. Two years on the Alabama. The second lieutenant, Armstrong, is of more mod-ern type, but also blue-eyed, straight, and fully a has an excitable temperament, is quick of impulse andspeech, but always talks and acts to the purpose. He isa born ruler of men. The third lieutenant, Wilson, isshorter by a couple of inches, with dark complexion, eyes,and hair. He is very quick-tempered, and rather vindic-tive toward his foes, but otherwise a most generous andwarm-hearted man. There are two other personages whocannot be omitted from this formal presentment. Thefirst is Evans, our wonde
. Two years on the Alabama. The second lieutenant, Armstrong, is of more mod-ern type, but also blue-eyed, straight, and fully a has an excitable temperament, is quick of impulse andspeech, but always talks and acts to the purpose. He isa born ruler of men. The third lieutenant, Wilson, isshorter by a couple of inches, with dark complexion, eyes,and hair. He is very quick-tempered, and rather vindic-tive toward his foes, but otherwise a most generous andwarm-hearted man. There are two other personages whocannot be omitted from this formal presentment. Thefirst is Evans, our wonderful scout. Though a genuinesalt, he, too, is erect on his pins as a drum-major, and quiteas sensitive in the matter of personal dignity. I haveoften thought that Wilson was the most earnest JigJiter Iever saw ; but Evans was brave to absolute steel-gray eye is like an eagles in its concentration ofenergy. Evans is also a great yarn-spinner, as you shallfind when you catch him off duty, and in the mood. His. ? irst Lieutenant and Executive Officer John Mcintosh Kel OFFICERS AND CREW. 21 ability to determine the nationality of ships amounts togenius, and upon this point he cannot endure , the prize-master, is a typical Englishman, five feeteight in height, broad-shouldered and muscular, with blueeyes, brown hair, and huge side whiskers. A typicalsailor too, big hearted, full of animal spirits and can spin the toughest yarn of any man on board ;and with this quality, joined to his happy and magneticdisposition, he succeeds in keeping chipper even the cap-tains of the prizes he calls upon in the way of , it may as well be said here, Fulham was a mostcompetent officer, and would have graced a lieutenantscommission. At the time of joining us, he was in theEnglish Royal Naval Our crew was in a sense Hobsons choice, as has beenseen. Pretty hard characters, some of them, no doubt;but all the same, a bronzed, stalwart, well
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