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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now, said Forsythe, when these preliminaries were concluded,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, Forsythe, said old Kelly, the gunner's mate,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I say this, declared Forsythe:"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'm not a navigator, but I can be. But I want it understood. There has got to be a leader--a commander. If you fellows agree, I'll master the navigation and take this boat to the African coast. But I want no half-way work; I want my orders to go, just as I give them. Do you agree? You've gone wrong under Jenkins. Take your choice."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You're right, Forsythe, said Casey, the wireless man of the starboard watch."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Jenkins is too easy--too careless. Take the job, I say."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do you all agree?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, yes, they acclaimed."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Take charge, and get us out o' these seas. Who wants to be locked up?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "All right, said Forsythe."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then I'm the commander. Lift that baby down to the skipper's room with the sick woman, and let them nurse each other. Lift Jenkins out of the wardroom, and stow him in a forecastle bunk. Riley, nurse your engines and save oil, but keep the dynamo going for the wireless; and you, Casey, have you got that message cooked up?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I have. All I want is the latitude and longitude to send it from."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'll give it to you soon. Get busy, now, and do your share. I must study a little."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now, Casey, he called, after he had looked at a track chart."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Got your fake message ready?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Stolen destroyer bound north. Latitude so and so, longitude so and so."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That'll do, or anything like it. Send it from latitude forty north, fifty-five west. That's up close to the corner of the Lanes, and if it's caught up it'll keep 'em busy up there for a while."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What's our longitude?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Don't know, and won't until I learn the method. But just north of us is the west-to-east track of outbound low-power steamers, which, I take it, means tramps and tankers. Well, we'll have good use for a tanker."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You mean we're to hold up one for oil?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Of course, and for grub if we need it."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Piracy, Forsythe."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Have pirates got anything on us, now? asked Forsythe."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What are we? Mutineers, convicts, strong-arm men, thieves--or just simply pirates. Off the deck with you, Casey, and keep your wires hot. Forty north, forty-five west for a while, then we'll have it farther north."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Excuse me, madam, said Sampson, the present chairman of the committee,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I cannot see you, she answered, faintly."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I do not know where I am, nor what will happen to me. But I am in need of attention. One man was kind to me, but he has not returned. Who are you--you men?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We're the crew of the boat, answered Sampson, awkwardly."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The skipper's forward, and I guess the man that was kind to you is our prisoner. He's not on the job now, but--what can we do?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Tell me where I am, and where I am going. What boat is this? Who are you?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, madam, broke in old Kelly,"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Are you fellows utterly devoid of manhood and self-respect, he said, sternly,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "On deck with you fellows--all of you. Git--quick!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Lieutenant, he said,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, yes,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Want anything yourself? asked Sampson, as he noted the supine figure of Denman."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You're still Lieutenant Denman, of the navy--understand?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, I do not. Leave me alone."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Are you Lieutenant Denman--Billie Denman?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Florrie! he said, in a choke."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Is this you--grown up? Florrie Fleming! How--why--what brings you here?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I started on the trip, Billie, she said, calmly,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The finger of Fate, Florrie, or the act of God, answered Denman, with a painful smile."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We must have the conceit taken out of us on occasions, you know. Forsythe, my schoolmate, is in command of this crowd of jail-breakers and pirates."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Forsythe--your conqueror? She receded a step."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I had-- Do you know, Mr. Denman, that you were my hero when I was a child, and that I never forgave Jack Forsythe? I had hoped to hear--"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, I know, he interrupted, hotly, while his head throbbed anew with the surge of emotion."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I know what you and the whole town expected. But--well, I knocked him down on deck a short time back, and the knockdown stands; but they would not allow a finish. Then he shot me when I was not looking."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am glad, she answered, simply,"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "What do you want down here with me?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "To see that you act like a man, answered the big machinist."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There's a sick woman here."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And a more or less sick man, answered Forsythe,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Under the circumstances, rejoined Sampson, coolly,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Wait, said Denman, weakly, for he had lost much blood."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Perhaps Forsythe need not be antagonized or coerced. Forsythe, do you remember a little girl at home named Florrie Fleming? Well, that woman is she. I appeal to whatever is left of your boyhood ideals to protect this woman, and care for her."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, I remember her, answered Forsythe, with a bitter smile."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "She thought you were a little tin god on wheels, and told me after you'd gone that you'd come back and thrash me. You didn't, did you?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, but I will when the time comes,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now, this is neither here nor there, Forsythe, said Sampson, sternly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You want a chronometer. When you get it, you've no more business here than I have, and I think you'd better use your authority like a man, or I'll call a meeting of the boys."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Of course, answered Forsythe, looking at the big shoulders of Sampson."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But, inasmuch as I knew this fellow from boyhood, and knew this little girl when a child, the best care I can give her is to remove this chap from her vicinity. We'll put him down the fore peak, and let one o' the cooks feed her and nurse her."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We'll see about that on deck, said Sampson, indignantly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'll talk--"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, broke in Denman, standing up."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Forsythe is right. It is not fitting that I should be here alone with her. Put me anywhere you like, but take care of her, as you are men and Americans."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Steamer ahoy! he shouted."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What's your cargo?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oil, answered a man on the steamer's bridge."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What are you holding me up for?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oil, answered Forsythe."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "How is it stowed--in cases, or in bulk?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "In bulk, you doggoned fool."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Very good. We want some of that oil."