"'Other one?' I ses, 'wot other one?' "Cap'n Tarbell shook his 'ead and smiled like a silly gal.

He seemed to be put out about something, and when I said 'Wot a lovely evening it would be if only it wasn't raining 'ard!' he said something about knocking my 'ead off.

" "That's a bit orkard," ses Sam, scratching his 'ead.

Then they all started talking together, and 'arf-a- dozen times or more Miss Lamb called me to back 'er up in wot she was saying, but I only shook my 'ead, and at last, arter tossing her 'ead at Cap'n Tarbell and telling 'im

D'ye think I want to be suffocated?' "He held his 'ead up very 'igh, and, arter looking at them as if they was dirt, he turned round and walked off with his nose in the air to spend the evening by 'imself.

If you don't like the noise, go down in the cabin and stick your 'ead in a biscuit-bag.

"I've seen you afore to-day," he says, nodding his 'ead.

"Sam served 'em like that for over a week, and he 'ad so much praise from Mr. Brown and other people that it nearly turned his 'ead.

"'Ow much?" ses Bill, nearly putting his 'ead up over the clothes, while 'is wife almost woke up with surprise and anger.

If you'd got a 'ead instead of wot you 'ave got, you wouldn't talk of giving the show away like that.

"Go on!" Peter opened 'is mouth, but just then another man came into the bar, and, arter ordering 'is drink, turned round and patted the dog's 'ead.

"Then 'e told us 'ow he was sitting washing 'is shirt in a ditch, when he 'eard a snuffling noise and saw the 'ead of a big tiger sticking through the hedge the other side.

I 'ad another sup o' the skipper's whisky to clear my 'ead, and sat down to try and think wot tale I was to tell 'im. I sat for pretty near three hours without thinking of one, and then I 'eard the crew come on to the wharf.

The very next morning Bill Chambers took 'is baby's milk for the cat, and smacked 'is wife's 'ead for talking arter he'd told 'er to stop.

Bill 'ung his 'ead and looked a bit silly.

The manager patted 'im on the back, and said that if he wasn't earning fifty pounds a week in a year's time he'd eat his 'ead; and the barmaid, wot 'ad come back agin, said it was the best thing he could do with it, and she wondered he 'adn't thought of it afore.

"Here's this feller," said the officer in command, to his next subordinate, "has done his level best to bust up everything, and 'e's got a face like a quiet country gentleman; and here's Judge Hangbrow keepin' everything nice and in order for every one, and 'e's got a 'ead like a 'og.

Doing that and watching the performance at the same time gave 'er a stiff neck, and she got in such a temper over it she wouldn't hardly speak to Ted, and when Charliemeaning welltold 'er to rub it with a bit o' mutton-fat she nearly went off her 'ead.

"Look 'ere," I ses, "you're very clever, both of you, but you needn't worry your 'eads about me.

" Joe went off 'ome to fetch the boy, and arter his mother 'ad washed his face, and wiped his nose, an' put a clean pinneyfore on 'im, he took 'im to 'is uncle's and clouted his 'ead for 'im.

"One o' your boys was pulling its tail this morning, and I want you to clump his 'ead for 'im." "Which one was it?" ses Joe.

ses Gerty, drawing her 'ead back and staring at 'im.

" "He can starve for all I care," ses Peter, feeling his 'ead.

The rabbits coom dancin' round us, an' th' birds fly ower we'r 'eads when the leet cooms.

" "You turn over and go to sleep," ses his wife, "hiding your 'ead under the clothes like a child that's afraid o' the dark!