He ran up to Harry, and grasped his hand with evident
emotion.
"You have saved my life!" he said. "I will always be your friend. I
would lay down my life for you."
"It's all right, Jack," said Harry, rather shyly. "You would have done
the same for me."
"Yes, I would," answered Jack, heartily, "But there's no one else who
would have done it for me."
"Are you going to leave me out, my boy?" asked the Yankee, with a
smile on his plain but good-natured face.
"No, sir," responded Jack. "You stood up to the captain like a man. He
didn't frighten you."
"No, I wasn't much scared," drawled Stubbs, contorting his features
drolly. "But, I say, young man, I've got a piece of advice to give
you. You don't seem to be much of a favorite with the captain."
"It doesn't look so," said Jack, laughing in spite of the danger
through which he had passed.
"Just you keep out of his way as much as you can. When a man gets as
full as he does, he's apt to be dangerous."
"Thank you, sir; I will."
Among the spectators of the scene just described, the most
panic-stricken, probably was Montgomery Clinton, the Brooklyn dude.
After the captain had gone below, he walked up to Harry, whom he
regarded with evident admiration.
"I say, you're quite a hero.
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