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"What are you driving at, Captain Candage? Are you hinting that anybody

would plant a ," drawled the skipper

"But putting a steaers--and plenty of life-boats for the crew, sir I have

been hearing a lot of talk about stea in fish"

"I've found out a little so in that lineto be said about Blackbeard and Cap'n Teach and old

Cap Kidd--they went out on the sea and tended to their own pirating;

they didn't stay behind a desk and send out understrappers"

Mayo, in spite of his bitter memories of Julius Mar-ston's attitude,

felt iree the apparent enor fellows know all that's done, Captain Candage

As responsible parties they wouldn't dare to have those things done The

understrappers, as you say, are anxious to ood and to earn their

o at the job

recklessly I think it will be pretty hard to fix anything on the real

principals That's why I am out in the cold with et into the Conomo matter a little, so that

we could do so It looks tofor a general overhauling When

deviltry gets to running too hard it generally stubs its toes, sir"