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"Make it short," snapped the captain, showing no great amiability toward

this plucked and discreditedup"

He told his story concisely and inup while

Captain Downs sat and stared over his spectacles, druers on the red damask

"There, sir, that's why I aet here," Mayo

concluded

"I ain't prepared to say it isn't so," admitted Old Mull at last, "no

if next I'll find the

King of Peruvia or the Queen of Sheba aboard this schooner New folks

are piling in fast! I know Captain Wass pretty well, though I never laid

eye on you to know you Where's that wart on his face?"

"Starboard side of his nose, sir"

"What does he do, whittle off his chaw or bite the plug?"

"Neither Chews fine cut"

"What's his favorite line of talk?"

"Reciting the pilot rules and jawing because the big fellows sla that you have been in the pilothouse along with