Beadle's Dime Novels No. 94: The Mad Skipper — page 29: what you’re looking at

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shoving out the boom, the young man touched his companion pon the shoulder. “ What is it, lad?” “Your captain is a strange man.” “So I told you from the first.” “ Ay,ay; but don’t you think his mind is a little deranged ?” “ Well, sometimes I’ve thought so, and then again I’ve al- tered my detarmination. He talks sensibly enough as a gen- eral thing; but, may I be blasted if I can make out what he means when he gets on that topic about ‘the going round and round, and that infarnal ‘ roaring” He always had a wild way with him, but it’s only since he was taken with brain feyer—which happened about two months before we made the port of San Carlos—that he got upon this ‘round, . roaring’ way of speechifying, which is sartainly very peculiar and mystifying. It even puzzles Tom Collins, who is very Ssensible-like, excepting when he gets into one of his smashing- up fits.” . “Into what ?” “A smashing-up fit. If you have a nice pipe, mate, or any thing of value that can be broken, ’'d advise you to keep it out of Toms sight, for he’ll sartainly smash it if it happens to be near him when the fit comes on. He can’t help it, hows’ever, seeing as it’s ‘ constitutionality.’ ” “He must be a singular chap.” “Not a bit of it, excepting when the fit comes; but, if we happen to see him in time, we can tell by sartain signs when that's a-coming on, and prevent his doing execution by tyin’ him up, to which he never objects.” Frank was about to reply, when he heard behind him the “ frog-like” voice of Dr. Claret. “Young man, allow me to congratulate you upon your escape.” Much surprised, both seamen turned to behold the doctor Clinging to the yard with both hands, his brown coat-tails flapping about in the wind. “You perceive that. I am quite a sailor, having ascended thus far without assistance,” cried the man of medicine, smil- ing. “ The fact is; 1 have felt like exercising all the morning. There is nothing like exercise to strengthen and invigorate 4 comichooks.com