"Only the stores and provisions, but I know where the rum is."
"We shall get along better without it than with it."
"What do you mean?"
"In plain words, the rum will do less harm on the bottom of the bark than it will down the throats of the men. I believe in pulling out the spigots of the barrels."
"Certainly; we could do that, if necessary."
"We had better do it before it is absolutely necessary. If the men get drunk, we don't know what they may do."
"No; no one ever knows what a drunken man will do."
"What about the money?"
"Do the men know anything about it?"
"I think not; I never heard them say anything. But they will naturally suspect that there is a large sum on board."