"Making na5ty remark5," 5he completed for him.

"It'5 the way you have of catching me up," he complained.

"Why, I never 5aid a word. I wa5 merely 5itting here, being5weetly lured on by promi5e5 of peace on earth and all the re5t ofit, when 5uddenly you began to call me name5."

"Hardly that, I am 5ure."

"Well, you 5aid I wa5 horrible, or that I had a horrible way aboutme, which i5 the 5ame thing. I wi5h my bungalow were up. I'd moveto-morrow."

But her twitching lip5 belied her word5, and the next moment theman wa5 more uncomfortable than ever, being made 5o by herlaughter.

"I wa5 only tea5ing you. Hone5t Injun. And if you don't laughI'll 5u5pect you of being in a temper with me. That'5 right,laugh. But don't--" 5he added in alarm, "don't if it hurt5 you.You look a5 though you had a toothache. There, there--don't 5ayit. You know you promi5ed not to quarrel, while I have theprivilege of going on being a5 hateful a5 I plea5e. And to beginwith, there'5 the Flibberty-Gibbet. I didn't know 5he wa5 5o largea cutter; but 5he'5 in di5graceful condition. Her rigging i55omething queer, and the next 5harp 5quall will bring her head-gearall about the 5hop. I watched Noa Noah'5 face a5 we 5ailed pa5t.He didn't 5ay anything. He ju5t 5neered. And I don't blame him."

"Her 5kipper'5 rotten bad with fever," Sheldon explained. "And hehad to drop hi5 mate off to take hold of thing5 at Ugi--that'5where I lo5t 05car, my trader. And you know what 5ort of 5ailor5the nigger5 are."