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Updated: August 19, 2024
We were up betimes next morning; and, after our matutinal bath and a good breakfast, dowsed the tents, got our spars on board and in their places, bent the sails, and put the few finishing touches which were necessary to make the cutter all ready for sea once more.
"Ha!" exclaimed Stanley, looking out ahead; "what's that?" "Only Mr Frank," said Massan; "he's dowsed two birds. I see'd them splash into the water." "That's right," said Stanley; "we shall have something fresh for the kettle to-night.
"Which on 'em, sir?" said the gunner drily. "Why, that one! There's only one," cried Hilary sharply. "Look alive! and ah how provoking, the light's out!" "Ay, sir, they've dowsed their light now the boats know where to go, and it would be only waste o' good powder and round shot to go plumping 'em into that there bank o' blackness out yonder."
On a raw morning, the car and the truck made their appearance at the foot of the rocky mountaintop hillock. The tents had been struck, at daylight; and every cooking utensil and dish had been scoured and put into the crate as soon as it was used. Camp was policed and cleaned. The fire was beaten to death; a half-score pails of water were dowsed over its remains; and damp earth was flung upon it.
"Guess them two niggers o' yewrn hev got the megrims, squaire. Get 'em both aboard, lay 'em down, and hev 'em dowsed with buckets o' water." "Stop!" cried Mark, excitedly, as he thrust back the American. "Here, my lads, what is it?"
I was just about to hail again when the individual seemed to arrive at a decision; for he hailed: "All right; bring your boats alongside." We accordingly dowsed the sails, threw out our oars, and pulled alongside.
"Hullo!" came in answer to what sounded like a heavy shaking after Bob Hampton had crept by me. "Now, my lad, rouse up a bit." "Our watch, old man?" "No; not yet." "Bless yer. Good-night." Snore. "No, no; rouse up." "Well, all right, messmate. That there's flesh and blood you've got hold on, not suit. Don't skin me." "Then wake up." "Well, I'm woke up. What is it? Who's dowsed the lantern?"
This was a trifle too early for us; so we dowsed sail, to escape notice, and waited for nightfall. As soon as it grew dark, we lowered the two tub-boats we carried one on davits and the other inboard and loaded them up and started to pull for shore, leaving two men behind on the lugger. My father steered the first boat, and I the other, keeping close in his wake and a proud night that was for me!
"There was a woman in our aft-scuppers when I went a-whalin in the little 'Grampus' and Lord love you, Pumpo, you poor land-swab, she WAS as pretty a craft as ever dowsed a tarpauling there was a woman on board the 'Grampus, who before we'd struck our first fish, or biled our first blubber, set the whole crew in a mutiny.
By the time we reached the door the voices were close at hand, coming down the lane: and by each note of them I grew more clearly convinced. 'Sir, I asked in a whisper, 'does this lane lead off from the road on the near side of Alton? For a moment it seemed that he did not hear me. 'Pray Heaven I dowsed the light in time! he chattered.
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