. The lady of the barge . r hands thev learned that thev 244 The Lady of the Barge had been shipped with several others by a re-sourceful boarding-house master. The otherhands, being men of plain speech, also said thatthey were brought aboard in a state of beastlyand enviable intoxication, and chaffed crudelywhen the doctor attributed their apparent stateof intoxication to drugs. You say youre a doctor? said the oldestseaman. I am, said Carson, fiercely. Wot sort of a doctor are you, if you dontknow when your lickers been played with,then? asked the old man, as a grin passedslowly from mouth t
. The lady of the barge . r hands thev learned that thev 244 The Lady of the Barge had been shipped with several others by a re-sourceful boarding-house master. The otherhands, being men of plain speech, also said thatthey were brought aboard in a state of beastlyand enviable intoxication, and chaffed crudelywhen the doctor attributed their apparent stateof intoxication to drugs. You say youre a doctor? said the oldestseaman. I am, said Carson, fiercely. Wot sort of a doctor are you, if you dontknow when your lickers been played with,then? asked the old man, as a grin passedslowly from mouth to mouth. I suppose it is because I drink so seldom,said the doctor, loftily. I hardly know thetaste of liquor myself, while as for my friendMr. Thomson, you might almost call him a tee-totaler. Next door to one, said the solicitor, whowas sewing a patch on his trousers, as helooked up approvingly. You might call im a sailor, if you liked,said another seaman, but that wouldnt makehim one. All I can say is I never ad enough. YOU SAY YOURK A DOCTOR? An Adulteration Act time or money to get in the state you was bothin when you come aboard. If the forecastle was incredulous, the cabinwas worse. The officers at first took but littlenotice of them, but feeling their torn and tat-tered appearance was against them, they puton so many airs and graces to counteract thisthat flesh and blood could not endure it cook would allude to his friend as , while the A. B. would persist in re-ferring, with a most affected utterance, to Cook! bawled the skipper one day whenthey were about a week out. Dr. Carson, who was peeling potatoes,stepped slowly out of the galley and went to-ward him. You say Sir, when youre spoken to, saidthe skipper, fiercely. The doctor sneered. My—if you sneer at me, Ill knock yourhead off! said the other, with a wicked look. When you get back to Melbourne, saidthe doctor, quietly, youll hear more of this. Youre a couple of pickpockets
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