I ca n't do that ; they 'd have the black spot on me by then . The lubbers is going about to get the wind of me this blessed moment ; lubbers as could n't keep what they got , and want to nail what is another 's . Is that seamanly behaviour , now , I want to know ? But I 'm a saving soul . I never wasted good money of mine , nor lost it neither ; and I 'll trick 'em again . I 'm not afraid on 'em . I 'll shake out another reef , matey , and daddle 'em again . '' As he was thus speaking , he had risen from bed with great difficulty , holding to my shoulder with a grip that almost made me cry out , and moving his legs like so much dead weight . His words , spirited as they were in meaning , contrasted sadly with the weakness of the voice in which they were uttered . He paused when he had got into a sitting position on the edge . `` That doctor 's done me , '' he murmured . `` My ears is singing . Lay me back . '' Before I could do much to help him he had fallen back again to his former place , where he lay for a while silent . `` Jim , '' he said at length , `` you saw that seafaring man today ? '' `` Black Dog ? '' I asked . `` Ah ! Black Dog , '' says he . `` HE 'S a bad un ; but there 's worse that put him on .
Now , if I ca n't XXXXX away nohow , and they tip me the black spot , mind you , it 's my old sea-chest they 're after ; you get on a horse -- you can , ca n't you ?
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