Is that the right dope ?" Harrigan smiled.
"Because if it is," said Hovey, "we're the best gang at bustin' up these hard guys that ever walked the deck of a ship.

If you try any side steps and fancy ducking of your work, there'll be a disciplinin' comin' your way at a gallop.

Are you wise ?" Harrigan still smiled, but the coldness of his eye made the bos'n thoughtful.

He was not one, however, to be easily cowed.

Now he balled his fist and smote it against the palm of his other hand with a slap that resounded.
"On my own hook," he stated, "I can sling my mitts with the best of them, an' I'm always lookin' for work in that line.