ILLUSTRATIONS
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My boy wanted to do the divin', but 'twas me that went down
He brings out the blue-book and shows the boson
Sam made a couple of tremendous swipes, and then down went the Aurora's captain and one of his crew
By and by he caught an answering call
After a long look I saw that he did not resume his narrative. By that I knew that the stranger was troubling him
There she was, the Dancing Bess, holding a taut bowline to the eastward. And there were the two frigates, but they might as well have been chasing a star
"Don't call me a mutineer, captain—I've disobeyed no order"
He said he hoped they'd meet again next day and bowed himself out