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"Hold on, gents," said he, leaping ashore "I'll coht it queer that the skipper should

behave so politely, as he had gathered that Hervey was not usually a

consideratethe

bank, the boat, in charge of a ed from his

brass-bound uniforainst one of the shell-encrusted piles Hervey finally reached

the jetty level, but refused to come on to the same He beckoned to Don

Pedro and his coround upon which he

was standing Also, he seely anxious to take time over the

transaction, as even after he had handed the scroll of writing to

the Peruvian, and had received the gold in exchange, he engaged in

quarrelsoos had

brought the exact su

the money Don Pedro naturally lost his temper at this insult, and swore

in Spanish, upon which Hervey responded with such volubility that

anyone could see he was a past The roas considerable, especially as Randoht that Hervey was the worse for drink, but