"'Did you ever hear of te Adventure Galley?' says he.
"'It's Kyt's vessel,' sait I, 'tat he scours te sea mit.'
"'Look here, schipper, ant reat,' said he, shoving asite a sliting panel above te transum.
"I looked, ant reat, in large letters,
"'The Adventure Galley.'
"'Vat te tyfil!' sait I, laying a hant on my cutlass, 'tish is not te—'
"'Te Adventure Galley, ant I am Captain Kyt,' says he.
"So I drew my cutlass ant mate a lunge at him, supposing I vas in for a death; but he wrested it vrom me, ant mate me sit down ant vinish te pottle, ant we soon got right vell acquainted.
"'Vhen do you leave te creek, schipper Schenk?' says he.
"'It vill take me two tays yet, mit my three men, to set te bowsprit. It's a pad pusiness, dish delay; ant I vish I vas vell out of dis place'—for I pegan to fear for my throat, notmitstanding ve drank Scheitam togedder. But Captain Kyt vas de shentleman. He sent his men to help mine, ant in four hours I vas ready for sea again, sount as ever. He came to see me off, sent two flasches ov de Scheitam, ant shook hants mit me, mit many pleashant vords, ant gave me dis arrow, saying, 'Tese are my passports for my frients. If you ever are in any tanger from my peoplesh, it vill pe your safeguart.' Ant he spoke true; for it hash twice saven my cargoesh."