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You do, hey? Who are you? You look like that runaway destroyer I've heard so much about. Who's going to recompense the company for the oil you want? Hey? Where do I come in? Who pays the bill?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Send it to the United States Government, or send it to the devil. Pass a hose over the side, and dip your end into the tank."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Suppose I say no?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Then we'll send a few shells into your water line."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Is that straight? Are you pirates that would sink a working craft?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "As far as you are concerned we are. Pass over your hose, and stop talking about it. All we want is a little oil."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Will you give me a written receipt?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Of course. Name your bill. We'll toss it up on a drift bolt. Pass over the hose."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "All right. Hook on your own reducer and suck it full with your pump; then it will siphon down."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Got reducers, Sampson?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Got several. Guess we can start the flow."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "You'll excuse me, sir, he began, while Denman peered critically at him through the smoke."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But I suppose you know what we've just done?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, he answered."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I could see a little and hear more. You've held up and robbed an oil steamer."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And is it piracy, sir, in the old sense--a hanging matter if we're caught?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Hardly know, said Denman, after a moment's reflection."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Laws are repealed every now and then. Did you kill any one?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, sir."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, I judge that a pirate at sea is about on the same plane as a burglar on shore. If he kills any one while committing a felony, he is guilty of murder in the first degree. Better not kill any fellow men, then you'll only get a long term--perhaps for life--when you're nabbed."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Thank you, Mr. Denman. They're talking big things on deck, but--there'll be no killing. Forsythe is something of a devil and will stop at nothing, but I'll--"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Pardon me, said Denman, lazily,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Not yet, sir. It may be necessary, but at present we're thinking of ourselves."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "All right. But, tell me, how did you get a key to my door? How many keys are there?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, from Billings, sir. Not with Forsythe's knowledge, however. Billings, and some others, think no more of him than I do."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That's right, responded Denman."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I knew him at school. Look out for him. By the way, is the lady aft being attended to?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, sir. Daniels, the other cook, brings her what she needs. She is not locked up, though."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That's good. Give her the run of the deck, and take care of her."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, sir, we will,"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Florrie, he said, in a half whisper."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Florrie, are you awake?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Florrie, he repeated,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Who is this?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Denman--Billie Denman, he answered."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If you are awake and clothed, let me in. I have a key, and I want to talk with you."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "All right--yes. Come in. But--I have no key, and the door is locked."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Florrie, he said,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'll do what I can, Billie; but I cannot do much."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You can do a lot, he responded."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Just get up on deck, with your face tied up, and walk around. Speak to any man you meet, and go forward to the bridge. Ask any one you see, any question you like, as to where we are going, or what is to be done with us--anything at all which will justify your presence on deck. Just let them see that you are on deck, and will be on deck again. Will you, Florrie?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "My face is still very bad, Billie; and the wind cuts like a knife. Why must I go up among those men?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'll tell you afterward. Go along, Florrie. Just show yourself, and come down."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I am in the dark. Why do you not tell me what is ahead? I would rather stay here and go to bed."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You can go to bed in ten minutes, said Denman."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But go up first and show yourself, and come down. I will do the rest."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, Billie, I will. I do not like to, but you seem to have some plan which you do not tell me of, so--well, all right. I will go up."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "I met them all, she said,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Your cloak, your hat, and your skirt. I will furnish the bandage."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Exactly. I will go up, dressed like you, and catch them unawares, one by one."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But, Billie, they will kill you, or--hurt you. Don't do it, Billie."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Now, here, Florrie girl, he answered firmly."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'll go into the wardroom, and you toss in the materials for my disguise. Then you go to bed. If I get into trouble they will return the clothes."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But suppose they kill you! I will be at their mercy. Billie, I am alone here without you."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Florrie, they are sailors; that means that they are men. If I win, you are all right, of course. Now let me have the things. I want to get command of this boat."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Take them, Billie; but return to me and tell me. Don't leave me in suspense."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I won't. I'll report, Florrie. Just wait and be patient."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Most ladylike,"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Another holdup, he said;"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Florrie, he called, in a whisper,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "This is your chance, miss, he said."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We're going to get stores from that yacht; but no doubt she'll take you on board."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Is she bound to New York, or some port where I may reach friends?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No; bound to the Mediterranean."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Will you release Mr. Denman as well?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No. I'm pretty sure the boys will not. He knows our plans, and is a naval officer, you see, with a strong interest in landing us. Once on shore, he would have every warship in the world after us."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Then I stay here with Mr. Denman. He is wounded, and is my friend."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "He's calling for help, Forsythe. Stop him."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Call that man out of the wireless room, he yelled,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "he continued."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Stop that message."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Any one else in that deck house?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, answered the sailing master."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What are you going to do?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Kelly, said Forsythe,"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "What in thunder are you trying to do? roared the sailing master, shaking his fist."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Are you going to sink us?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Not unless necessary, replied Forsythe;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We'll give you water and grub, but don't shoot any more hardware at us. Come closer and throw a heaving line, and send your boat, if you like, for the grub. Our boats are all lashed down."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That's reasonable, answered Forsythe."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Hawkes, Davis, Daniels, Billings--you fellows clear away that boat of ours, and stand by to go for the grub."