. Spunyarn and spindrift : a sailor boy's log of a voyage out and home in a china tea-clipper. And now Ihope youll come off and have a look at the little packetbefore we leave. Glad to see you aboard at any forget, I shall be disappointed if you dont come—and—thanks for your kindness to the youngsters. Oh, what a jolly evening we had ! The officers wereall in uniform, of course, and Major Anderson had fourmedals and the Victoria Cross ! Mustnt he be brave !After dinner we had singing. One of the young officershad a banjo, and he played it ever so much better thanthe cook, though cert
. Spunyarn and spindrift : a sailor boy's log of a voyage out and home in a china tea-clipper. And now Ihope youll come off and have a look at the little packetbefore we leave. Glad to see you aboard at any forget, I shall be disappointed if you dont come—and—thanks for your kindness to the youngsters. Oh, what a jolly evening we had ! The officers wereall in uniform, of course, and Major Anderson had fourmedals and the Victoria Cross ! Mustnt he be brave !After dinner we had singing. One of the young officershad a banjo, and he played it ever so much better thanthe cook, though certainly it was a much better banjothan the cooks. It was all silver at the round part, andperhaps that had something to do with it. Then theyasked us to sing, and Baby sang one of his lovely songs—it is nice to hear him—and afterwards they wantedme to sing, but I cant, you know—not a bit. But Itold them I could dance a little, so they sent for thefifer and cleared the table, and put me on it, and Idanced the sailors hornpipe. They liked it, too, andkept me at it until I was CHAPTER XXIV. AFLOAT AND ASHORE. FORECASTLE CHAFF—A BUCKET OF CHAMPAGNE AND ITS RESULTS—THE GOLD DIGGINGS—ADVENTURES UP COUNTRY—BUSHRANGERS —A FEARFUL REVENGE. ^^^l^jr^T took a lot of calling and shaking to wake V ^^ me up the next morning at half-past five. ,a^ -^-fJ^ Fancy turning out at that fiendish hour after PSr^^ spending such a jolly evening ! Edwards^y called n:ie, and of course I was wide awake, andgoing to turn out immediately—oh, certainly. SoI went fast asleep again at once, and dreamt I got oiftand put on my things, and was calmly walking aft alongthe main-deck, when the ship was violently shaken—Ithought it was an earthquake—how she rocked ! and themasts and yards came toppling down from aloft, and— Im awake now, Edwards ! I am really ! Oh ! Dontbang me about ! MUR-DER ! Billy Looney and the doctor were aboard yesterday,while you were projicking about ashore w
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