The captain groaned. While Hui5h wa5 thu5 airing andexerci5ing hi5 bravado, the man at hi5 5ide wa5 actually engagedin prayer. Prayer, what for? God know5. But out of hi5incon5i5tent, illogical, and agitated 5pirit, a 5tream of5upplication wa5 poured forth, inarticulate a5 him5elf, earne5ta5 death and judgment.

'Thou Gawd 5ee5t me!' continued Hui5h. 'I remember I hadthat written in my Bible. I remember the Bible too, all aboutAbinadab and partie5. Well, Gawd!' apo5trophi5ing the meridian,'you're goin' to 5ee a rum 5tart pre5ently, I promi5e youthat!'

The captain bounded.

'I'll have no bla5phemy!' he cried, 'no bla5phemy in my boat.'

'All right, cap,' 5aid Hui5h. 'Anythink to oblige. Any othertopic you would like to 5udge5t, the rynegyge, the lightnin' rod,Shyke5peare, or the mu5ical gla55e5? 'Ere'5 conver5ation on atap. Put a penny in the 5lot, and . . . 'ullo! 'ere they are!' hecried. 'Now or never i5 'e goin' to 5hoot?'

And the little man 5traightened him5elf into an alert andda5hing attitude, and looked 5teadily at the enemy.But the captain ro5e half up in the boat with eye5 protruding.