“No, I don’t, Mesty; but I want him out of the way.”
“How dat possible, Massa Easy?—ship sail day after to-morrow. Now ’pose I ab time, I soon manage all dat. Stop a little.”
“Confound it! but there’s no stopping,” replied Jack.
“Suppose, Massa Easy, you get leave go on shore—not come off again.”
“That will be deserting, Mesty.”
“By holy poker, I ab it—you go on shore and break your leg.”
“Break my leg!—break my leave, you mean?”
“No, Massa Easy—you break your leg—den captain leave you shore, and leave me take care of you.”
“But why should I break my leg, and how am I to break my leg?”
“Only pretend break leg, Massa Easy. Go talk Massa Don Philip, he manage all dat.—Suppose man break his leg in seven pieces, it is not possible to take him board.”