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service from them, and merely sweated; But as a pair of human fect projected! them in wages as a retorn? And there from the lashing of the sack, and na very was the workhouse! Did they want to humus profanity and threats cume in go to that abutle of horror? With their mubled torrents from inside, one gather-- d that there had been a slight mistake wives and bairne?
smid Crowther, 'I'm saneshers, and that a person unknown By the Lord!! sick of you chaps. You deureo tostarre, i was being inconvenienged.
The scaller, once he had made fast the if you will hold with these old obsolete Lotions, and you won't lift a finger foline in the bows of his bant, wasted very help yourselves or what's more to the little time ja ceremonial.. Ho picked up point, won't let wo lift a finger. I don't the bundle in the nk, calling it heartily know whether it's occurred to you but I'm when it anggled and kicked, and with the man that's to take all the risk. You a great for rased it to his shoulder. Then he climbed up our to oni of the two are asked to do nothing.'
They had not locked at it in that way. th wests of the bout and managed with a They were low-witted inen, but the violent, henvo ro gry bia lerden on to the awful horror of the workhouse, and the grimy in halved of the Hope. Suur earness of it, worked them up to a tale profanity came out of the wonted heights, and by degrets the mack, and the mass in the bont laugher, points of Captain Crowther's scheme and gave it a shove, and toppled it down soaked into their systems. That young on the fron deck of the collior four feet man did not overlo it. He got them below: Then in post off the rope from slowly and reluctatitly to give their ad- the oms of his men bost, shipped his herence, and then took himself off. He scull again, and leopped away astern.
The collies under slow steam contined said he had many things to arrange bei fare tide time. But make no error stolidly to make her way down the about it, I'll be there. I'l chuck his crowded river under Captain Cray's able aboard the Hope when she pulls out of pilotage, with the Clarence following dock, my tip to you, Captain Cray, clos aster. The bundle with the boots is don't be in tos big a hurry to in- sticking out of it lay where it fell on the Hapiz rasted deck, and only once, at vestigste.'
Shall be too busy, said Cray.. I'm tracted by the soise it made, did a pass my ową pilot down the river, and being "ing sailor per it through the dusk a careful man I've no time to investigate and make as if he was going to inspect as a sharp rough voice from the rothing till I'm well clear of Tyno pier.
bridge restrated bio. You there! bends, and a course set?:
Get along with your work, God bless you, and don't stand dawdling,"
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That's all right then,' said Crowther, Fand as I can see Captain Saw under stands his part of the ano. F' just! leave you to E
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Drunk, I suppose ? Don't know, sir.. He's swearing, kinder fceble and amateurish live.
Well, take him forard, and led bin warm himself. Have you the bogie in I'll have the forecastle it? I shall hail him over to the police in London.
no qualified atowaways getting free deck passages on my ship
It was come hours later that the sime deck hand again sought out Captain "Beg, parton, sir, Cray on the bridge. he said with a snigger, but the young chap you told me to take forrard, says he's Mr. Gedge, the owner.'
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Bubbish. What for do you bring tale like that time, you feel? T's rub bish
Well, so I thought, sir. But there's one of the firemen, who's seen Mr. Gedge ashore, says if it isn't bio, it's the exact spit an image of him,'
Ugh,' said Cray. 'I suppose there'll be no satisfying you unless I so the man, Fetch hun up here. I'll cure his impudence.
I think Captain Cray deserves much credit for keeping to his part when that Mr Gedge, hatless, meeting gume. dishevelled, soaked, half-frozen, was led
My whiskers, but it is Mr Gedge
WATER MANUFACTURERS,
66, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL.
Shaw and made the bugsin. doabt if a boat wil Ere in it. Those that'll be saved will be those that jump onto her when she cuts us down.
shipinaster that's witlow and kids of a gone down at sea on his vessel.'
