Shore came to ask charity of that false-hearted friend of
hers, what was jealous of her, and fell down at the door, overcome
by grief and hunger, poor Jack couldn't stand it no longer; so after
suffering the brine to burst through the floodgates of his heart, till
he was as blind as our chaplain to sin, he jumped up all at once, and
made for the offing, blubbering as he went, 'May I be blistered, if
ever I come to see such cruel stuff as this again!' Then didn't Stephen
Collins, and Kelly, and Maxfield, the three managers, come upon deck,
and drink success to the Leander's crew, out of a bucket of grog we had
up for the purpose, and the ould mare of Portsmouth sent his compliments
to us, begging us not to break our own necks or set fire to the
playhouse? Another glass, Jem, to the crew of the Leander: don't you
remember the ducking ould Mother Macguire, the bum-boat woman, received,
for bringing paw-paw articles on board, when we came in to refit?" "May
I never want 'bacca, if I shall ever forget that old she crocodile!
Wasn't it her that brought that sea-dragon, Bet Bluff, on board, and
persuaded me to be spliced to her? shiver her timbers for it!" "Avast
there! messmate," said Tom: "when you ~190~~can't skuttle an enemy, it's
best to sail right away from her hulk before she blows up and disables
her conqueror.
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