"We've got to stick here two weeks longer, no matter how many ships call.

I'm demmed if I'll funk now, after all these rotten months." "Perhaps Bowles succeeded in getting a word with the officer who came ashore," said Browne hopefully.

"He knows the danger we are in." "My dear Browne, Bowles hadn't the ghost of a chance to communicate with the ship," said Chase.

"He can't bully 'em any longer with his Tommy Atkins coat.

They've outgrown it, just as he has.