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Chapter 23

           "ThecaptaincaresasmuchfortheGospelasyoudo(an’that’spreciouslittle);butheknows,andeverybodyknows,thattheonlyplaceamongthesouthernislandswhereashipcanputinandgetwhatshewantsincomfortiswheretheGospelhasbeensentto.Therearehundredso’islands,atthisblessedmoment,whereyoumightaswelljumpstraightintoashark’smawaslandwithoutabando’thirtycomradesarmedtotheteethtobackyou."

           "Ay,"saidamanwithadeepscaroverhisrighteye."Dick’snewtothework.Butifthecaptaintakesusforacargoo’sandal-woodtotheFeejees,he’llgetatasteo’theseblackgentryintheirnativecondition.Formypart,Idon’tknow,andIdon’tcare,whattheGospeldoestothem;butIknowthatwhenanyo’theislandschancetogetit,tradegoesallsmoothandeasy.Butwheretheyha’n’tgotit,Beelzebubhimselfcouldhardlydesirebettercompany."

           "Well,yououghttobeagoodjudge,"criedanother,laughing,"foryou’veneverkeptanycompanybuttheworstallyourlife!"

           "RalphRover!"shoutedavoicedownthehatchway;"captainwantsyou,aft."

           Springinguptheladder,Ihastenedtothecabin,ponderingasIwentthestrangetestimonybornebythesementotheeffectoftheGospelonsavagenaturestestimonywhich,asitwasperfectlydisinterested,Ihadnodoubtwhateverwasstrictlytrue.

           OncomingagainondeckIfoundBloodyBillatthehelm,andaswewerealonetogether,Itriedtodrawhimintoconversation.

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