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Fully committed, muttered Denman, as he drew back from the deadlight."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "They'll stop at nothing now."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We'll have better grub for a while, sir, he said, as he deposited the tray on the desk."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Suppose you know what happened?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, and I see life imprisonment for all of you, unless you are killed in the catching."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Can't help it, sir, answered Billings, with a deprecatory grin."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We're not going back to jail, nor will we starve on the high seas. All we're waiting for is the course to the African coast--unless--"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Unless what?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well--unless the vote is to stay at sea. We've got a good, fast boat under us."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What do you mean? Continued piracy?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I can't tell you any more, sir,"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Florrie, he said, softly, so as not to be heard from above,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, I know, she answered, with a smile, which immediately changed to a little grimace of pain."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I was badly scalded, but I had to take off the cloth to eat my breakfast."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No, he said."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I didn't mean that. I mean you've improved so. Why, Florrie, you've grown up to be a beauty. I never imagined you--you--looking so fine."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Don't talk like that, Billie Denman. I'm disfigured for life, I know. I can never show my face again."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Nonsense, Florrie. The redness will go away. But, tell me, why didn't you go aboard that yacht? I overheard you talking to Sampson. Why didn't you go, and get away from this bunch?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I have just told you, she answered, while a tint overspread her pink face that did not come of the scalding."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There were women on that yacht. Do you think I want to be stared at, and pitied, and laughed at?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I never thought of that, said Denman;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Boxes, and barrels, and the water."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, and some of those boxes contained whisky and brandy. Whisky and brandy make men forget that they are men. Have you a key for your door?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No; I never saw one."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Lock your door every time you go in there, he said, impressively;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Are you fellows going to deprive me of all exercise? he demanded."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Even a man in irons is allowed to walk the deck a little."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Don't know, sir, answered Billings."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Forsythe is the man to talk to."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'll do more than talk to him, growled Denman between his teeth."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Carry my request for exercise to him. Say that I demand the privileges of a convict."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Very good, sir,"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Leave the door open and I will throw you my things in a minute. They are drinking up there."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Drinking! he mused, as he waited."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, perhaps I can get a gun if they drink to stupidity."
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Go slow, you infernal ginks, he snarled at them,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Time,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Got it?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes; and have it down in black and white."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Now, again, said Forsythe, and again he took a sight, shouted,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Time,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He's taken chronometer sights, mused Denman, as he leaned against the companion hood."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, he's progressing fast, but there never was a doubt that he is a scholar."
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Say, old girl, he said, thickly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Let's have a kiss."
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Bad times on deck, sir, he said."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "This drinkin's all to the bad."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why, what has happened? inquired Denman."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I heard the row, but couldn't see."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Nothin' serious, sir, answered Billings,"
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Forsythe is steering, she said,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, he said, hopefully,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Forsythe evidently can control himself, but not the others. If they remain drunk, or get drunker, I mean to do something to-night. No use trying now."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What will you do, Billie?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I don't know. I'll only know when I get at it. I hope that Forsythe will load up, too. Hello! What's up? Run up, Florrie, and look."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He is swearing at some one,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "So it seems, said Denman."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Let me have a look."
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Shut off your oil, you drunken mutts, he vociferated."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If the whole four of you can't keep steam on the steering-gear, shut it off--all of it, I say. Shut off every burner and get into your bunks till you're sober."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You'll stop talking like that to me, my lad, before long, he said,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Shut off the oil--every burner, reiterated Forsythe."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We'll drift for a while."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Right you are, sang out another voice, which Denman recognized as Dwyer's."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And here, you blooming crank, take a drink and get into a good humor."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Pass it up, then. I need a drink by this time. _But shut off that oil._"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Come back here, he roared."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Keep away from that companion, the lot of you, or I'll give you what I gave Forsythe."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Forrard wi' you all,"
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "It's all right for the present, Florrie, he said."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "While Sampson is sober they won't come aft again."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, Billie, she gasped."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I hope so. Don't desert me, Billie."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Don't worry, he said, reassuringly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "They'll all be stupid before long, and then--to-night--there will be something doing on our side. Now, I must be in my room when Billings comes, or until I'm sure he will not come. And you stay here. I'll be on hand if anything happens."
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Billie! Billie--come--come quick! Help!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Shut up your noise in there and open the door. I only want to have a talk with you."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "All right, Florrie, I've got him."
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, you don't, said Denman, grimly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Fair play is wasted on you, so back you go to the Land of Nod."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "It's all right, Florrie girl, he said."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It was Forsythe, but I've knocked him silly and have him tied hand and foot. Go to sleep now."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I can't go to sleep, Billie, she wailed."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I can't. Don't leave me alone any more."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I must, Florrie, he answered."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'm going on deck to get them all. I'll never have a better chance. Keep quiet and don't come out, no matter what you hear."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But come back soon, Billie,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I will, soon as I can. But stay quiet in there until I do."
