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Chapter IX. The Wreck of the “Flying Scud.”
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The next morning I found Pinkerton, who had risen before me, seated at our usual table, and deep in the perusal1 of what I will call the Daily Occidental. This was a paper (I know not if it be so still) that stood out alone among its brethren in the West; the others, down to their smallest item, were defaced with capitals, head-lines, alliterations, swaggering misquotations, and the shoddy picturesque3 and unpathetic pathos4 of the Harry5 Millers6: the Occidental alone appeared to be written by a dull, sane7, Christian8 gentleman, singly desirous of communicating knowledge. It had not only this merit, which endeared it to me, but was admittedly the best informed on business matters, which attracted Pinkerton.
“Loudon,” said he, looking up from the journal, “you sometimes think I have too many irons in the fire. My notion, on the other hand, is, when you see a dollar lying, pick it up! Well, here I’ve tumbled over a whole pile of ‘em on a reef in the middle of the Pacific.”
“Why, Jim, you miserable9 fellow!” I exclaimed; “haven’t we Depew City, one of God’s green centres for this State? haven’t we ——”
“Just listen to this,” interrupted Jim. “It’s miserable copy; these Occidental reporter fellows have no fire; but the facts are right enough, I guess.” And he began to read:—
“WRECK10 OF THE BRITISH BRIG, ‘FLYING SCUD11.’
“H.B.M.S. Tempest, which arrived yesterday at this port, brings Captain Trent and four men of the British brig Flying Scud, cast away February 12th on Midway Island, and most providentially rescued the next day. The Flying Scud was of 200 tons burthen, owned in London, and has been out nearly two years tramping. Captain Trent left Hong Kong December 8th, bound for this port in rice and a small mixed
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wrecking
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bulging
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virtue
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perfectly
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amazement
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onlookers
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