Mr Gedge was not a nervous man, indeed be hand his fail share of plaet, You ordering old fools, who sent Cray's steht unemotional fatalism daunted him. Life was swift and ho was prepared to make sacrifices. Still you on to this devil's gune ?'
for all that he did not show the white feather openly.
'You did.
Me! What have I to do with it? You said you were going to live out either are or Shaw, and you see us on to race, just for your fun. D'ye think we've got no feelings of our own?' I So we just fixed can tell you we hare it that as e man was to be sacked, we'd suck one of your binis too. We knew you ran them uninsured now, be such rotten ald tanks as those.. case the clabs want too big rates on
My God, but you're risking my life by this guine
Well, you shouldn't have come. You're here by na invitation,
Look her, Cray, you're in my employ, I order you to ace that this collision does not take plaef:!
..
Well, what abort, Captain Shaw? Oh, old Shaw must take his chances. Not good enough flere, sir, we may as well divide up this sup of whisky. It would be a pity to leave it behind, and we shall and it bitter cold directly.. I'd like to know how you eine on board th ugh
And all this fussis because I wanted to give you chaps a chance of getting into a better line. Well, if running my old coal-beats suits you. I'm sure you can stick to them."
Will you put that down on paper f Certainly!
Before a witness ?? 'If you like.
And shove in a clause saying that if | you change your and, and do fre either of us, that man is to have £1,000, for past services rendered to the firm Well, say a couple of hundred.'
£1,000 Hinny if you're thinking of making a new bargain, you'd better be quick with it. Shaw may drive the Clarence into us any minute, unless I take us right out into the North nez, go on deck and give a new course that?! and clear of hini,”
M. MUMEYA,
JAPANESE ARTIST AND PHOTOGRAPHER
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Fat lot I care for your orders, Haven'e Captais Shaw and I tossed up for who's to be sacked, and didn't I loss? Ta practically out of your em
Hayeit asyoulike. Here'llwritethe ploy now, Mr Golge. Any minute you as a dangerous prisoner on to the cullier's any see the Clarence's ate lisad slicing little narrow bridge, and for fall into this chart-house, just by your elbow thing out, and you can bring in the
to witness my signature if that'll please But go outside and change that innte Captain Cray was so absorbed there'
Curse you, let this stop. I take you j-yon: in securing the murky North Sea uight that he did not notice him. It was back into my employ. I promise not to course before there's any mischief done. Here's a sixpenny charter-party only when he snapped out, Damna discharge you.'
stamp, I'll see your name written to the tion, Cray, how long nm I to be kept waiting here?' that tit ancient mariner
promise aeross that, hinny, before I tamper with any courses. You're signing The trotted away forward, and started round and dragged hininto the
because you're afraid of your life. To Copain Tray attended to working his glow of the binnacle lamp.
holding on because I'm afraid of sine.' In this manner then the two elderly It was some half dozen hours later ship down the fairway of the Tyus. It than this that the two colliers fane was not to be wondered at that he had after all Why, who't have though
firuted them in an employment which aid Clarence were trimmed down to theirus uge copt for this duty. It was of seeing you here, sir! What did you
pariners obtained a bond which con- marks under the cond drops in Alexandr dideli, dangerous work, and he priced come for How was I to know it was dock, and casting off from thenes, bagay self or user having had an accident. you Why didn't you let me know Through my wish of my own, but they were very well capable to fill, and with much clattering of winches and the other collier, Captain Shaw was earlier you were on board, and of course how I got here is no concorn of yours. Mr. Gedge, during a passage to London straining of wires to war nores the picturing his fellow skipper's coctions you should have had my room, sir. Surely I em come and go on one of my River, which ended on the day after sammy water of the dock entrance, on this matter very accurately. And to think you should have cows this own steamboats without leg cross Christmas, was able to appreciate the The news of the match between them]. A stiff sex, with 2 cold-easterly trip of all others! Oh, Lord, ob, Lord,questioned by one of my own servants, full beanies of a North Sca gale, soui- You didn't come here willing. They plicated with snow storms, and viewad had spread; and a feeble crowd collected breeze that carried snow with it, what shall I do
colier Captain Cruy thought nothing!tation of the air passage. under the lamplight on the deck sad, met them outside the pierheads. The Come down to your room with me, tell me you were tied
Confound you, leave my private of it, because he had been used to it all afzin akac, you prying old idiot! biz life, and had co higher ambition And look here, about this running down than to costinge in the service till he dial at a monthly wage of £10. Captain tray was a simple minded man, nonsense, it must slớp.'.
