But don't you think she will be crying her pretty eyes out down below ?" We went down the companion stairs together, into a deserted cabin.

No steward was in evidence, and, finding the Captain's stateroom locked, the Lieutenant kicked open the door, and entered.

I turned back, explored the passage, and finally dragged Louis out from a dark corner of the pantry.

That darky was plainly in a state of flunk, his legs trembling, and the whites of his eyes much in evidence.
"Oh, Lor', Massa Craig," he whined.

"Ah ain't done nuthin', deed Ah ain't, sah!" "You locked up the girl." "Ah just had to, sah.