"Oh, you thwindler!" cried the excited Hebrew, "ith thith tho?"
"Half the Dayspring is mine," admitted Jack, sulkily; "but I'm not going to tell you where I got the money to buy her."
"I'll put in an ecthecuthion, I will. I'll levy it mythelf on board the ship."
"If you do that, Captain Jacob will sling you overboard."
"I'll take a conthtable with me. I will have my money," screeched the irate Shylock.
"Now, come along, please; we must get this warrant," said Slade, taking the arm of Mr. Moss, and pulling him out of the room.
Left alone with Johnson and Chard, the sailor made no attempt to leave. He sat down with a sulky expression on his face, and betrayed not the least concern. It would seem that he was not fully alive to the danger of his position. Chard looked at him with bland satisfaction.
"You had better make a clean breast of it, my man," said he.
Jack scowled at him, and rudely turned his chair so as to face the minister.
"Mr. Johnson," he said quietly, "you are an honest man amongst these land sharks, and I can trust you. I seem to be in a tight place, but I swear that I am as innocent as an unborn babe. Shackel can prove my innocence; so I ask you to take a note to him from me."