Vulgar words in Cappy Ricks - Or, the Subjugation of Matt Peasley (Page 1)
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"Well, neither do I; but since the cuss has got us into the spending habit, I'm going to be reckless for once and send him a cable myself, just to let him know I'm calling his bluff."
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Why--why, damn it, sir, this boy Matt's people and mine are all buried in the same cemetery back home.
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"Skinner," he said, "you're an ass!
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He and Captain Kendall were close friends, and they went over to that photograph shop, had their pictures taken and swapped--and like a poor, helpless, luckless boob I had to come along and buy the sample picture the photographer hung in his case.
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It was just the old cuss's luck to have a lot of cash on hand; and he bought them cheap, loaded them with general cargo in New York, and paid a nice dividend on them on their very first voyage under the Blue Star flag.
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"A dog-barking navigator is a coastwise blockhead that gets lost if he loses sight of land.
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Damn it, sir, he's a Yankee skipper, and when you've said that you're through.
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Damn!
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"Bully for you, Alden P., you old, three-ply, copper-riveted, reinforced, star-spangled jack-ass!" he murmured.
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"Don't be an ass, Skinner," Cappy interrupted tartly.
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Why, you're the port captain of the Blue Star Navigation Company, you-you-you bonehead, and Skinner has to stand for you now whether he likes it or not.
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"Damn your Yankee independence," snapped Cappy angrily.
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I knew you'd want to get rid of these little hookers, so I'm giving you first crack at the bargain."
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"What for, you bonehead?
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Just imagine you're on the bridge of a steamer making up to a dock against a strong flood tide, with stupid mates fore and aft, and rotten lines that won't hold when you get them over the dolphins, and the tide has grabbed you and slammed you into the dock and done five hundred dollars' worth of damage--just feel like that, Matt--" "If I do I'll cuss something scandalous," Matt warned him.
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"Hello, you big, sulky boob!"
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Damn me, sir, I could kiss you."
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"Matt--Skinner, my boy--by the Holy Pink-toed Prophet!--we'll do it; not because we need the money or want it, or give a particular damn to hoard up a heap of it, but because it's the right thing to do.
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"Skinner," he continued, "don't be an ass!