow considered that he had a right to be a party in the fray, so he bounded forward at the corporal, who, terrified at the supernatural beast, broke from Vanslyperken's grasp, and rushed out of the cabin, followed, however, the whole length of the lower deck by the dog, who snapped and bayed at him till he had gained the fore ladder.
The widow blushed, and turned her head away, and at last replied, with a sweet smile, "Well, Mr Vanslyperken, I will neither tease you nor myself when you come back from your next trip, I consent to be yours." What was Vanslyperken's delight and exultation! He threw himself on his knees, promised, and vowed, and thanked, kissed hands, and was in such ecstasies!
But it appeared that the sow not only would not stand being interfered with, but, moreover, was carnivorously inclined; for she was at that very moment routing the tail about with her nose, and received Vanslyperken's advance with a very irascible grunt, throwing her head up at him with a savage augh? and then again busied herself with the fragment of Snarleyyow.
Vanslyperken's anger was now without bounds. He hastened on deck, and ordered the hands to be turned up for punishment, but Corporal Van Spitter hastened to give warning to Jemmy, who did not pipe the hands when ordered. "Where is that scoundrel, James Salisbury?" cried Vanslyperken. "Here is James Salisbury," replied Jemmy, coming aft. "Turn the hands up for punishment, sir."
What passed in Vanslyperken's mind during this time, it would be too difficult and too long to repeat, for the mind flies over time and space with the rapidity of the lightning's flash. At last he rose, took up the dog's tail, put it into his pocket, went on deck, ordered his boat, and pulled on shore. In which Mr Vanslyperken drives a very hard bargain.
"He shall go into his cabin at twelve o'clock, that will be the best way." "But the corporal." "Hush! there is some one there," said Spurey, who, attracted by a slight noise made by Vanslyperken's boots, turned short round.
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