. Spunyarn and spindrift : a sailor boy's log of a voyage out and home in a china tea-clipper. his own showing adrunken wretch as glories in the licker he has aint much faith to be put in what theyve said ;but for all that discipline must be maintained, and Ithink myself that you will find the prisoner at the bar hasbeen guilty of some sort of offence against the laws ofthe land. Make your minds up one way or tother asquick as you like, for times a-going on. The jury, without leaving the box, found a verdictof Guilty, but strongly recommended the prisoner tomercy. Then, silence
. Spunyarn and spindrift : a sailor boy's log of a voyage out and home in a china tea-clipper. his own showing adrunken wretch as glories in the licker he has aint much faith to be put in what theyve said ;but for all that discipline must be maintained, and Ithink myself that you will find the prisoner at the bar hasbeen guilty of some sort of offence against the laws ofthe land. Make your minds up one way or tother asquick as you like, for times a-going on. The jury, without leaving the box, found a verdictof Guilty, but strongly recommended the prisoner tomercy. Then, silence having been obtained, his lordshippassed sentence as follows : Prisoner at the bar, you have been found guilty ofthis horrible crime, which in one so young is mostterrible to think of The sentence of the court is thatyou be at once, if not sooner, removed from here to the TOE AND HEEL. 225 forecastle head, there to dance the sailors ht^rnpipe untilfurther orders. Rocky, get the whistle-pipe—Doctor,fetch your banjo ; lets have Jacks the Lad. Come onboys, well make a Saturday nio-ht of it. THE HORMPirE. i6 CHAPTER XVII. TOIL AND TROUBLE.
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