The next night the British boys came again to renew the fight, but our men had had strict orders to remain on board and out of sight.

They did so, and the besieging party grew noisy and more and more abusive as the fact became apparent (to them) that our men were afraid to come out.

They went away finally with a closing burst of ridicule and offensive epithets.

The third night they came again and were more obstreperous than ever.

They swaggered up and down the almost deserted pier, and hurled curses, obscenity, and stinging sarcasms at our crew.