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+The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Guardian Angel, by W.W. Jacobs
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+Title: The Guardian Angel
+       Ship's Company, Part 7.
+
+Author: W.W. Jacobs
+
+Release Date: January 1, 2004 [EBook #10567]
+
+Language: English
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+Character set encoding: ASCII
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+*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE GUARDIAN ANGEL ***
+
+
+
+
+Produced by David Widger
+
+
+
+
+SHIP'S COMPANY
+
+By W.W. Jacobs
+
+
+
+THE GUARDIAN ANGEL
+
+[Illustration: "The lodger was standing at the foot o' Ginger's bed,
+going through 'is pockets."]
+
+The night-watchman shook his head.  "I never met any of these phil--
+philantherpists, as you call 'em," he said, decidedly.  "If I 'ad they
+wouldn't 'ave got away from me in a hurry, I can tell you.  I don't say I
+don't believe in 'em; I only say I never met any of 'em.  If people do
+you a kindness it's generally because they want to get something out of
+you; same as a man once--a perfick stranger--wot stood me eight
+'arf-pints becos I reminded 'im of his dead brother, and then borrered
+five bob off of me.
+
+"O' course, there must be some kind-'arted people in the world--all men
+who get married must 'ave a soft spot somewhere, if it's only in the
+'ead--but they don't often give things away.  Kind-'artedness is often
+only another name for artfulness, same as Sam Small's kindness to Ginger
+Dick and Peter Russet.
+
+"It started with a row.  They was just back from a v'y'ge and 'ad taken a
+nice room together in Wapping, and for the fust day or two, wot with
+'aving plenty o' money to spend and nothing to do, they was like three
+brothers.  Then, in a little, old-fashioned public-'ouse down Poplar way,
+one night they fell out over a little joke Ginger played on Sam.
+
+"It was the fust drink that evening, and Sam 'ad just ordered a pot o'
+beer and three glasses, when Ginger winked at the landlord and offered to
+bet Sam a level 'arf-dollar that 'e wouldn't drink off that pot o' beer
+without taking breath.  The landlord held the money, and old Sam, with a
+'appy smile on 'is face, 'ad just taken up the mug, when he noticed the
+odd way in which they was all watching him.  Twice he took the mug up and
+put it down agin without starting and asked 'em wot the little game was,
+but they on'y laughed.  He took it up the third time and started, and he
+'ad just got about 'arf-way through when Ginger turns to the landlord and
+ses--
+
+"'Did you catch it in the mouse-trap,' he ses, 'or did it die of poison?'
+
+"Pore Sam started as though he 'ad been shot, and, arter getting rid of
+the beer in 'is mouth, stood there 'olding the mug away from 'im and
+making such 'orrible faces that they was a'most frightened.
+
+"'Wot's the matter with him?  I've never seen 'im carry on like that over
+a drop of beer before,' ses Ginger, staring.
+
+"'He usually likes it,' ses Peter Russet.
+
+"'Not with a dead mouse in it,' ses Sam, trembling with passion.
+
+"'Mouse?' ses Ginger, innercent-like.  'Mouse?  Why, I didn't say it was
+in your beer, Sam.  Wotever put that into your 'ead?'
+
+"'And made you lose your bet,' ses Peter.
+
+"Then old Sam see 'ow he'd been done, and the way he carried on when the
+landlord gave Ginger the 'arf-dollar, and said it was won fair and
+honest, was a disgrace.  He 'opped about that bar 'arf crazy, until at
+last the landlord and 'is brother, and a couple o' soldiers, and a
+helpless cripple wot wos selling matches, put 'im outside and told 'im to
+stop there.
+
+"He stopped there till Ginger and Peter came out, and then, drawing
+'imself up in a proud way, he told 'em their characters and wot he
+thought about 'em.  And he said 'e never wanted to see wot they called
+their faces agin as long as he lived.
+
+"'I've done with you,' he ses, 'both of you, for ever.'
+
+"'All right,' ses Ginger moving off.  'Ta-ta for the present.  Let's 'ope
+he'll come 'ome in a better temper, Peter.'
