"I am sorry to suggest mortality, but I was trying to let my imagination
play a little on the eternal novelty of travel, and you have dropped me
down 'full faddom five.'"
"I'm sorry, but I have only revealed an honest tendency of character.
Piracy is probably a more profitable line of business than discovery.
Discoverers benefit mankind at great sacrifice and expense, and die
before they can receive the royal thanks. A pirate's business is all
done over the counter on a strictly cash basis."
They were silent for a moment, continuing their tramp. Pair weather was
peopling the decks. Dick Claiborne was engrossed with a vivacious
California girl, and Shirley saw him only at meals; but he and Armitage
held night sessions in the smoking-room, with increased liking on both
sides.
"Armitage isn't a bad sort," Dick admitted to Shirley. "He's either an
awful liar, or he's seen a lot of the world."
"Of course, he has to travel to sell his glassware," observed Shirley.
"I'm surprised at your seeming intimacy with a mere 'peddler,'--and you
an officer in the finest cavalry in the world.
Pages:
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98