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Officer And Man, by Louis Becke
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Title: Officer And Man 1901
Author: Louis Becke
Release Date: April 12, 2008 [EBook #25060]
Language: English
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OFFICER AND MAN
From "The Tapu Of Banderah and Other Stories"
By Louis Becke
C. Arthur Pearson Ltd.
1901
The anchor of her Majesty's ship Hannibal was underfoot and the captain on the bridge, and Rear-Admiral Garnet had shaken hands with the last of the "leading" Fijian white residents, who always did the welcoming and farewelling when distinguished persons visited Levuka, when Lieutenant Bollard approached him and intimated that "a person" from the shore had just come alongside in a boat and desired to see "his Excellency on private and important business."
"What the devil does the fellow want?" said the Admiral irascibly, not a whit softened by the "his Excellency" style of address; "I'm going on the bridge, and can't see any one now; we can't delay the ship and get into a mess going through the passage."
"Told him so, sir; but he says he wants to see you upon an important--a most pressing matter."
"Oh, well! Confound him! Let the sentry show him to my cabin, and tell Captain Bracely I