The Penang Pirate

Book Excerpt: s pardin for the liberty, an' he told me as how he was a lookin' out and not unmindful; so, bo, it's all right, you see.""And you think, Bill, the skipper's goin' to bring off some more hands like us?""I don't think nothin' about it, Jem Backstay. When the cap'en tells me it's all right, I knows it's all right; and that's enough for me! Heave an eye out to starboard, mate; ain't that a light on shore, like a signal or something?""Ay, ay!" replied the other, drawing himself up ...