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near the bar, an the swell caught us under the 
counter just as-” 
Excuse me, but had you any right behind 
the bar at all? 
“No. not properly. That is. the old man 
was pinching er so as_” 
“Pinching whom?” 
“Why, Maud!” 
I ck, tck! One of the maids, I suppose. But 
where was your master, to permit such goings- 
bunk he s ick” er? ThC ° Id SWdl W3S lying 0,1 his 
I thought you said just now you ran 
into him. 
"Who the boss?” 
“No the swell ’ 
Ah! So we did, so we did; an’ carried away 
a scuttle, two fenders, and the sweep.” 
Dear me, how sad! A scuttle or a fender, 
more or less, can be picked up anywhere. But 
a sweep! Poor man!” 
“Tins wasn’t a man, mister, only a sweep.” 
1 n .y- at suc ^ a time, common 
humanity would prevent you making any dis- 
lowed*” aS t0 thC Cal,ing tIle poor fe Uow fol- 
** yis! But this one was only a ash 
o w cep. 
I know you will pardon me, but the prin¬ 
ciple is the same. I cannot admit your dis¬ 
tinction. I see no difference between a man 
wh0 !; swe ep s ashes and one who cleans chim- 
neys, the old gentleman added pathetically. 
the yachtsman, bewildered at the trend his 
tale was taking, looked patiently at me But 
£,. wa , s "J* , m y st °ry. On the other hand. I 
felt afraid of a lull coming at such an interest- 
ing moment, so gave a fillip to the discussion 
then?^ lng ' Y ° U Were having a roi, g h time, 
"We was, sir. We was in for a thick night. 
Then: was Maud in stays, jumping about the 
A bhish spread over the old gentleman’s face 
awful ” ^ dOW "’ klcking ’ er ’ eels somewhat 
“Tck. tck! Disgraceful!” 
In the dark we couldn’t see the buoy, though 
we was using glasses—(“pint pots!”). Then 
the t pram—” ° f the jamboree Mai ’d sat on 
° t ld gentleman’s blush ‘ of outraged 
modesty turned to one of anger. “No wonder 
you couldn’t find the boy!” wonaer 
r ' ng i j? tern, P ti °n. the yacht-hand 
paused, eyed him dramatically, as though spin¬ 
ning a yarn to a fo’c’sle audience, and in a 
husky voice added, “Then the painter went.” 
Good Lord! A painter this time! How 
terrible this callous sacrifice of the lives of 
two men and a little boy! But, tell me, was 
no one in charge? 
“We!!, as a matter of fact, just at' that 
moment Maud was in charge. * * * g ut 
there was the old man,” the sailor added slow- 
/ th e cap n. you know. He sings out, ‘Port!’ 
back ” P ° rt U 1S ’ Slf! Hard up! ’ 1 shouts 
“just what I thought. Drunk, drunk as 
/ nd ;? PC,ld aI1 their money.” mumbled 
the old gentleman. 
So I shoves the ’elm over.” 
“What’s that?” 
, The oak f’ Per . you know.” 
’But you said elm.” 
t /Wen, the ’elm’s oak. But. as I was saying, 
the skipper had his hands full trying to clear 
the sheets. They was all jammed.’ & 
Jammed! Dear me! Owing to the state 
?,°h! T e E C ,n T~ tck ’ * ck ‘—been using them for 
tablecloths, I suppose!” 
DiHn'f ? T IablecIotb ? ? 1 said sheets, mister. 
Uidn t 1 say everything was all of a muddle an’ 
that klpPCr Was doing the best f or Maud, so 
„ ^ see v J ust so - Verv dense of me- 
and delicate of the captain, too, to think of 
wrappmg a sheet round the-er-I think you 
said her name was Maud?—and so hide ijr— 
, what shall I say, neglige ?—yes her 
neglige appearance.” y ’ 
I explained to the yachtsman what I con¬ 
ceived to be the purport of the old gentleman’s 
remarks. 
Oh! She was out of stays by this time!” 
the poor old gentleman passed a handker¬ 
chief oyer Ins sunny face. Tactfully thrusting 
myself into the breach to cover his embarrass- 
ment, I asked her age. 
“About nine years.” 
ratlle r than saw, the old gentleman's 
shudder at such precocity. Continuing my 
diplomacy, I said. “After what you have told 
us. she must be of a fair size.” 
“Twenty ton.” 
That curled the old man up. I do not think, 
however that he quite grasped the reply, as I 
overheard him muttering to himself, ’“Only 
nine years old^ and twenty stun. Abnormal!” 
Gathering his belongings together, my aged 
friend alighted at his destination, then, turning 
to shut the carriage door, asked, in that tone 
one US es in closing a painful subject “When 
did you see her last?” 
«cu tbe - l ?? ck ’ replied the yachtsman. 
v J be ™ b, y ^served it!”-Percy Catton in 
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