wilmuth

Updated: May 25, 2025

"Our good old boatswain, Wilmuth, seemed to linger on the words with a feeling akin to grief at parting with an old shipmate, and as the last man reached the deck, he touched his hat and in a sad sort of way reported, 'All up, sir, to the first lieutenant, who in his turn reported, 'Officers and men all on deck, sir, to the commodore, who thereupon gave an order to the chaplain to go on with the services.

- Not Pretty, but Precious