been the matter for you st-st- stuttered."
"O , , " rejoined Billy, now
all right again and mastering the
impediment; "I found an afterguardsman
sneaking in our part of the ship here
and I bid him be off where he belongs." is it you? Well, something must have
"And is that all you did about
it , ?" foretopman?" gruffly demanded
another, an irasciable old fellow of
brick-colored visage and hair, and who
was known to his associates associate forecastlemen as Red Pepper ;
"Such sneaks sho I should like to marry
to the gunner's daughter!" by that expression
meaning that he would like to subject
them to disciplinary castigation over
a gun.
been the matter for you st-st- stuttered."
"O , , " rejoined Billy, now
all right again and mastering the
impediment; "I found an afterguardsman
sneaking in our part of the ship here
and I bid him be off where he belongs." is it you? Well, something must have
"And is that all you did about
it , ?" foretopman?" gruffly demanded
another, an irasciable old fellow of
brick-colored visage and hair, and who
was known to his associates associate forecastlemen as Red Pepper ;
"Such sneaks sho I should like to marry
to the gunner's daughter!" by that expression
meaning that he would like to subject
them to disciplinary castigation over
a gun.
Transcribed by: John Bryant