Part 43 (1/2)
”We're very sorry we scraped a rock, and made her leak”
”Made her leak!” roared the old et a new boat”
”No, she isn't, Joe: you said it would cost four or five shi+llings to mend the hole”
”Eh? Did I?”
”Yes, you did; and Mike and I will give you five shi+llings to get it done”
The old narled hand at once for the ot it here, Joe,” said Vince; ”but we'll bring it to you to-night Eh, Mike?”
”Yes; after tea”
”Honour?”
”Yes: honour”
”Honour bright--gen'leman's honour?”
”Yes,” said Vince eo
”Honour bright, Joe,” said Mike
”Oh, very well, then; I s'pose I ruht it were they Carnachs, and I'd'un and make him sore It's such a pity, too I cut the a-purpose to lay it on to him I owe him ever so much, and it seemed to be such a chance”
”Save it for next time, Joe,” said Vince, as Mike looked on rather uneasily, for the oldwith the end of the rope
”Eh? Save it for next tiht do that, for the young 'un's sure to giveit up over the fireplace at ho ht?”
”Yes, of course”
”Ay, course you will,” said the old en'le, or as they'll pay yer, and they swear it, and then en'le, there yer are, yer knows he'll do it--without a bit of swearing too But, ha-- ha!”
The boys stared, for the old hter, and kept on lifting one leg and sta at?” said Mike, gaining courage now that the trouble was so ahin' at?” roared the old fellow, staain: ”why, at you two! Cos and holloas about as to how you knows everything We can sail her, says you; we kno to e a boat as well as you do, and, ha! you helps yourselves and goes out, and brings her back with a hole in her botto where you took us,” said Vince quickly
”And which rock did you run on?”
”Oh, I don't knohat rock it was, only that it was just under water”
”'Course not Says to me, says you, that you knows all the rocks as well 's oes and runs her on one on 'em fust time”