+
+"'Ome?' ses Sam, with a nasty laugh, "'ome?  D'ye think I'm coming back to
+breathe the same air as you, Ginger?  D'ye think I want to be
+suffocated?'
+
+"He held his 'ead up very 'igh, and, arter looking at them as if they was
+dirt, he turned round and walked off with his nose in the air to spend
+the evening by 'imself.
+
+"His temper kept him up for a time, but arter a while he 'ad to own up to
+'imself that it was very dull, and the later it got the more he thought
+of 'is nice warm bed.  The more 'e thought of it the nicer and warmer it
+seemed, and, arter a struggle between his pride and a few 'arf-pints, he
+got 'is good temper back agin and went off 'ome smiling.
+
+"The room was dark when 'e got there, and, arter standing listening a
+moment to Ginger and Peter snoring, he took off 'is coat and sat down on
+'is bed to take 'is boots off.  He only sat down for a flash, and then he
+bent down and hit his 'ead an awful smack against another 'ead wot 'ad
+just started up to see wot it was sitting on its legs.
+
+"He thought it was Peter or Ginger in the wrong bed at fust, but afore he
+could make it out Ginger 'ad got out of 'is own bed and lit the candle.
+Then 'e saw it was a stranger in 'is bed, and without saying a word he
+laid 'old of him by the 'air and began dragging him out.
+
+"'Here, stop that!' ses Ginger catching hold of 'im.  'Lend a hand 'ere,
+Peter.'
+
+"Peter lent a hand and screwed it into the back o' Sam's neck till he
+made 'im leave go, and then the stranger, a nasty-looking little chap
+with a yellow face and a little dark moustache, told Sam wot he'd like to
+do to him.
+
+"'Who are you?' ses Sam, 'and wot are you a-doing of in my bed?'
+
+"'It's our lodger,' ses Ginger.
+
+"'Your wot?' ses Sam, 'ardly able to believe his ears.
+
+"'Our lodger,' ses Peter Russet.  'We've let 'im the bed you said you
+didn't want for sixpence a night.  Now you take yourself off.'
+
+"Old Sam couldn't speak for a minute; there was no words that he knew bad
+enough, but at last he licks 'is lips and he ses, 'I've paid for that bed
+up to Saturday, and I'm going to have it.'
+
+"He rushed at the lodger, but Peter and Ginger got hold of 'im agin and
+put 'im down on the floor and sat on 'im till he promised to be'ave
+himself.  They let 'im get up at last, and then, arter calling themselves
+names for their kind-'artedness, they said if he was very good he might
+sleep on the floor.
+
+"Sam looked at 'em for a moment, and then, without a word, he took off
+'is boots and put on 'is coat and went up in a corner to be out of the
+draught, but, wot with the cold and 'is temper, and the hardness of the
+floor, it was a long time afore 'e could get to sleep.  He dropped off at
+last, and it seemed to 'im that he 'ad only just closed 'is eyes when it
+was daylight.  He opened one eye and was just going to open the other
+when he saw something as made 'im screw 'em both up sharp and peep
+through 'is eyelashes.  The lodger was standing at the foot o' Ginger's
+bed, going through 'is pockets, and then, arter waiting a moment and
+'aving a look round, he went through Peter Russet's.  Sam lay still mouse
+while the lodger tip-toed out o' the room with 'is boots in his 'and, and
+then, springing up, follered him downstairs.
+
+"He caught 'im up just as he 'ad undone the front door, and, catching
+hold of 'im by the back o' the neck, shook 'im till 'e was tired.  Then
+he let go of 'im and, holding his fist under 'is nose, told 'im to hand
+over the money, and look sharp about it.
+
+"'Ye--ye--yes, sir,' ses the lodger, who was 'arf choked.
+
+"Sam held out his 'and, and the lodger, arter saying it was only a little
+bit o' fun on 'is part, and telling 'im wot a fancy he 'ad taken to 'im
+from the fust, put Ginger's watch and chain into his 'ands and eighteen
+pounds four shillings and sevenpence.  Sam put it into his pocket, and,
+arter going through the lodger's pockets to make sure he 'adn't forgot
+anything, opened the door and flung 'im into the street.  He stopped on
+the landing to put the money in a belt he was wearing under 'is clothes,
+and then 'e went back on tip-toe to 'is corner and went to sleep with one
+eye open and the 'appiest smile that had been on his face for years.
