If any one can get an extra tack out of the old _Kestrel_, he can." "Don't talk disrespectfully of your ship, lieutenant," said Captain Keogh.

"To be sure, the carpenter has been pestering me this morning about the timbers; but I told him he'd probably only make things worse by patching.

You can't put new wine into old bottles, you know,"-- here he poured himself out a fresh glass--"and we shall hold well enough together till we reach Bantry." "Sligo," said Tim.
"Well, Sligo.

We must keep clear of French privateers and give the coast a wide berth.

That's the very thing.