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sorry for you, Jenkins, said Billie."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You'll get well in time, but you'll have to wait. You're harmless enough now, however."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "And what will you do now, Billie?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Haven't the slightest idea. I've got to think it out. I'll have to release some of them to work the boat, and I'll have to shut down and iron them while I sleep, I suppose. I've already freed the two cooks, and we'll have breakfast soon."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'm glad of that, she answered."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "There was no supper last night."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And I'm hungry as a wolf myself. Well, they are hungry, too. We'll have our breakfast on deck before they get theirs. Perhaps the sight will bring them to terms."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why cannot I help, Billie? asked the girl."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I could watch while you were asleep, and wake you if anything happened."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, no, Florrie girl. Of course I'll throw the stuff overboard, but I wouldn't trust some of them, drunk or sober."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Do not serve them at all, said Denman, sharply."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Bring the cabin table on deck, and place it on the starboard quarter. Serve breakfast for two, and you and Daniels eat your own in the galley."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Very good, sir,"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "What do you mean to do? asked Forsythe, surlily, as Denman looked down on him."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Keep us here and starve us?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I will keep you in irons while I have the power, answered Denman,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "he said to the big machinist,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I do, sir, answered the big fellow, thickly,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That you stand watch and watch with me while we take this boat back to Boston; that you aid me in keeping this crowd in subjection; that you do your part in protecting the lady aft from annoyance. In return, I promise you my influence at Washington. I have some, and can arouse more. You will, in all probability, be pardoned."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, sir, answered Sampson, promptly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I am one of this crowd--you are not one of us. I wouldn't deserve a pardon if I went back on my mates--even this dog alongside of me. He's one of us, too; and, while I have smashed him, and will smash him again, I will not accept my liberty while he, or any of the others, is in irons."
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Florrie, he called,"
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why, yes, Billie, she answered,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I know something about cooking--not much, though."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Will you cook for yourself and me? he asked."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If so, I'll keep the men locked up, and we'll wait for something to come along."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I will, she said;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'll do that, and fit you out with a pistol, too. I'll get you one now."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Love her? he mused, joyously."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Of course. Why didn't I think of it before?"
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now, then, he said, standing up over the last man,"
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "I've a job for you, Sampson, he said, after the rest had disappeared."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You are the strongest man in the crowd. Go down the hatch, but aft to the storeroom, and get that barrel of hard bread into the forecastle. You can do it without my unlocking you."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Very good, sir,"
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Shut the door, turn the key on them, and come aft here,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Now, lift up on deck and then toss overboard every case of liquor in that storeroom."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Very good, sir."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Over the side with them all,"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Carry the other one,"
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Help! he gurgled."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I can't swim."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Keep still, he commanded, as he got behind and secured a light but secure grip on Sampson's hair."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Tread water if you can, but don't struggle. I'll tow you back to the boat."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Florrie! he shouted."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Florrie, come on deck. Throw a rope over. Florrie--oh, Florrie!"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Can you see any ropes lying on deck, Florrie? called Denman."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "If you can, throw one over."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, there is nothing--no ropes. What shall I do?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Go down and get the tablecloth,"
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Tie one corner to the rail, Florrie,"
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Billie, she exclaimed, as she approached him."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, Billie--"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "I thought you would drown, Billie, she said, weakly, with her face of a deeper pink than he had seen."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Don't drown, Billie--don't do that again. Don't leave me alone."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I won't, Florrie, he answered, stoutly and smilingly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'm born to be hanged, you know. I won't drown. Come on--I must get Sampson."
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'm going to tow you forward to the anchor ladder, Sampson. You'll have to climb it the best way you can; for there isn't a purchase on board that will bear your weight. Hold tight now."
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Mr. Denman, he said,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "--his face took on a look of embarrassment--"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That was what I might have suggested, answered Denman, calmly,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I cannot, sir. There is prison for life for all of us if we are taken; and this crowd will break out, sir--mark my words. You won't have charge very long. But--in that case--I mean--I might be of service. I can control them all, even Forsythe, when I am awake."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Forsythe! grinned Denman."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You can thank Forsythe for your round-up. If he hadn't remained sober enough to attempt to break into Miss Fleming's room while you were all dead drunk, I might not have knocked him out, and might not have roused myself to tie you all hand and foot."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Did he do that, sir?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He did; but I got there in time to knock him out."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, sir, said Sampson,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I can promise you this much. I must be locked up, of course--I realize that. But, if we again get charge, I must be asleep part of the time, and so I will see to it that you retain possession of your gun--and the lady, too, as I see she carries one; also, sir, that you will have the run of the deck--on parole, of course."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That is kind of you, smiled Denman;"
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now, then, Florrie girl, he said, jubilantly,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Are they secured safely, Billie?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Got them all in the forecastle, in double irons, with plenty of hard-tack and water. We needn't bother about them any more. Just keep your eyes open for a sail, or smoke on the horizon; and if you see anything, call me."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I will, she answered;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That's good. A few hours' sleep will be enough, and then I'll try and polish up what I once learned about wireless. And say, Florrie. Next time you go below, look in the glass and see how nice you look."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "and"
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, Billie, I'm sick--seasick, she said, weakly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'm a poor sailor."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Go to bed, little girl, he said, gently."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We're going to have some bad weather, but we're all right. So stay in bed."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'll get supper, Florrie, and, if you can eat, I'll bring you some. Lie down now, and don't get up until I call you, or until you feel better."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Billie! Oh, Billie! she said, plaintively."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Let me come up here with you?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But you'll feel better lying down, dear, he said."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Better go back."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It's so close and hot down there. Please let me come up."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why, yes, Florrie, if you like; but wait until I fit you out. Come down a moment."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Don't be frightened, he said, as a sea climbed on board and washed aft, nearly flooding their rubber boots and eliciting a little scream from the girl."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We're safe, and the wind will blow out in a few hours."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Florrie, he said, as gently as he could when he was compelled to shout,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The other day, she answered."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why, it seems years since then."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Last week, Florrie. It made me feel like--like thirty cents."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why, Billie?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, the unwritten roast between the lines, little girl. I knew what you thought of me. I knew that I'd never made good."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How--what do you mean?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "About the fight--years ago. I was to come back and lick him, you know, and didn't--that's all."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Are you still thinking of that, Billie? Why, you've won. You are an officer, while he is a sailor."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, but he licked me at school, and I know you expected me to come back."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And you did not come back. You never let me hear from you. You might have been dead for years before I could know it."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Is that it, Florrie? he exclaimed, in amazement."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Was it me you thought of? I supposed you had grown to despise me."
