In the meantime he had been joined in his rebellion,--a word used here for want of a milder one,--by half a dozen gentlemen who did a great deal of talking about how the Turks were maltreating the Armenians, but, for fear of being suspected of pro-Germanism, studiously avoided pre-war dissertations on the conduct of the Russians.
The first shift's turn had come around once more in the natural order of things, and practically all of the men had been landed.

Landover had refused to go out with either of the other shifts.

He had stood his ground obstinately.

Percival's ultimatum, sweeping like wildfire throughout the ship's company, brought nearly every one on board to the rails to see whether he would carry out his threat.

Would he dare throw the great capitalist, this mighty Croesus, this autocrat, into the sea?
The first boat carried off Nicklestick, Block, Shine and the other objectors.