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The
Harbor-master
puffed
out
his
purple
cheeks
to
an
amazing
size
.
"
Not
a
stiver
,
Harry
.
Not
--
a
--
single
--
sti-ver
.
"
He
waited
;
but
as
Captain
Whalley
,
stroking
his
beard
slowly
,
looked
down
on
the
ground
without
a
word
,
he
tapped
him
on
the
forearm
,
tiptoed
,
and
said
in
a
hoarse
whisper
--
"
The
Manilla
lottery
has
been
eating
him
up
.
"
He
frowned
a
little
,
nodding
in
tiny
affirmative
jerks
.
They
all
were
going
in
for
it
;
a
third
of
the
wages
paid
to
ships
'
officers
(
"
in
my
port
,
"
he
snorted
)
went
to
Manilla
.
It
was
a
mania
.
That
fellow
Massy
had
been
bitten
by
it
like
the
rest
of
them
from
the
first
;
but
after
winning
once
he
seemed
to
have
persuaded
himself
he
had
only
to
try
again
to
get
another
big
prize
.
He
had
taken
dozens
and
scores
of
tickets
for
every
drawing
since
.
What
with
this
vice
and
his
ignorance
of
affairs
,
ever
since
he
had
improvidently
bought
that
steamer
he
had
been
more
or
less
short
of
money
.
This
,
in
Captain
Eliott
's
opinion
,
gave
an
opening
for
a
sensible
sailor-man
with
a
few
pounds
to
step
in
and
save
that
fool
from
the
consequences
of
his
folly
.
It
was
his
craze
to
quarrel
with
his
captains
.
He
had
had
some
really
good
men
too
,
who
would
have
been
too
glad
to
stay
if
he
would
only
let
them
.
But
no
.
He
seemed
to
think
he
was
no
owner
unless
he
was
kicking
somebody
out
in
the
morning
and
having
a
row
with
the
new
man
in
the
evening
.
What
was
wanted
for
him
was
a
master
with
a
couple
of
hundred
or
so
to
take
an
interest
in
the
ship
on
proper
conditions
.
You
do
n't
discharge
a
man
for
no
fault
,
only
because
of
the
fun
of
telling
him
to
pack
up
his
traps
and
go
ashore
,
when
you
know
that
in
that
case
you
are
bound
to
buy
back
his
share
.
On
the
other
hand
,
a
fellow
with
an
interest
in
the
ship
is
not
likely
to
throw
up
his
job
in
a
huff
about
a
trifle
.
He
had
told
Massy
that
.
He
had
said
:
"'
This
wo
n't
do
,
Mr.
Massy
.
We
are
getting
very
sick
of
you
here
in
the
Marine
Office
.
What
you
must
do
now
is
to
try
whether
you
could
get
a
sailor
to
join
you
as
partner
.
That
seems
to
be
the
only
way
.
'
And
that
was
sound
advice
,
Harry
.
"
Captain
Whalley
,
leaning
on
his
stick
,
was
perfectly
still
all
over
,
and
his
hand
,
arrested
in
the
act
of
stroking
,
grasped
his
whole
beard
.
And
what
did
the
fellow
say
to
that
?
The
fellow
had
the
audacity
to
fly
out
at
the
Master-Attendant
.
He
had
received
the
advice
in
a
most
impudent
manner
.
"
I
did
n't
come
here
to
be
laughed
at
,
"
he
had
shrieked
.
"
I
appeal
to
you
as
an
Englishman
and
a
shipowner
brought
to
the
verge
of
ruin
by
an
illegal
conspiracy
of
your
beggarly
sailors
,
and
all
you
condescend
to
do
for
me
is
to
tell
me
to
go
and
get
a
partner
!
"
...
The
fellow
had
presumed
to
stamp
with
rage
on
the
floor
of
the
private
office
.
Where
was
he
going
to
get
a
partner
?
Was
he
being
taken
for
a
fool
?
Not
a
single
one
of
that
contemptible
lot
ashore
at
the
"
Home
"
had
twopence
in
his
pocket
to
bless
himself
with
.
The
very
native
curs
in
the
bazaar
knew
that
much
...
"
And
it
's
true
enough
,
Harry
,
"
rumbled
Captain
Eliott
judicially
.
"
They
are
much
more
likely
one
and
all
to
owe
money
to
the
Chinamen
in
Denham
Road
for
the
clothes
on
their
backs
.
'
Well
,
'
said
I
,
'
you
make
too
much
noise
over
it
for
my
taste
,
Mr.
Massy
.
Good
morning
.
'
He
banged
the
door
after
him
;
he
dared
to
bang
my
door
,
confound
his
cheek
!
"
