StNicholas [serial] . ruz; saw, for the firsttime, a ship for battle,—fell in love with her, ranaway, giving up every-thing in the world to gowith her. There had been so much to learn I hadnot noticed that no one whistled, and I askedAndy why he had not, in the slang of the ship,put me wise. He answered with old Macsrecipe, which was ungrammatical but not untrue:Dont never do nothing that you want to s comfortable on board ship is agin is a sequel to my whistle. When silenced,I merely stood looking into the bay. The officercould not stand that, so he asked:What are you doi
StNicholas [serial] . ruz; saw, for the firsttime, a ship for battle,—fell in love with her, ranaway, giving up every-thing in the world to gowith her. There had been so much to learn I hadnot noticed that no one whistled, and I askedAndy why he had not, in the slang of the ship,put me wise. He answered with old Macsrecipe, which was ungrammatical but not untrue:Dont never do nothing that you want to s comfortable on board ship is agin is a sequel to my whistle. When silenced,I merely stood looking into the bay. The officercould not stand that, so he asked:What are you doing?Nothing, , at all?No, all done ?Yes, sir. Bright work shined?Yes, sir. Well, well, well, this is a sad state of affairs:a man-o-wars-man with nothing to do. Countthe sails on the bay, and, when you get through,come and report to me how many there are. Grumbling under my breath, I stood lookingover the hammock netting. Finally I saw themail-boat coming; I caught the rhythm of the. THE REAR-ADMIRAL. (SEE page 241.) 240 THREE YEARS BEHIND THE GUNS [Jan.,
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