+
+"He shut both eyes when he 'eard Ginger wake up, and he slept like a
+child through the 'orrible noise that Peter and Ginger see fit to make
+when they started to put their clothes on.  He got tired of it afore they
+did, and, arter opening 'is eyes slowly and yawning, he asked Ginger wot
+he meant by it.
+
+"'You'll wake your lodger up if you ain't careful, making that noise,' he
+ses.  'Wot's the matter?'
+
+"'Sam,' ses Ginger, in a very different voice to wot he 'ad used the
+night before, 'Sam, old pal, he's taken all our money and bolted.'
+
+"'Wot?' ses Sam, sitting up on the floor and blinking, 'Nonsense!'
+
+"'Robbed me and Peter,' ses Ginger, in a trembling voice; 'taken every
+penny we've got, and my watch and chain.'
+
+"'You're dreaming,' ses Sam.
+
+"'I wish I was,' ses Ginger.
+
+"'But surely, Ginger,' ses Sam, standing up, 'surely you didn't take a
+lodger without a character?'
+
+"'He seemed such a nice chap,' ses Peter.  'We was only saying wot a much
+nicer chap he was than--than----'
+
+"'Go on, Peter,' ses Sam, very perlite.
+
+"'Than he might ha' been,' ses Ginger, very quick.
+
+"'Well, I've 'ad a wonderful escape,' ses Sam.  'If it hadn't ha' been
+for sleeping in my clothes I suppose he'd ha' 'ad my money as well.'
+
+"He felt in 'is pockets anxious-like, then he smiled, and stood there
+letting 'is money fall through 'is fingers into his pocket over and over
+agin.
+
+"'Pore chap,' he ses; 'pore chap; p'r'aps he'd got a starving wife and
+family.  Who knows?  It ain't for us to judge 'im, Ginger.'
+
+"He stood a little while longer chinking 'is money, and when he took off
+his coat to wash Ginger Dick poured the water out for im and Peter Russet
+picked up the soap, which 'ad fallen on the floor.  Then they started
+pitying themselves, looking very 'ard at the back of old Sam while they
+did it.
+
+"'I s'pose we've got to starve, Peter,' ses Ginger, in, a sad voice.
+
+"'Looks like it,' ses Peter, dressing hisself very slowly.
+
+"'There's nobody'll mourn for me, that's one comfort,' ses Ginger.
+
+"'Or me,' ses Peter.
+
+"'P'r'aps Sam'll miss us a bit,' ses Ginger, grinding 'is teeth as old
+Sam went on washing as if he was deaf.  'He'ss the only real pal we ever
+'ad.'
+
+"'Wot are you talking about?' ses Sam, turning round with the soap in
+his eyes, and feeling for the towel.  'Wot d'ye want to starve for?  Why
+don't you get a ship?'
+
+"'I thought we was all going to sign on in the Cheaspeake agin, Sam,' ses
+Ginger, very mild.
+
+"'She won't be ready for sea for pretty near three weeks,' ses Sam.  'You
+know that.'
+
+"'P'r'aps Sam would lend us a trifle to go on with, Ginger,' ses Peter
+Russet.  'Just enough to keep body and soul together, so as we can hold
+out and 'ave the pleasure of sailing with 'im agin.'
+
+"'P'r'aps he wouldn't,' ses Sam, afore Ginger could open his mouth.
+'I've just got about enough to last myself; I 'aven't got any to lend.
+Sailormen wot turns on their best friends and makes them sleep on the
+cold 'ard floor while their new pal is in his bed don't get money lent to
+'em.  My neck is so stiff it creaks every time I move it, and I've got
+the rheumatics in my legs something cruel.'
+
+"He began to 'um a song, and putting on 'is cap went out to get some
+brekfuss.  He went to a little eating-'ouse near by, where they was in
+the 'abit of going, and 'ad just started on a plate of eggs and bacon
+when Ginger Dick and Peter came into the place with a pocket-'ankercher
+of 'is wot they 'ad found in the fender.
