They were all stout fellows enough, most of them seamen.

I thought they might be able to 'do the State some service,' and determined to convert them into honest men, if I could.' "'Dick cannot come ashore,' said I; 'some one of his old pals here has peached, and there is a warrant out against him.' "This information threw the assembly into a state of violent commotion.

They rose up, and swore terrible vengeance against the head of the unfortunate culprit when they caught him.

The oaths rather alarmed me at first, for they were of a most ferocious stamp.
"'Yes,' continued I, 'Dick is aboard the schooner, but, as there are two or three warrants out against him, he does not care about coming ashore; so said he to me, 'We want a lugger and a few hands to run the cargo ashore; and if you look in at the 'Molly,' and see my old pal, Dan, perhaps you will find some lads there willing to give us a turn.
The captain said, if the thing was done clean off, he would stand something handsome." "'Just the thing for us!' shouted half a dozen voices.
"'But the lugger ?' said I.
"'Oh, Phil Doolan, at the Cove, has a craft that has landed as many cargoes as there are planks in her hull.

Besides, he has stowage for a fleet of East Indiamen.' "'Well, gentlemen," said I, 'the chaplain, One-eyed Dick, and myself, will be at Phil Doolan's to-morrow at midnight; do you agree to meet us there ?' "This question was answered by a universal 'Yes;' and by way of clenching the affair, I ordered a couple of gallons of the stiffest potheen in the house.