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Rh "I'll—I'll put him in irons. He shan't talk so afore my crew!" fumed the captain.

"You shan't touch him."

"Shan't I?" The half-drunken man glared at both of us. Then he backed away, shaking his fist. "Just wait a minute and I'll show you a trick or two—just wait!" And still shaking his fist, he reeled off to the companion way, almost fell down the stairs, and disappeared into the cabin.