I will take de privator--dat is my hobby.' All de time de cannons grand--dey brow-brou! boum-boum!--what you call discomfortable.

Time is de great t'ing, so de hofficier wipe de tears out of his face again.

'Coum up,' he say; 'de privator is yours.' "Away dey go.

You see dat spot where we coum to land, Ma'm'selle Landresse--where de shingle look white, de leetle green grass above?
Dat is where mon onc' 'Lias he bring in de King's ship and de privator.
Gatd'en'ale--it is a journee awful! He twist to de right, he shape to de left trough de teeth of de rocks--all safe--vera happee--to dis nice leetle bay of de Maitre Ile dey coum.

De Frenchies dey grind dere teeth and spit de fire.