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'm sorry, Florrie, but I didn't know. I've loved you all these years, but I did not know it until a few days ago. And I'll never forget it, Florrie, and I promise you--and myself, too--that I'll still make good, as I promised before."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Where's my bag? he demanded, generally."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I want dry clothes."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Who's got a knife?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What d'you want of a knife?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "To cut your throat, you hang-dog scoundrel, said Sampson, irately."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Forsythe, you speak kindly and gently to me while we're together, or I'll break some o' your small bones. Who's got a knife?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Here's one, Sampson,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "All right, Hawkes. Now, will you stand up and rip these wet duds off me? I can't get 'em off with the darbies in the way."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What kept you, and what happened? asked Kelly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Did he douse you with a bucket o' water?"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Worse than that. He's made me his friend."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "His friend?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "His friend, repeated Sampson."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Not exactly while he has me locked up, he added;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And not only his friend, but the woman's too. Hear that, Forsythe?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That's right, and proper, went on Sampson, as he fastened the last button."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Hide your head and saw wood, you snake-eyed imitation of a man."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What's up, Sampson? wearily asked Casey from a bunk."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What doused you, and what you got on Forsythe now?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'll tell you in good time, responded Sampson."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'll tell you now about Denman. I threw all the booze overboard at his orders. Then _I_ tumbled over; and, as I can't swim, would ha' been there yet if he hadn't jumped after me. Then we couldn't get up the side, and the woman come with a tablecloth, that held me up until I was towed to the anchor ladder. That's all. I just want to hear one o' you ginks say a word about that woman that she wouldn't like to hear. That's for you all--and for _you_, Forsythe, a little more in good time."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Bully for the woman! growled old Kelly."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Wonder if we treated her right."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We treated her as well as we knew how, said Sampson;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Aw, forget it! grunted Forsythe from his bunk."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "She's no good. She's been stuck on that baby since she was a kid."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "What do you pick on me for? If you hadn't all got drunk, you wouldn't be here."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You mean, said Sampson, quietly,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Is that so, Sampson?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Got that right, old man?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sure of it?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Who gave you that? he yelled."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Denman?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes--Denman,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He lied. I did nothing of the--"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You lie yourself, you dog. You're showing on your chin the marks of Denman's fist."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You did that just now,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I didn't hit you. I choked you. Denman knocked you out."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, answered Forsythe, forgetting the first accusation in the light of this last,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Self-convicted,"
}
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"value": "I'll even things up with you fellows if I get on deck again."
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "He's started the dynamo, remarked Riley, one of the engineers."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why don't he start the engine and keep her head to the sea?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Because he knows too much,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Because he knows too much, he repeated, in the same hoarse whisper."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "This is a so-called seagoing destroyer; but no one but a fool would buck one into a head sea; and that's what's coming, with a big blow, too. Remember the English boat that broke her back in the North Sea?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Hello, Jenkins--you alive?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'm pretty near all right, he said to them."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I've been able to move and speak a little for twenty-four hours, but I saved my energy. I wasn't sure of myself, though, or I'd ha' nabbed Denman when he came in here for the pistols."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Has he got them?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He sure has, they continued."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Got 'em all. Oh, we're in for it."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Not necessarily, said Jenkins."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I've listened to all this powwow, and I gather that you got drunk to the last man, and he gathered you in."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "That's about it, Jenkins, assented Sampson."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We all got gloriously drunk."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And before you got drunk you made this pin-headed, educated rat --he jerked his thumb toward Forsythe--"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well--we needed a navigator, and you were out of commission, Jenkins."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'm in commission now, though, and when we get on deck, we'll still have a navigator, and it won't be Denman, either."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "D'you mean, began Forsythe,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, said Jenkins,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You spoke about getting on deck again, Jenkins. Got any plan?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Want to go on deck now and stand watch in this storm?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No; not unless necessary."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Then get into your bunk and wait for this to blow over. If there is any real need of us, Denman will call us out."
