human
Th' cap'n, he began,
gpt
he pointed to his breast with a thick forefinger,
human
Shanghaied--we was shanghaied,
gpt
You was, was ye? D' ye think ye could make anyone b'lieve a man in his sober senses would shanghai the likes of you? But howsomever that may be, here you is and here you stays till ye git ashore. Then you has yer chi'ce er gittin' shot in front er gittin' shot behind,--gittin' shot like white men er gittin' shot like niggers. 'Cause I tells you right now thet in all the shootin', I'll be hangin' round where I can spot the first man who goes the wrong way. An', he drew his weapon from his pocket,
human
I can shoot.