with a sound man’s vigor. “They’re ordinary seamen dressed up; I don’t believe they’ve a second mate’s certificate between them, and they’re frightened out of their souls.”
“Well, anyhow, the skipper isn’t that.”
“No; he’s drunk; he can shout straight, but you should hear him try to speak.”
I made my way aft without rejoinder. “Invalid’s pessimism,” was my private comment. And yet the sick man was whole for the time
with a sound man’s vigor. “They’re ordinary seamen dressed up; I don’t believe they’ve a second mate’s certificate between them, and they’re frightened out of their souls.”
“Well, anyhow, the skipper isn’t that.”
“No; he’s drunk; he can shout straight, but you should hear him try to speak.”
I made my way aft without rejoinder. “Invalid’s pessimism,” was my private comment. And yet the sick man was whole for the time
