The Penang Pirate John C. Hutcheson Author

by John C. Hutcheson

2021-04-02 21:21:14

Bill! Aye, aye, bo! Guess this'll be a rum v'yage, mate. Why, old shellback? 'Cause I can't make out why we are wasting our time here, with the cargo all aboard and the wind fair. Don't you fret yourself about that, Jem Backstay. The skipper knows wh... Read more
Bill! Aye, aye, bo! Guess this'll be a rum v'yage, mate. Why, old shellback? 'Cause I can't make out why we are wasting our time here, with the cargo all aboard and the wind fair. Don't you fret yourself about that, Jem Backstay. The skipper knows what he's a-doing, and has got a heap o' 'sponsibility on them shoulders o' his'n-a fine ship and a valuable cargo to get home safe to old h'England with a short crew, and a lot o' murderin', blood-suckin' pirates all over the h'Indian seas! Pirates, Bill! Ay, pirates! I spoke plain enough, didn't I? But you needn't shiver in your skin like one of them white-livered Lascars we've got aboard in place of honest sailors, worse luck! You needn't have no cause to fear for the number o' your mess, bo; the cap'en-God bless him!-will see us safe through, you may be sure. Less

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File size6.00(w)x9.00(h)x0.15(d)
Print pages70
PublisherCreateSpace Publishing
Publication date August 10, 2015
ISBN9781516836062
John Conroy Hutcheson was a British author of novels and short stories about life aboard ships at sea. Hutcheson was born in Jersey, Channel Islands, in 1840, and died in Portsea Island, Hampshire, in...

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