. Spunyarn and spindrift : a sailor boy's log of a voyage out and home in a china tea-clipper. Come here, you joovenile Sinbad ! No, we arent going to do any work now, for its closeon four bells, and then I shall have to go and steer thewheel ; I only wanted to see as all this preaching andyarning hadnt sent you to sleep. You like listening to sailors talk, do you ! Ah well,,take my advice boy, and when you get ashore—stay-ashore. Then, when you get up in years and walk aboutthe city of London, wearing a long-sleeved hat and a tail-coat, and a fathom or so of gold chain round your neck,with a
. Spunyarn and spindrift : a sailor boy's log of a voyage out and home in a china tea-clipper. Come here, you joovenile Sinbad ! No, we arent going to do any work now, for its closeon four bells, and then I shall have to go and steer thewheel ; I only wanted to see as all this preaching andyarning hadnt sent you to sleep. You like listening to sailors talk, do you ! Ah well,,take my advice boy, and when you get ashore—stay-ashore. Then, when you get up in years and walk aboutthe city of London, wearing a long-sleeved hat and a tail-coat, and a fathom or so of gold chain round your neck,with a watch hooked on to the end of it, you can talk ofthe times when you were a laddie, and lived in a shipsforecastle with Jack. Ting-ting; ting-ting. Tong-tong ; tong-tong. AILthe port watch !. CHAPTER XXXI. BABYS CHAPTER. babys contribution to the log—THE LONG-TAILED CLICKMA-CLAPPER—MARY PRICE AND HER ADVENTURES. HE fine strong breeze carried us right into thesouth-east trades, and then, with stunsails setboth sides, we swept steadily on towards St. Helena and Ascension — league uponleague added to our swiftly flying track along thesunny Atlantic—every day a mighty stride nearerhome. Home ! Nothing else is talked about! We have beencleaning ship—for home. The captain has been makingup his accounts, and clearing up all his papers—forhome. Even the old cook has been heard to speculateupon the amount of slush he will have to sell—whenthe ship arrives home. And so across the line, for the fourth and last timethis voyage, when the trades fell lighter and lighter, and
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