He saw plainly enough that he had not a leg to stand on, as Hervey was plainly innocent.
"'Sides," went on the skipper, chewing his cheroot, "I guess if I'd wanted that old corpse of yours, I'd have yanked Bolton overside, and set down the accident to bad weather.

Better fur me to loot the case aboard than to make a fool of myself ashore.

No, sir, H.H.

don't run 'is own perticler private circus in that blamed way." "H.H.

Who the devil is H.H. ?" "Me, you bet.