human
Hurry up and bury 'em, then. You ought to have let the second boat's crew gone on with that, and you have gone back to your soundings. They _was_ the Chums, to be sure, but now they're only dead roustabouts. Below there! Pass out a couple of shovels!
gpt
Perhaps some ladies would go down with the boat, captain--and a preacher, too, if there's one aboard,
human
Why, what in thunder does the fellow mean? soliloquized the captain, audibly.
gpt
Women--and a preacher--for dead roustabouts? What do you mean, Mr. Bell?
human
Red's a woman,
gpt
Murder will out! But who'd have thought _I_ was to be the man to find out the secret of the Carmi Chums? Guess I'll be the biggest man on the New Orleans levee, after all. Yes, certainly--of course some ladies'll go--and a preacher, too, if there's such a man aboard. Hold up, though--we'll _all_ go. Take your soundings, quick, and we'll drop the steamer just below the point, and tie up. I wonder if there's a preacher aboard?
human
Before I went into the law I was the regularly settled pastor of a Presbyterian Church, said he.
gpt
I'm decidedly rusty now, but a little time will enable me to prepare myself properly. Excuse me, ladies and gentlemen.