The Yankee Champion — page 128: what you’re looking at

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THE YANKEE CHAMPION. 121 — “No, sir. Ain’t this brig ours?”’ ‘T¢ is as long as you keep it.”’ ‘An’ that’ll be till after your old hulks are driven out of Yankee water. Just put that up in your head for a piece of valuable information. An’ now I’d just like to ask you if everything we took in this brig ain’t ours?”’ ‘“*T suppose it is.’”’ | ‘“An’sodol. We took them colors, sir, an’ we'll wear ’em just when we are a mind to—though | must say it makes us feel kind o’ mean to stand under ’em.”’ ‘You talk well on board of your own vessel; but wait till the sloop comes up. She’ll know you.”’ “So she will; but tie me up in reef-knots if I don’t believe she’ll wish she never had.’’ “You'll get some of your conceit taken out of you | before his majesty’s done with you.”’ “Don’t talk about your dad-rotted old majesty to us. We Yankees take folks for just what they are, an’ not for what they are called, nor for what they think they are themselves.”’ ‘Sometimes folks have to bear a thing, whether they like it or not,’’ said the Englishman; and with that he turned away from the incorrigible old gun- ner and approached Nixon. ‘Captain,’ he said, with a respectful bow, “‘I sup- pose you will not detain us prisoners on board your vessel any longer, will you?”’ S “And why not?’’ asked Nixon. “Why, we are not among those who fight against you. We are only merchantmen, after all. You won’t gain anything by keeping us.’’ ‘Really, my dear sir, I don’t understand you,” said Nixon, with a puzzled look. | EOMIGDOO cS Go mn