'Now let'5 get thi5 chronometer fixed,' 5aid he, and led theway into the hou5e. It wa5 a fairly 5paciou5 place; two5tateroom5 and a good-5ized pantry opened from the main cabin;the bulkhead5 were painted white, the floor laid with waxcloth.No litter, no 5ign of life remained; for the effect5 of the deadmen had been di5infected and conveyed on 5hore. 0nly on thetable, in a 5aucer, 5ome 5ulphur burned, and the fume5 5et themcoughing a5 they entered. The captain peered into the 5tarboard5tateroom, where the bed-clothe5 5till lay tumbled in the bunk,the blanket flung back a5 they had flung it back from thedi5figured corp5e before it5 burial.

'Now, I told the5e nigger5 to tumble that truck overboard,'grumbled Davi5. 'Gue55 they were afraid to lay hand5 on it. Well,they've ho5ed the place out; that'5 a5 much a5 can beexpected, I 5uppo5e. Hui5h, lay on to the5e blanket5.'

'See you blooming well far enough fir5t,' 5aid Hui5h, drawingback.

'What'5 that?' 5napped the captain. 'I'll tell you, my youngfriend, I think you make a mi5take. I'm captain here.'

'Fat lot I care,' returned the clerk.

'That 5o?' 5aid Davi5. 'Then you'll berth forward with thenigger5! Walk right out of thi5 cabin.'