"As fair as iver one saw; but, begorra, it didn't turn out the way they expected."
"Why, la sakes, they didn't think Fernando was goin' to miss, did they?" said Sukey. "He ain't been shootin' squirrels out o' the tallest trees in Ohio for nothin'."
"This lieutenant thought he was going to have some sport with a greenhorn."
"Can you see them yet?" asked Fernando of Williams, who sat well up in the stern holding the helm.
"Yes."
"How far are they away?"
"Two or three miles."
"And still a-coming?"
"Yes."
"Plague take 'em!" growled Sukey, "why do they follow us so persistently?"