Rudyard Kipling

Name: Captains Courageous — Chapter VI
Author: Rudyard Kipling

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“Captains Courageous — Chapter VI”, published in 1897, is a work by Rudyard Kipling. It explores elements such as Disko, Salters and Carrie Pitman.

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Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous — Chapter VI (1897)

“ The "We're Here", under jib and riding-sail, gave her no more room than was absolutely necessary, - Disko did not wish to spend a week hunting for his cable, - but scuttled up into the wind as the Carrie passed within easy hail, a silent and angry boat, at the mercy of a raking broadside of Bank chaff.
"Good evenin'," said Disko, raising his headgear, "an' haow does your garden grow?"
"Go to Ohio an' hire a mule," said Uncle Salters. "We don't want no farmers here." ”

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Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous — Chapter VI (1897)

“ Fishing-boats, as Dan said, were naturally dependent on the courtesy and wisdom of their neighbours; but one expected better things of steamers. That was after another interesting interview, when they had been chased for three miles by a big lumbering old cattle-boat, all boarded over on the upper deck, that smelt like a thousand cattle- pens. A very excited officer yelled at them through a speaking- trumpet, and she lay and lollopped helplessly on the water while Disko ran the "We're Here" under her lee and gave the skipper a piece of his mind. ”

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Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous — Chapter VI (1897)

“ It was here Harvey first met the squid, who is one of the best cod-baits, but uncertain in his moods. They were waked out of their bunks one black night by yells of "Squid O!" from Salters, and for an hour and a half every soul aboard hung over his squid- jig - a piece of lead painted red and armed at the lower end with a circle of pins bent backward like half-opened umbrella ribs. The squid -for some unknown reason - likes, and wraps himself round, this thing, and is hauled up ere he can escape from the pins. ”

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Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous — Chapter VI (1897)

“ Salters began, standing up in the fore-rigging, "let me tell yeou 'fore we go any further that I've -"
The officer on the bridge took off his cap with immense politeness. "Excuse me," he said, "but I've asked for my reckoning. If the agricultural person with the hair will kindly shut his head, the sea-green barnacle with the wall-eye may perhaps condescend to enlighten us."
"Naow you've made a show o' me, Salters," said Disko, angrily. ”

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Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous — Chapter VI (1897)

“ We come back when the ice eased in the spring, but they named me fer the place. Kinder mean trick to put up on a baby, but we're all baound to make mistakes in aour lives."
"Sure! Sure!" said Salters, wagging his head. "All baound to make mistakes, an' I tell you two boys here thet after you've made a mistake - ye don't make fewer'n a hundred a day - the next best thing's to own up to it like men."
Long Jack winked one tremendous wink that embraced all hands except Disko and Salters, and the incident was closed. ”

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Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous — Chapter VI (1897)

“ Dan whispered.
"Still, things should ha' been kep' sep'rate," said Disko, and the light of new argument lit in Salters's eye as he crumbled cut plug into his pipe.
"There's a power av vartue in keepin' things sep'rate," said Long Jack, intent on stilling the storm. "That's fwhat Steyning of Steyning and Hare's f'und when he sent Counahan fer skipper on the Manila D. Kuhn, instid o' Cap. Newton that was took with inflam't'ry rheumatism an' couldn't go. ”

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Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous — Chapter VI (1897)

“ The crew was mostly Cork an' Kerry men, barrin' one Marylander that wanted to go back, but they called him a mutineer, an' they ran the ould Manila into Skibbereen, an' they had an illigant time visitin' around with frinds on the ould sod fer a week. Thin they wint back, an' it cost 'em two an' thirty days to beat to the Banks again. ”

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Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous — Chapter VI (1897)

“ Fwhat could they'? The fish was on the Banks, an' Counahan was at T-wharf talkin' av his record trip east! They tuk their satisfaction out av that, an' ut all came av not keepin' the crew and the rum sep'rate in the first place ”

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