+
+"'We thought you might want it, Sam,' ses Peter.
+
+"'So we brought it along,' ses Ginger.  'I 'ope you're enjoying of your
+brekfuss, Sam.'
+
+"Sam took the 'ankercher and thanked 'em very perlite, and arter standing
+there for a minute or two as if they wanted to say something they
+couldn't remember, they sheered off.  When Sam left the place 'arf-an-
+hour afterwards they was still hanging about, and as Sam passed Ginger
+asked 'im if he was going for a walk.
+
+"'Walk?' ses Sam.  'Cert'nly not.  I'm going to bed; I didn't 'ave a good
+night's rest like you and your lodger.'
+
+"He went back 'ome, and arter taking off 'is coat and boots got into bed
+and slept like a top till one o'clock, when he woke up to find Ginger
+shaking 'im by the shoulders.
+
+"'Wot's the matter?' he ses.  'Wot are you up to?'
+
+"'It's dinner-time,' ses Ginger.  'I thought p'r'aps you'd like to know,
+in case you missed it.'
+
+"'You leave me alone,' ses Sam, cuddling into the clothes agin.  'I don't
+want no dinner.  You go and look arter your own dinners.'
+
+"He stayed in bed for another 'arf-hour, listening to Peter and Ginger
+telling each other in loud whispers 'ow hungry they was, and then he got
+up and put 'is things on and went to the door.
+
+"'I'm going to get a bit o' dinner,' he ses.  'And mind, I've got my
+pocket 'ankercher.'
+
+"He went out and 'ad a steak and onions and a pint o' beer, but, although
+he kept looking up sudden from 'is plate, he didn't see Peter or Ginger.
+It spoilt 'is dinner a bit, but arter he got outside 'e saw them standing
+at the corner, and, pretending not to see them, he went off for a walk
+down the Mile End Road.
+
+[Illustration: "'We thought you might want it, Sam,' ses Peter"]
+
+"He walked as far as Bow with them follering'im, and then he jumped on a
+bus and rode back as far as Whitechapel.  There was no sign of 'em when
+he got off, and, feeling a bit lonesome, he stood about looking in shop-
+windows until 'e see them coming along as hard as they could come.
+
+"'Why, halloa!' he ses.  'Where did you spring from?'
+
+"'We--we--we've been--for a bit of a walk,' ses Ginger Dick, puffing and
+blowing like a grampus.
+
+"'To-keep down the 'unger,' ses Peter Russet.
+
+"Old Sam looked at 'em very stern for a moment, then he beckoned 'em to
+foller 'im, and, stopping at a little public-'ouse, he went in and
+ordered a pint o' bitter.
+
+"'And give them two pore fellers a crust o' bread and cheese and 'arf-a-
+pint of four ale each,' he ses to the barmaid.
+
+"Ginger and Peter looked at each other, but they was so hungry they
+didn't say a word; they just stood waiting.
+
+"'Put that inside you my pore fellers,' ses Sam, with a oily smile.  'I
+can't bear to see people suffering for want o' food,' he ses to the
+barmaid, as he chucked down a sovereign on the counter.
+
+"The barmaid, a very nice gal with black 'air and her fingers covered all
+over with rings, said that it did 'im credit, and they stood there
+talking about tramps and beggars and such-like till Peter and Ginger
+nearly choked.  He stood there watching 'em and smoking a threepenny
+cigar, and when they 'ad finished he told the barmaid to give 'em a
+sausage-roll each, and went off.
+
+"Peter and Ginger snatched up their sausage-rolls and follered 'im, and
+at last Ginger swallowed his pride and walked up to 'im and asked 'im to
+lend them some money.
+
+"'You'll get it back agin,' he ses.  'You know that well enough.'
+
+"'Cert'nly not,' ses Sam; 'and I'm surprised at you asking.  Why, a child
+could rob you.  It's 'ard enough as it is for a pore man like me to 'ave
+to keep a couple o' hulking sailormen, but I'm not going to give you
+money to chuck away on lodgers.  No more sleeping on the floor for me!
