It's a chance to get on that I'm after." "Well, what in thunder is takin' you back ?" "I don't know," said Sandy, "'cep'n' it ain't in me to give 'em the slip now I know 'em.

Then there's the doctor--" "That old feather-bed?
O Lord! He's so good he gives me a pain.

Goes round with his mouth hiked up in a smile, and I bet he's as mean as the--" Before Hicks could finish he found himself inextricably tangled in Sandy's arms and legs, while that irate youth sat upon him and pommeled him soundly.
"So it's the good doctor ye'd be after blasphemin' and abusin' and makin' game of! By the powers, ye'll take it back! Speak one time more, and I'll make you swaller the lyin' words, if I have to break every bone in your skin!" There was an ugly look in Ricks's face as he threw the smaller boy off, but further trouble was prevented by the appearance of the second mate.
Sandy hurried away to his duties, but not without an anxious glance at the upper deck.

He had never lost an opportunity, since that first day, of looking up; but this was the first time that he was glad she was not there.

Only once had he caught sight of a white tam and a tan coat, and that was when they were being conducted hastily below by a sympathetic stewardess.
But Sandy needed no further food for his dreams than he already had.
On sunny afternoons, when he had the time, he would seek a secluded corner of the deck, and stretching himself on the boards with the green book in his hand, would float in a sea of sentiment.