}
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"value": "I found this key on the deck near the door first day aboard, he volunteered;"
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "That'll do, Forsythe, said Sampson, interrupting the flow of billingsgate."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We'll omit prayers and flowers at this funeral. Stand up."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Got him foul, he yelled, excitedly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "All the keys and his gun."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "All right. Just hand that gun to me--what! You won't?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Now, my lad, he said, sternly,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Got one good smash at him, anyhow,"
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "The keys,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Aren't they safe enough with me?"
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Jenkins, step here a moment, said Sampson;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Did you hear, in the fo'castle, Sampson went on,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He broke his parole before."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "So would you under the same provocation. Forsythe called him a milk-fed thief. Wouldn't you have struck out?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "All right. My proposition is to place Mr. Denman under parole once more, to give him and the lady the run of the deck abaft the galley hatch, and to leave them both the possession of their guns for self-defense, in case --he looked humorously around at the others--"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But the other guns. He has them somewhere. We want power of self-defense, too."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Mr. Denman, said Sampson, turning to the prisoner,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I will, answered Denman,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We'll do that, sir; except, of course, in case of working or fighting ship. Now, tell us where the guns are, and we'll release you."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Haven't we something to say about this?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No; you have not, answered Jenkins, his hoarse whisper becoming a voice."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Not a one of you. Sampson and I will be responsible for this."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "All right, then, responded Forsythe."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But I'll carry my gun all the time. I'm not going to be shot down without a white man's chance."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You'll carry a gun, my son, said Sampson,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "The pistols are in my room, the cutlasses in the room opposite. You have the keys."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Aft all hands, ordered Jenkins, fumbling in his pockets for the keys,"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now, sir, he said,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Thank you, Sampson, said Denman, pocketing the revolver and shaking his aching hands to circulate the blood."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Of course, we are to keep our promises."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Even though you see things done that will raise your hair, sir."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What do you mean by that?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Can't tell you anything, sir, except what you may know, or will know. This boat is _not_ bound for the African coast. That's all, sir."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Go below the watch, broke in Jenkins' husky voice."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "To stations, the rest."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What happened, Billie?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Not much, Florrie, he replied, as cheerfully as was possible in his mood."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Only a physical and practical demonstration that I am the two ends and the bight of a fool."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "You are not a fool, Billie; but what happened? How did they get out?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "By picking the lock of the door, I suppose; or, perhaps, they had a key inside. That's where the fool comes in. I should have nailed the door on them."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And what do they mean to do?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Don't know. They have some new project in mind. But we're better off than before, girl. We're at liberty to carry arms, and to go and come, provided we stay this side of the galley hatch. They are to let us alone and stay forward of the hatch. By the way, he added."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "In view of the rather indeterminate outlook, let's carry our hardware outside."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "There, he said, as he stood back and looked at her, admiringly,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "No more so than you, she retorted;"
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "I tell you it's all worked out, Jenkins--all figured out while you were dopy in your bunk."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Dead easy, Jenkins--Run close and land--Casey's brother--Can hoof it to--Might get a job, which'd be better--Got a private code made up--Don't need money--Can beat his way in--My brother has a wireless--Take the dinghy; we don't need it--I'll take the chance if you have a life-buoy handy--Chance of a lifetime--Who wants beach combing in Africa--You see, he'll watch the financial news--I'll stow away in her--I tell you, Jenkins, there'll be no killing. I've made my mind up to that, and will see to it."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Get to stations, he said."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'll think it out. Forsythe, take the bridge and dope out where we are."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What does it all mean, Billie?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Haven't the slightest idea, answered Denman, as he seated himself beside her."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "They've been hinting at big things; and Sampson said that they might raise my hair. However, we'll know soon. The wind is going down. This was the outer fringe of a cyclone."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why don't they go ahead?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Too much sea. These boats are made for speed, not strength. You can break their backs by steaming into a head sea."
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Will you and the lady eat breakfast together, sir?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I believe so, answered Denman. Then, turning to Florrie:"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How will it be? May I eat breakfast with you this morning?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Then, sir, said Daniels,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'll have to serve it in the after cabin."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why not the wardroom? Why not keep out of Miss Fleming's apartment?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Because, Mr. Denman, our work is laid out. Billings attends to the wardroom, and swears he won't serve this lady, or get within reach of her."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Serve it in the after cabin, then,"
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Northwest by north, half north, he said."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Whatever their plan is, Jenkins has been won over. Florrie, better turn in. I'm going to. Lock your door and keep that gun handy."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Why is it, asked Florrie, as she took the glass from Denman,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We were in a pocket, I suppose, answered Denman."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Lane routes, trade routes, for high and low-powered craft, as well as for sailing craft, are so well established these days that, if you get between them, you can wait for weeks without seeing anything."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Do you think there is any chance of our being rescued soon?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I don't know, Florrie; though we can't go much nearer the coast without being recognized. In fact, I haven't thought much about it lately--the truth is, I'm getting interested in these fellows. This is the most daring and desperate game I ever saw played, and how they'll come out is a puzzle. Hello! Eight bells."
