5/19 I know it's where I hope to meet the men that offered their lives for mine." "That's true, Dennis, I know; but don't be cross. They'll be awfully pleased to see you." "And not without reason, I can tell ye! Didn't I beard the lion in his den, the captain in his cabin, to beg for the grog? Jack, is he Scotch ?" "Yes." "They're bad to blarney, and I did my best, I can tell you, for my own sake as well as for the men. I'm as shy with strangers as an owl by daylight, and I'll never get a thank ye out of my throat, unless we've the chance of a bit of sociability. However, at last he called to that nice fellow--third mate, isn't he ?--and gave orders for the rum. |