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Article THE FIRST CRUISE OF THE " VIXEN." ← Page 18 of 23 →
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The First Cruise Of The " Vixen."
" pooh ! we shall hear no more of it . He had better be buried to-morrow . " I returned to the coffee-room , and resumed my seat . My compamons returned ; I heard their voices , but my senses appeared to be blocked up by my emotion . The past , the farpast rose up before meand many a scene that lay forgotten in
, my memory passed in revieAv , but none were unassociated xvith Redmond Selxvood . By degrees , my feelings seemed to descend from my brain to my heart , but they left behind a resolution , a thirst for which I could not account , so strange was it to my nature . I felt an insatiable desire to revenge the death of my schoolfellow . The Avords of the naval surgeon rang in my ears
, — " The son of a country clergyman ; pooh ! xve shall hear no more of it . " I set my teeth hard and rose up . Darcy and Fin had gone to bed . Tom , with his legs on one chair and his body on another , had gone to sleep smoking a cigar . I hesitated for a moment , and looked down to collect my resolution ; my eyes met those of the little Scotch terrier .
" Tom , " said I : he started up . " Tom , awake yourself , I want to speak to you , I want to ask you a question . " He took a draught of brandy and water , rubbed Ms eyes , and intimated his readiness to reply . " Tom , " I continued ; " we are sixteen men on board my yatch . " " Sixteen , counting you , " replied Tom , who had been greatly annoyed at the terror I had exliibited before the naval officers .
" Well , Tom ; say fifteen ancl me . Now suppose that—ahem , I say—Tom—if I were to put it to them—that is—if I wanted to run down to the scene of this murder to rescue the schooner and chastise these pirates , how many of my crew would consent to go ?" Tom ' s eyes grew to the size of cab-wheels as I proceeded , at
last he leaped up . " By Jove , Peter , there ' s more pluck m you than I gave you credit for . Give me your hand—I respect you—I don't knoAV your dead friend , but he looks as if he had been first chop , and by Mahomet we will give the Moorish robbers a peppering—leave it to me—we'll wait upon them . "
, We remained all night discussing our plans . We only discovered one obstacle ; we did not know Avhether Ave Avere justified in carrying private xvar into the domimons of the emperor of Morocco . This idea did not trouble Tom much , who would hax'e carried war or anything else into the dominions of the fiend , if he had a mind ; but as owner of the vessel , I applied to his
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The First Cruise Of The " Vixen."
" pooh ! we shall hear no more of it . He had better be buried to-morrow . " I returned to the coffee-room , and resumed my seat . My compamons returned ; I heard their voices , but my senses appeared to be blocked up by my emotion . The past , the farpast rose up before meand many a scene that lay forgotten in
, my memory passed in revieAv , but none were unassociated xvith Redmond Selxvood . By degrees , my feelings seemed to descend from my brain to my heart , but they left behind a resolution , a thirst for which I could not account , so strange was it to my nature . I felt an insatiable desire to revenge the death of my schoolfellow . The Avords of the naval surgeon rang in my ears
, — " The son of a country clergyman ; pooh ! xve shall hear no more of it . " I set my teeth hard and rose up . Darcy and Fin had gone to bed . Tom , with his legs on one chair and his body on another , had gone to sleep smoking a cigar . I hesitated for a moment , and looked down to collect my resolution ; my eyes met those of the little Scotch terrier .
" Tom , " said I : he started up . " Tom , awake yourself , I want to speak to you , I want to ask you a question . " He took a draught of brandy and water , rubbed Ms eyes , and intimated his readiness to reply . " Tom , " I continued ; " we are sixteen men on board my yatch . " " Sixteen , counting you , " replied Tom , who had been greatly annoyed at the terror I had exliibited before the naval officers .
" Well , Tom ; say fifteen ancl me . Now suppose that—ahem , I say—Tom—if I were to put it to them—that is—if I wanted to run down to the scene of this murder to rescue the schooner and chastise these pirates , how many of my crew would consent to go ?" Tom ' s eyes grew to the size of cab-wheels as I proceeded , at
last he leaped up . " By Jove , Peter , there ' s more pluck m you than I gave you credit for . Give me your hand—I respect you—I don't knoAV your dead friend , but he looks as if he had been first chop , and by Mahomet we will give the Moorish robbers a peppering—leave it to me—we'll wait upon them . "
, We remained all night discussing our plans . We only discovered one obstacle ; we did not know Avhether Ave Avere justified in carrying private xvar into the domimons of the emperor of Morocco . This idea did not trouble Tom much , who would hax'e carried war or anything else into the dominions of the fiend , if he had a mind ; but as owner of the vessel , I applied to his