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The Town-Ho’s Story

           AndforRadney,thoughinhisinfancyhemayhavelaidhimdownontheloneNantucketbeach,tonurseathismaternalsea;thoughinafterlifehehadlongfollowedouraustereAtlanticandyourcontemplativePacific;yetwashequiteasvengefulandfullofsocialquarrelasthebackwoodsseaman,freshfromthelatitudesofbuckhornhandledBowie-knives.YetwasthisNantucketeramanwithsomegood-heartedtraits;andthisLakeman,amariner,whothoughasortofdevilindeed,mightyetbyinflexiblefirmness,onlytemperedbythatcommondecencyofhumanrecognitionwhichisthemeanestslave’sright;thustreated,thisSteelkilthadlongbeenretainedharmlessanddocile.Atallevents,hehadprovedsothusfar;butRadneywasdoomedandmademad,andSteelkiltbut,gentlemen,youshallhear.

           "Itwasnotmorethanadayortwoatthefurthestafterpointingherprowforherislandhaven,thattheTown-Ho’sleakseemedagainincreasing,butonlysoastorequireanhourormoreatthepumpseveryday.YoumustknowthatinasettledandcivilizedoceanlikeourAtlantic,forexample,someskippersthinklittleofpumpingtheirwholewayacrossit;thoughofastill,sleepynight,shouldtheofficerofthedeckhappentoforgethisdutyinthatrespect,theprobabilitywouldbethatheandhisshipmateswouldneveragainrememberit,onaccountofallhandsgentlysubsidingtothebottom.

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