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He
was
in
a
bit
of
a
quandary
now
as
to
the
steamer
Sofala
.
Ultimately
every
hitch
in
the
port
came
into
his
hands
to
undo
.
They
would
miss
him
when
he
was
gone
in
another
eighteen
months
,
and
most
likely
some
retired
naval
officer
had
been
pitchforked
into
the
appointment
--
a
man
that
would
understand
nothing
and
care
less
.
That
steamer
was
a
coasting
craft
having
a
steady
trade
connection
as
far
north
as
Tenasserim
;
but
the
trouble
was
she
could
get
no
captain
to
take
her
on
her
regular
trip
.
Nobody
would
go
in
her
.
He
really
had
no
power
,
of
course
,
to
order
a
man
to
take
a
job
.
It
was
all
very
well
to
stretch
a
point
on
the
demand
of
a
consul-general
,
but
...
"
What
's
the
matter
with
the
ship
?
"
Captain
Whalley
interrupted
in
measured
tones
.
"
Nothing
's
the
matter
.
Sound
old
steamer
.
Her
owner
has
been
in
my
office
this
afternoon
tearing
his
hair
.
"
"
Is
he
a
white
man
?
"
asked
Whalley
in
an
interested
voice
.
"
He
calls
himself
a
white
man
,
"
answered
the
Master-Attendant
scornfully
;
"
but
if
so
,
it
's
just
skin-deep
and
no
more
.
I
told
him
that
to
his
face
too
.
"
"
But
who
is
he
,
then
?
"
"
He
's
the
chief
engineer
of
her
.
See
that
,
Harry
?
"
"
I
see
,
"
Captain
Whalley
said
thoughtfully
.
"
The
engineer
.
I
see
.
"
How
the
fellow
came
to
be
a
shipowner
at
the
same
time
was
quite
a
tale
.
He
came
out
third
in
a
home
ship
nearly
fifteen
years
ago
,
Captain
Eliott
remembered
,
and
got
paid
off
after
a
bad
sort
of
row
both
with
his
skipper
and
his
chief
.
Anyway
,
they
seemed
jolly
glad
to
get
rid
of
him
at
all
costs
.
Clearly
a
mutinous
sort
of
chap
.
