"Quad's odds"; . her state-room, the captain returned to bed,and all went smoothly forabout twenty-five minutes,when the old man againappeared in the the capting! hesaid to a negro waiter whohappened to be passing. Call—the—capting—at once! continued theold man, in a decidedtone. The captain was routedout, and he was hardly Bugs Aboard. Outside the door of his state-room when the old man whispered : Bugs, sir! More bugs ! Well, I cant help it! angrily exclaimed the captain. Confound it! what can I do about it ? You can takethe next state-room. The old man turned into No. 5, and it w
"Quad's odds"; . her state-room, the captain returned to bed,and all went smoothly forabout twenty-five minutes,when the old man againappeared in the the capting! hesaid to a negro waiter whohappened to be passing. Call—the—capting—at once! continued theold man, in a decidedtone. The captain was routedout, and he was hardly Bugs Aboard. Outside the door of his state-room when the old man whispered : Bugs, sir! More bugs ! Well, I cant help it! angrily exclaimed the captain. Confound it! what can I do about it ? You can takethe next state-room. The old man turned into No. 5, and it was near mid-night before he was heard from again, except an occa-sional groan. All at once he jumped out into the cabin,walked across to the captains state-room, and began pound-ing in a furious manner. Ho! Whoa! Whats up! shouted the captain,throwing off sleep and jumping out of bed. Capting! Capting! called the old man. Is that you ? What do you want ? demanded the cap-tain, as he stepped out of his AND SOME MORE. 53 Bugs, sir—B-u-g-s ! whispered the old man. Well, hang it, I cant clean em out to-night, can I!growled the captain. I guess youre nervous. The bugsdont disturb me any. Go into No. 9, there, and if yourout me out again Ill put you ashore in the woods, blamedif I dont!
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