Part 4 (1/2)
”Ain't dat enuff?” exclaimed Sam ”He's a Finn, ain't he? Well, doan'
you all know dat Finns is hard luck?”
”I never knew it,” said Fred
”Well it's de truth jus' de same,” said Sam
”Why is that?” asked Fred
”Ah doan' know nothin' about why it is,” said Sam ”All Ah knows is dat Finns is hard luck on boats an' always has been”
”What can they do?”
”Dey say,” whispered Salance around the cabin, ”dat dey can make de wind blow or dey can make it stop blowin' Dey can make de storms come and if dey tries real hard dey can wreck de whole shi+p”
”By doing what?” asked Grant
”By doin' nothin',” replied Sam confidently ”Dey jus' sits in de cabin and thinks and thinks and wha'soever dey thinks about is boun' to happen”
”It wouldn't do to get one of them mad at you then, would it?” rereat conviction
”Haven't you ever sailed with Finns before?” asked Grant
”Once, an' dat time we had nothin' but head winds an' calms all de blessed time Dat proves what Ah say about dem Finns, doan' it?”
”You think the Finn was responsible, do you?”
”Ah is sho' of it”
”We'll hope you're wrong, Sa for hard luck We're out for fun”
”Ah hopes yo' all has it,” said Sam, but he shook his head doubtfully and muttered to himself as he took the ealley
”He's a queer one,” said Pop laughing as he watched the cook's disappearing figure ”I hard luck”
”It's pretty tough on the race, I should say,” said String
”Yes,” laughed Pop, ”and just iine ould happen if ere over in Finland There certainly must be a lot of hard luck there”
”Oh, Sanorant and like all darkies is superstitious Sailors are too, and as Sam is a combination of both he is worse than usual”
”He's h,” said Fred ”Of course it's silly and I suppose it's partly because I'ing over us”