Dogs are no addition to a crew." "Not a bit, Gregory.

Neither are monkeys; but, to oblige me--" "Oh very well, captain, if it's to oblige you, I have no more to say, and the dog can stop." "Hear that, youngster ?" said Billy.
It was plainly audible to half the deck; and as Mark nodded his head he fell a-wondering how it was that his father, who was captain, could allow his inferior officer to be so dictatorial and to bully every one about him.
"It's all right," said Billy Widgeon, with a confidential wink and a smile; "he's going to let him stop." This was another puzzle for Mark, but he kept his thoughts to himself.
"Look here--where are you going to stow him ?" continued the little sailor, speaking of the dog as if he were a box or bale.
"Keep him with me," replied the lad.
"But you'll want a place for him somewheres.

You come along o' me and I'll find you one in the forksle." After a momentary hesitation Mark accepted the offer, and the sailor pointed out a suitable corner, according to his ideas.
"He'll be pretty close to my berth, and I can give an eye to him." The offer was friendly, and Bruff seemed disposed to accept the sailor's advances to some extent, suffering himself to be patted and his ears pulled; but when the friendliness took the form of a pull at his tail he began to make thunder somewhere in his chest, and turned so sharply round that by an involuntary action Billy.

Widgeon popped his hands in his pockets.
All the same when Bruff was told to lie down in there he flatly refused, and followed his master aft once more, the little sailor having run before them in answer to the mate's shout; and Mark saw him directly afterward hauling away at a rope with some more so as to raise the main-yard, which was not quite to the mate's satisfaction.
"What a disagreeable brute!" thought Mark as the mate seemed to spend his time in shouting here, finding fault there, and everywhere making himself disagreeable, while the captain looked on once or twice and then got out of the way as fast as he could, and appeared to be generally of no account whatever..