Moses," quoth the middy, who detected the Israelite bending looks
of disdain and mistrust on the poor man, as if he considered the
contents of his shop in danger: "come, Moses, a regular built _outrig_
for this _gentleman_," laying great stress on the word gentleman.
This was _pitching_ it strong, but his heart was carrying _royals,
sky-scrapers, moon-rakers_, and his _pulse_ was _sailing_ at the rate
of _ten knots_ an hour at least; so elate was he to serve a brave man
in distress, and above all, a son of the ocean: "come, let us have
every thing good, and spic and span new."--"Pray, _Shair_, who's to
pay?"--"_Myshelf._"--"O, your honour, that's right." The poor man
retired to a back-room, and stepped forward clad from head to foot,
and with two changes of linen and a pair of shoes (by the midshipman's
order) tied up in a pocket-handkerchief under his arm. BOB CLEWLINES
looked with a blush on his old clothes, and at this moment an almost
naked boy passed by: the midshipman duly appreciated and truly
interpreted one look of the tar. "Bob, I say, heave that overboard,
and let the poor boy pick it up: one good turn deserves another."
The payment was the next. "Three pounds fifteen.--Is that the
lowest?"--"O, yesh: I don't gain five shillings by the whole
deal."--"Well, then, do you take the case of my gold watch, and weigh
it, and give me the produce of it."--"Let ush see: it's vary pretty,
but not vary heavy; it's all fashion you see: indeed, it's a great
pity to part, the vatch and the caish; watches are a drug now, or else
I'd buy it; but just to oblige you, I'll see what I can give."--"Don't
trouble yourself, Mosey; just do as you are bid: you take the outside
case, and I'll keep the watch."--"I shall lend you four pounds upon
it," resumed the Israelite; "and you may depend upon my honour to
return it to you, when you bringsh me de monish."--"No, you
won't, Mosey; you'll do just what I bid you."--"It will spoil the
watch"--"Not a bit; she must work without her _jacket_, as my friend