Can you swim, sonny ?" "I am a good swimmer." "Berry well; I'm mighty glad to hear dat; it's likely dat you'll hab to swim for your life one ob dese days.

Don't roll your eyes so--I don't mean dat we's going to be wracked.

But what I want to say am dat you must keep mum, and don't let on dat you don't know nuffin.

Don't act as though you and me was much friends when de rest am 'bout, but you know dat I'm jis' de best one dat you'll eber find." "I understand all that," said Jim, who saw that the plan was only a simple precaution against drawing suspicion to them; "but I had no thought that any one would want to hurt me." "Yous young, and don't understand dem tings like us better eddycated gem'man.

Old Hornblower am trying to sell you; and if he can't do it, and tinks dat de ossifers am coming down on him, why he'll jis' chuck you oberboard and dar'll be de end ob it.