As Hardy rapidly passed his old cronies, who were tramping along the deck as he mounted the after-ladder, he said, with a nod,
"By the Lord! I haven't seen the commodore in such a breeze since he blew that pirate out of water at Darien."
In a minute the "Monongahela's" bell struck two, and the boatswain and his mates, piping as if their hairy
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