+Now I don't want none o' your langwidge, and I don't want you follering
+me like a couple o' cats arter a meat-barrer.  I shall be 'aving a cup o'
+tea at Brown's coffee-shop by and by, and if you're there at five sharp
+I'll see wot I can do for you.  Wot did you call me?'
+
+"Ginger told 'im three times, and then Peter Russet dragged 'im away.
+They turned up outside Brown's at a quarter to five, and at ten past six
+Sam Small strolled up smoking a cigar, and, arter telling them that he
+'ad forgot all about 'em, took 'em inside and paid for their teas.  He
+told Mr. Brown 'e was paying for 'em, and 'e told the gal wot served 'em
+'e was paying for 'em, and it was all pore Ginger could do to stop
+'imself from throwing his plate in 'is face.
+
+"Sam went off by 'imself, and arter walking about all the evening without
+a ha'penny in their pockets, Ginger Dick and Peter went off 'ome to bed
+and went to sleep till twelve o'clock, when Sam came in and woke 'em up
+to tell 'em about a music-'all he 'ad been to, and 'ow many pints he had
+'ad.  He sat up in bed till past one o'clock talking about 'imself, and
+twice Peter Russet woke Ginger up to listen and got punched for 'is
+trouble.
+
+"They both said they'd get a ship next morning, and then old Sam turned
+round and wouldn't 'ear of it.  The airs he gave 'imself was awful.  He
+said he'd tell 'em when they was to get a ship, and if they went and did
+things without asking 'im he'd let 'em starve.
+
+"He kept 'em with 'im all that day for fear of losing 'em and having to
+give 'em their money when 'e met 'em agin instead of spending it on 'em
+and getting praised for it.  They 'ad their dinner with 'im at Brown's,
+and nothing they could do pleased him.  He spoke to Peter Russet out loud
+about making a noise while he was eating, and directly arterwards he told
+Ginger to use his pocket 'ankercher.  Pore Ginger sat there looking at
+'im and swelling and swelling until he nearly bust, and Sam told 'im if
+he couldn't keep 'is temper when people was trying to do 'im a kindness
+he'd better go and get somebody else to keep him.
+
+"He took 'em to a music-'all that night, but he spoilt it all for 'em by
+taking 'em into the little public-'ouse in Whitechapel Road fust and
+standing 'em a drink.  He told the barmaid 'e was keeping 'em till they
+could find a job, and arter she 'ad told him he was too soft-'arted and
+would only be took advantage of, she brought another barmaid up to look
+at 'em and ask 'em wot they could do, and why they didn't do it.
+
+"Sam served 'em like that for over a week, and he 'ad so much praise from
+Mr. Brown and other people that it nearly turned his 'ead.  For once in
+his life he 'ad it pretty near all 'is own way.  Twice Ginger Dick
+slipped off and tried to get a ship and came back sulky and hungry, and
+once Peter Russet sprained his thumb trying to get a job at the docks.
+
+"They gave it up then and kept to Sam like a couple o' shadders, only
+giving 'im back-answers when they felt as if something 'ud give way
+inside if they didn't.  For the fust time in their lives they began to
+count the days till their boat was ready for sea.  Then something
+happened.
+
+"They was all coming 'ome late one night along the Minories, when Ginger
+Dick gave a shout and, suddenly bolting up a little street arter a man
+that 'ad turned up there, fust of all sent 'im flying with a heavy punch
+of 'is fist, and then knelt on 'im.
+
+"'Now then Ginger,' ses Sam bustling up with Peter Russet, 'wot's all
+this?  Wot yer doing?'
+
+"'It's the thief,' ses Ginger.  'It's our lodger.  You keep still!' he
+ses shaking the man.  'D'ye hear?'
+
+"Peter gave a shout of joy, and stood by to help.
+
+"'Nonsense!' ses old Sam, turning pale.  'You've been drinking, Ginger.
+This comes of standing you 'arf-pints.'
+
+"'It's him right enough,' ses Ginger.  'I'd know 'is ugly face anywhere.'
+
+"'You come off 'ome at once,' ses Sam, very sharp, but his voice
+trembling.  'At once.  D'ye hear me?'
+
+"'Fetch a policeman, Peter,' ses Ginger.
