Part 18 (2/2)

We entreated hi his shi+p to and put us on shore in a boat He bunched up his rooely 'Loose o' their cash,' was his co to us because he did not look an evil-minded man; only he appeared to be cursed with an evil opinion of us I tried to rear-sweet

We exonerated the captain from blame, excused him for his error, na sleep of ours, we said, was really sohed at the recollection of it, a lamentable piece ofexhausted, for the captain had vouchsafed us no direct answer, I said at last, 'Captain Welsh, here we are on board your shi+p will you tell us what you mean to do with us?'

He now said bluntly, 'I will'

'You'll behave like a man of honour,' said I, and to that he cried vehemently, 'I will'

'Well, then,' said I, 'call out the boat, if you please; we're anxious to be home'

'So you shall!' the captain shouted, 'and per shi+p--my barque Priscilla; and better men than you left, or I 'm no Christian'

Temple said briskly, 'Thank you, captain'

'You may wait awhile with that, my lad,' he answered; and, to our astonisho and clean our faces and prepare to drink some tea at his table

'Thank you very much, captain, we'll do that e 're on shore,' said we

'You'll have black figure-heads and eizzards, then, by that ti over the leaves of a Bible

Now, this sight of the Bible gave me a sense of personal security, and a notion of hypocrisy in his conduct as well; and perceiving that we had conjectured falsely as to histo cast us on shore per shi+p, his barque Priscilla, I burst out in great heat, 'What! we are prisoners?

You dare to detain us?'

Te at hiht eloquence

The captain ruminated up and down the colu to feel that ere like two se al Son'

'Oh!' groaned Teone in harness to tracts ever since he ate the fatted calf

But the captain never heeded his interruption

'Young gentle at me

If I 'd had him early in life on board --the Lord forgive me if I be so!--I'd have stopped his doard career--ay, so!--with a trip in the right direction The Lord, young gentlemen, has not thrown you into my hands for no purpose whatsoever Thank hiht, and thank Joseph Double,you from bad company If this was a vessel where you 'd hear an oath or smell the smell of liquor, I 'd have let you run when there was terra firma within stone's throw I came on board, I found you both asleep, with those marks of dissipation round your eyes, and I swore--in the Lord's name, mind you--I'd help pluck you out of the pit while you had none but one leg in It's said! It's no use barking I am not to be roused The devil in ht on his tongue With your assistance I'll do the same for the devil in you Since you've had plenty of sleep, I 'll trouble you to coal Son 'twixt now and morrow's sunrise We 'll have our commentary on it after labour done

Labour you will in my vessel, for your soul's health And let 's teation to feed at my table And when I hand you back to your parents, why, they'll thank me, if you won't But it's not thanks I look for: it's my bounden Christian duty I look to I reckon a couple o'

stray lambs equal to one lost sheep'

The captain uplifted his ar sole to swear!' said Te of O wolves And I'm a weak mortal man, that 's too true'