14/23 I'm used to it, and I'm too old a stager to change my habits." "Of spirits, I suppose ?" the Jew asked sarcastically. It must be understood beforehand, no matter what long stretches we may be at sea, that a sufficient supply is taken along." "Anything else ?" the captain queried. "I got a dog that must come along." "Anything else ?--a wife or family maybe ?" the farmer asked. But I got a nigger, a perfectly good nigger, that's got to come along. He can sign on for ten dollars a month if he works for the ship all his time. |