I'll teach im better than to cut his shines in a ship while I have charge of the deck.

I'll seize him up to the mizzen shrouds, make a spread eagle of him, give him a cool dozen, and see how he will like that." The stranger, witnessing the mate's excitement, and hearing his violent language, seemed suddenly conscious that he had been guilty of a terrible crime, for which he was liable to be punished without trial or jury.

He made a spring over the gunwale, and eluded the grasp of Mr.
Bachelder, who followed him into the main chain-wales, and grabbed one of his coat tails just as he was slipping into his boat! He struggled hard to get away, and his companion raised an oar and endeavored to strike the second mate with that ponderous club.

The garment by which the stranger was detained, fortunately for him, was not made of such firm and solid materials as the doublet of Baillie Jarvie when he accompanied the Southrons in their invasion of the Highland fastnesses of Rob Roy.

The texture, unable to bear the heavy strain, gave way; the man slid from the chain-wale into the boat, which was quickly shoved off, and the two terrified landsmen pulled away from the inhospitable ship with almost superhuman vigor, leaving the coat-tail in the hands of the second officer, who waved it as a trophy of victory! Meanwhile Stetson was foaming at the mouth and raving like a madman.