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Six days at cruising speed, you say, and two at full steam? All right."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Captain Jenkins can't talk very well, sir, said Sampson, with a conciliatory grin;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Can't tell you, answered Denman, promptly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "It is a trick of Japanese jujutsu, not taught in the schools, and known only to experts. I learned it in Japan when my life was in danger."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Another thing we came aft for, Mr. Denman, is to notify you that we must search the skipper's room and the wardroom for whatever money there is on board. There may be none, but we want the last cent."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What on earth, exclaimed Denman,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Then, as their faces clouded, he added:"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Oh, go ahead. Don't turn my room upside-down. You'll find my pile in a suit of citizen's clothes hanging up. About four and a half."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Four and a half is a whole lot, sir,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Got any money down below, Florrie?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No. I lost everything but what I wear."
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "They are going through the cabin for money. They'll get all I've got. Did you see any cash in the captain's desk?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why, yes, Billie, she said, hesitatingly."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I wanted a place to put my combs when I wore the bandage, and I saw some money in the upper desk. It was a roll."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "He's lost it, then. Always was a careless man. Did you count it?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No. I had no right to."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Five hundred, he said."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Fine! He won't need a quarter of it, Jenkins."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Five hundred! repeated Denman to the girl."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Jail-breaking, stealing government property, mutiny--against me--piracy, and burglary. Heaven help them when they are caught!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But will they be?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Can't help but be caught. I know nothing of their plans; but I do know that they are running right into a hornet's nest. If a single one of those craft on the horizon recognizes this boat and can wireless the nearest station, we'll be surrounded to-morrow."
}
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"from": "human",
"value": "I told you to do it, and that goes. We've over-hauled and cleaned it. You two assemble and oil it up this afternoon, or you'll hear from me at eight bells."
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Forsythe took sights in the morning, he explained at length,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Not the same thief, he grumbled."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Sampson and Jenkins are too big for it."
}
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"value": "I don't know what's up, he said;"
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "A quarter seventeen; and a little later:"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "By the deep seventeen,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The coast of Long Island, muttered Denman."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, for picked-up, school-book navigation, it is certainly a feat--to run over six hundred miles and stop over soundings."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "By the mark ten,"
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "In with you, Casey, said Jenkins, in his low, hoarse voice,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Engine's all right, and--so is the plug. Shove out and lower away."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Got everything right, Casey? Got your money? Got the code?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Got everything,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, remember--you're to head the boat out from the beach, pull the bottom plug, and let her sink in deep water. Make sure your wheel's amidships."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Shove out and lower away, retorted Casey."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "D'you think I never learned to run a naphtha launch?"
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Good luck, Casey!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "All right! answered Casey from the distance."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Have your life-buoys handy."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Casey and I are about the same size, he muttered."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But what the deuce does it all mean?"
}
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"from": "human",
"value": "Back in the pocket,"
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "This is work, sir, he said, as he passed, tipping his cap politely to Miss Florrie."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Should have been done before."
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now, sir, he remarked, as he gathered up his tools and paint pot,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I see, commented Denman; and then to Florrie as King went forward:"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "They're getting foxy. We're steaming into the crowd again, and they want to forestall inspection and suspicion. I wonder if our being allowed on deck is part of the plan? A lady and an officer aft look legitimate."
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "You are to remember your parole, sir, and not hail that steamer."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Steamer ahoy! shouted Forsythe, through a small megaphone."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You are laden with oil, as you said by signal. We would like to replenish our supply, which is almost exhausted."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, sir, answered the skipper;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "To the superintendent of the Charlestown Navy Yard. It will very likely be paid to your owners before you get back. We want as much as a hundred tons. I have made out a receipt for that amount. Throw us a heaving line to take our hose, and I will send it up on the bight."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Very well, sir. Anything else I can do for you, sir?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes; we want about two hundred gallons of water. Been out a long time."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Certainly, sir--very glad to accommodate you. Been after that runaway torpedo boat?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes; any news of her on shore? Our wireless is out of order."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, the opinion is that she was lost in the big blow a few days ago. She was reported well to the nor'ard; and it was a St. Lawrence Valley storm. Did you get any of it?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Very little, answered Forsythe."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "We were well to the s'uth'ard."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "A slight stumble in good diction there, Mr. Forsythe, muttered the listening Denman."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Otherwise, very well carried out."
}
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"value": "Good afternoon, captain, I'm very glad that I was able to accommodate you."
