. Captains all. it like that youre mis-taken. Ive lost my young man through you,and Im not going to lose you too. Ill send mytwo big cousins round to see you to-morrow. They wont put up with no nonsense, Ican tell you, ses Mrs. Mitchell. She called the boys to her, and then she andGerty, arter holding their eads very high andstaring at George, went off and left im went straight off ome, counting is moneyall the way and trying to make it more, and,arter telling Bob ow hed been treated, and 148 BOBS REDEMPTION trying hard to get im to go shares in his losses,packed up his things and cle
. Captains all. it like that youre mis-taken. Ive lost my young man through you,and Im not going to lose you too. Ill send mytwo big cousins round to see you to-morrow. They wont put up with no nonsense, Ican tell you, ses Mrs. Mitchell. She called the boys to her, and then she andGerty, arter holding their eads very high andstaring at George, went off and left im went straight off ome, counting is moneyall the way and trying to make it more, and,arter telling Bob ow hed been treated, and 148 BOBS REDEMPTION trying hard to get im to go shares in his losses,packed up his things and cleared out, all boil-ing over with temper. Bob was so dazed he couldnt make head ortail out of it, but e went round to see Gertythe first thing next morning, and she explainedthings to him. I dont know when Ive enjoyed myself somuch, she ses, wiping her eyes, but Ive hadenough gadding about for once, and if youcome round this evening well have a nice quiettime together looking at the furniture shops. OVER THESIDE. Over the Side /^F all classes of men, those who follow the^^ sea are probably the most prone tosuperstition. Afloat upon the black waste ofwaters, at the mercy of wind and sea, withvast depths and strange creatures below them,a belief in the supernatural is easier thanashore, under the cheerful gas-lamps. Strangestories of the sea are plentiful, and an incidentwhich happened within my own experiencehas made me somewhat chary of dubbing aman fool or coward because he has encounteredsomething he cannot explain. There arestories of the supernatural with prosaic sequels;there are others to which the sequel has neverbeen published. I was fifteen years old at the time, and as myfather, who had a strong objection to the sea, 152 OVER THE SIDE would not apprentice me to it, I shipped beforethe mast on a sturdy little brig called theEndeavour^ bound for Riga. She was a smallcraft, but the skipper was as fine a seamanas one could wish for, and, in fair weather, aneasy man to sail
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