Is was not, however, without bis share of human curiosity. He very much wanted to learn how Mr Gedge got into that sacc: and who tied it so nestly out his anhe
But on this point he was never en lightened. In reply to a civil question So you say. But it seems to or on the matter, Gedge merely swore at rive, the final word to that, nnd my him, and when, some couple of years Knel word is that thinge are going on later, he bsppened to see Saptain Crow. Well, if you will have is, this old as they are Star H be into es any ther and put the sens query to bim, packet's going to be run down presently,minate now; indeed I'm surprised be that enterprising young man winked and I shouldn't wonder but what the hasn't eat us down before this, and and mid, that he had forgotten even Clarence does it, and then stands by to then, well I'll probably be drowned, the name of Gedge with all compte- pick us up afterwards. I must say I and the trouble will be settled so far arness. It was a curious thing. Both nover reckoned on there being such a Fm concerned that way. Thero sve Captain Cre and Captain Shaw quite For Sale by A. B: Wazion & Co. Chesnitt. bad ren of rea as there is to-night, when several societies that look after the agreed that ita etiosity.
as they worked through the lock, and heavily louded collier wallowed and Captain, auch get me some whisky, all the world like a este in a bag, fur from the vantage point of un overloaded i
wondered what sort of a dray hues, reco | dipped, and generally carried the re of it two such ugly, oberly water pushers mains of a sa splashing andvereau would nialse;" But Superior to such ing about her lower clocks The per criticism the two grimy vessels jushed son in the sack, be it remeiatered, out into and dirty swirling river beyond, was also on the lower deck. It was quite the Hop loading, the Clarence close on usual weather for Christmas time on clothes Todden with wet
the North Sea, at any a time of
her counter.
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I'm half dead with enld. That filthy fo'castle is like an ice house.”
Certainly, sir, certainly Oh, but why did you come this trip of all others
Here, can't you lend me some dry They were in the court house by this Froni out of the gleaning desk of the former trips both Captain Cray and Cepciune. I shouldn't bother to change river a boat was senlled up vigorously trin Shaw had wishul Mr. Codge, their | I were you, said Cray gloomily. and ran alongside of the love. A ropes owner, could have been on board, and and trailed overboard near her foreciou the bridge to share it with them
They were well abreast of the Teca, ging that the boat's souller went for al woat as if he expected it to be there, and the easterly braze was changing and then, drawing his scull in-board out to a snorting gate, when an order from of the stern notek, he ran forward over Captath Cray caused the person in the the thwarts, caught the rope'sard and suck accidentally we be found, made it fast. In the bottom of the boat (slopped over by a tidy ilrop of water) was something a bich moved into sack, and which at first, sight reminded one of these unfortunate palves that one occasionally be at railway station.
The sailorman who de the dicevery gropped up through the darkness on to the bridge, and reported Chap tied up in a bag, sir, on the lower deck,'
Ch, whe put him there Don't know, sit.'
Captain Uray put two red mudder into his trousers' pockets, and looked woodenly up at the swinging lamp which jerked with vicious tuge at its Lanyards.
Gedge stared at him. Whatever boe as the old fool got in his bonnet now? It must stop,
Oh, it's right enough, and I can angrily. what I say: You can change later, after we're picked up.
Picked up
Gedge, repeated
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