'Ah, captain,' I said, 'don't be throwing cold water on the entertainment; they got their share of that last night.

It's only the rum that's required to complete us now.' But he's as deaf to fun as he is to blarney.

Is he good to you, little stowaway ?" "Oh, very," said I."And you should hear what the men tell about other captains.

They all like this one." "He has an air of uprightness about him; and so has that brother-in-adversity of yours, more polish to him! He must be a noble fellow, though.

I can't get over _his_ volunteering, without the most distant obligation to risk his life for me--not even a sailor.