}
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Back in the pocket again, said Denman to Florrie."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What on earth can they be driving at?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "And why, she answered, with another query,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "This seems to show, he said,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yet he is a high-school graduate."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And Jenkins is a passed seaman apprentice."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "What is that?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "One who enters the navy at about fifteen or sixteen to serve until he is twenty-one, then to leave the navy or reënlist. They seldom reënlist, for they are trained, tutored, and disciplined into good workmen, to whom shore life offers better opportunities. Those who do reënlist have raised the standard of the navy sailor to the highest in the world; but those that don't are a sad loss to the navy. Jenkins reënlisted. So did Forsythe."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But do you think the training and tutoring that Jenkins received equal to an education like Forsythe's--or yours?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "They learn more facts, answered Denman."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "The training makes a man of a bad boy, and a gentleman of a good one. What a ghastly pity that, because of conservatism and politics, all this splendid material for officers should go to waste, and the appointments to Annapolis be given to good high-school scholars, who might be cowardly sissies at heart, or blackguards like Forsythe!"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But that is how you received your appointment, Billie Denman, said the girl, warmly;"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I hope not, he answered, grimly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yet, if I had first served my time as seaman apprentice before being appointed to Annapolis, I might be up on that bridge now, instead of standing supinely by while one seaman apprentice does the navigating and another the bossing."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "There is that man again. I'm afraid of him, Billie. All the others, except Forsythe, have been civil to me; but he looks at me--so--so hatefully."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "If ever again, he said, explosively,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I catch you glaring at this lady in that manner, parole or no parole, I'll throw you overboard."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "He is an enlisted man, he said, bitterly,"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Orders from for'a'd, sir, said Daniels, noticing Denman's involuntary look of surprise."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "All hands are to be on short allowance for a while--until something comes our way again."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "But why, asked Denman,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I cannot tell you, sir. Except that both you and the lady might talk about this boat."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Oh, well, said Denman,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I was speaking for this lady, who doesn't belong with us. My place is right here."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes, sir, agreed Daniels;"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Tell him, said Denman, sharply,"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'll not do that, sir. Jenkins might confine him, and leave all the work to me. But I think Billings needs a licking."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "You see, said Denman to Florrie, with mock seriousness,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I can't help it, she said, with a pout and a blush--her blushes were discernible now, for the last vestige of the scalding had gone--"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I think that would be wise, answered Denman, gravely."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "These men are--"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You see, Billie, she interrupted."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I've got a new complexion--brand new; peaches and cream for the first time in my life, and I'm going to take care of it."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "That's right, he said, with a laugh."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "But I'll wager you won't patent the process. Live steam is rather severe as a beautifier!"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "They're getting ready for a mix of some kind; and there must be some place to put you away from gun fire. How's this?"
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "There's a cyclone cellar for you, Florrie, below the water line. If we're fired upon jump down, and don't come up until called, or until water comes in."
}
] |
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{
"from": "human",
"value": "Well, he said, philosophically, as they returned to the deck,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Come up here, he said, loudly and defiantly."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Come up here and prove it, if you think you're a better man than I am. Come up and square yourself, you flannel-mouthed mick."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Had enough? asked Sampson, triumphantly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Had enough, you imitation of an ash cat? Oh, I guess you have. Think it out."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Now, Sampson, this'll be enough of this."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "What have _you_ got to say about it?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Plenty to say,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Not much, you haven't. You keep away from the engine room and the engine-room affairs. I can 'tend to my department. You 'tend to yours."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I can attend to yours as well when the time comes. There's work ahead for--"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well, attend to me now. You've sweated me all day like a stoker at your work; now go on and finish it up. I'll take a fall out o' you, Jenkins, right here."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "No, you won't! Wait until the work's done, and I'll accommodate you."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "I'll git even wi' you for this, he declared, with lurid profanity."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "I'll have yer life for this, Sampson."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "It looks rather bad, Florrie, said Denman, dubiously;"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Caught on--with the United--night shift."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Got his wave length now, Denman heard him say."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Took all night, but that and the code'll fool 'em all."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Dry up, said Daniels, loudly and threateningly."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Yes, thirteen is an unlucky number; but, if you don't shut up and clear off these dishes, I'll make our number twelve. Glad you've got something to think about besides that woman, but--shut up. You make me tired."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Eat all the breakfast you can this morning, Florrie, for it may be some time before we'll eat again."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why, Billie, what is the matter?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "We've traveled at cruising speed all night, he answered,"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Well?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Did you ever hear of the _Gigantia_?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Why, of course--you mean the new liner?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Yes; the latest and largest steamship built. She was on her maiden passage when this boat left port, and is about due to start east again. Florrie, she carries five million in bullion, and these fellows mean to hold her up."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Goodness! exclaimed the girl."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "You mean that they will rob her--a big steamship?"
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "She's big enough, of course, to tuck this boat down a hatchway; but these passenger boats carry no guns except for saluting, while this boat could sink her with the armament she carries. Look at those torpedoes--eight altogether, and more below decks. Eight compartments could be flooded, and bulkheads are not reliable. But will they dare? Desperate though they are, will they dare fire on a ship full of passengers?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "How did you learn this, Billie? It seems impossible--incredible."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "Remember the gun and torpedo drill! said Denman, softly, yet excitedly."
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Our being in these latitudes is significant. They put Casey ashore the other night and robbed the captain and me to outfit him. I overheard some of the talk. He has reached New York, secured a position as night operator in a wireless station, studied the financial news, and sent word last night that the _Gigantia_ sails at ten this morning with five million in gold."
},
{
"from": "gpt",
"value": "And where do you think she is now?"
},
{
"from": "human",
"value": "At her dock in New York. She'll be out here late in the afternoon, I think. But, heavens, what chances!--to wait all day, while any craft that comes along may recognize this boat and notify the nearest station! Why didn't they intercept the lane route out at sea, where there is no crowd like this? I can only account for it by the shortage of stores. Yes; that's it. No sane pirate would take such risks. We've plenty of oil and water, but little food."
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Nothing can be done, he said,"
}
] |
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[
{
"from": "human",
"value": "Man overboard!"
}
] |
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