+
+"'Let the pore feller go, I tell you,' ses Sam, stamping his foot.  ''Ow
+would you like to be locked up?  'Ow would you like to be torn away from
+your wife and little ones?  'Ow would you--'
+
+"'Fetch a policeman, Peter,' ses Ginger agin.  'D'ye hear?'
+
+"'Don't do that, guv'nor,' ses the lodger.  'You got your money back.
+Wot's the good o' putting me away?'
+
+"'Got our wot back?' ses Ginger, shaking 'im agin.  'Don't you try and be
+funny with me, else I'll tear you into little pieces.'
+
+"'But he took it back,' ses the man, trying to sit up and pointing at
+Sam.  'He follered me downstairs and took it all away from me.  Your
+ticker as well.'
+
+"'Wot?' ses Ginger and Peter both together.
+
+"Strue as I'm 'ere,' ses the lodger.  'You turn 'is pockets out and see.
+Look out!  He's going off!'
+
+"Ginger turned his 'ead just in time to see old Sam nipping round the
+corner.  He pulled the lodger up like a flash, and, telling Peter to take
+hold of the other side of him, they set off arter Sam.
+
+"'Little-joke-o' mine-Ginger,' ses Sam, when they caught 'im.  'I was
+going to tell you about it to-night.  It ain't often I get the chance of
+a joke agin you Ginger; you're too sharp for a old man like me.'
+
+"Ginger Dick didn't say anything.  He kept 'old o' Sam's arm with one
+hand and the lodger's neck with the other, and marched 'em off to his
+lodgings.
+
+"He shut the door when 'e got in, and arter Peter 'ad lit the candle they
+took hold o' Sam and went through 'im, and arter trying to find pockets
+where he 'adn't got any, they took off 'is belt and found Ginger's watch,
+seventeen pounds five shillings, and a few coppers.
+
+"'We 'ad over nine quid each, me and Peter,' ses Ginger.  'Where's the
+rest?'
+
+"'It's all I've got left,' ses Sam; 'every ha'penny.'
+
+"He 'ad to undress and even take 'is boots off afore they'd believe 'im,
+and then Ginger took 'is watch and he ses to Peter, 'Lemme see; 'arf of
+seventeen pounds is eight pounds ten; 'arf of five shillings is 'arf-a-
+crown; and 'arf of fourpence is twopence.'
+
+"'What about me Ginger old pal?' ses Sam, in a kind voice.  'We must
+divide it into threes.'
+
+"'Threes?' ses Ginger, staring at'im.  'Whaffor?'
+
+"''Cos part of it's mine,' ses Sam, struggling 'ard to be perlite.  'I've
+paid for everything for the last ten days, ain't I?'
+
+"'Yes,' ses Ginger.  'You 'ave, and I thank you for it.'
+
+"'So do I,' ses Peter Russet.  'Hearty I do.'
+
+"'It was your kind-'artedness,' ses Ginger, grinning like mad.  'You gave
+it to us, and we wouldn't dream of giving it to you back.'
+
+"'Nothin' o' the kind,' ses Sam, choking.
+
+"'Oh, yes you did,' ses Ginger, 'and you didn't forget to tell people
+neither.  You told everybody.  Now it's our turn.'
+
+"He opened the door and kicked the lodger out.  Leastways, he would 'ave
+kicked 'im, but the chap was too quick for 'im.  And then 'e came back,
+and, putting his arm round Peter's waist, danced a waltz round the room
+with 'im, while pore old Sam got on to his bed to be out of the way.
+They danced for nearly 'arf-an-hour, and then they undressed and sat on
+Peter's bed and talked.  They talked in whispers at fust, but at last Sam
+'eard Peter say:--
+
+"'Threepence for 'is brekfuss; sevenpence for 'is dinner; threepence for
+'is tea; penny for beer and a penny for bacca.  'Ow much is that,
+Ginger?'
+
+"'One bob,' ses Ginger.
+
+"Peter counted up to 'imself.  'I make it more than that, old pal,' he
+ses, when he 'ad finished.
+
+"'Do you?' ses Ginger, getting up.  'Well, he won't; not if he counts it
+twenty times over he won't.  Good-night, Peter.  'Appy dreams.'"
+
+
+
+
+
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