And so will you do yours," came from Larry.

"We'll all try to do our duty," broke in Ben. "We didn't join the army
and the navy to hang back. Just the same, I'd enjoy a bit of a rest just
now."

The others agreed that the rest would be beneficial all around. It was
given to them; and here, for the present at least, we will leave them,
wishing them the best of good luck in the future.

* * * * *

Transcriber's note:

Obvious punctuation errors were corrected.

Additional corrections:
CH X: Changed "on" to "of" ...I reckon some of us...
CH XII: Changed "he" to "be" ...but this could not be helped...
CH XXII: Deleted "t" from "fittted" ...warship was being fitted...
CH XXVII: Changed 'threatended' to 'threatened' ...he was threatened
with a flogging...
CH XXXII: Capitalized 'And' beginning of sentence: ...the Yankee tar's
reply. And then, cutlasses in hand,...
Added comma: ...just as the trigger fell,...
Changed 'located' to 'locate' ...he managed to locate Gilbert...

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