Joseph Crosby Lincoln

Cap'n Eri Joseph Crosby Lincoln

Book Excerptt make no odds whose 'tis. Why don't you take care of your terbacker, same's I do of mine?""Now see here, Jerry! I ain't so sure that is yours. Let me see it. Humph! I thought so! This is 'Navy Plug' and you always smoke 'Sailor's Sweetheart.' Talk about havin' a place for things!""That's MY terbacker, if you want to know," observed Captain Perez. "I've got yours, Eri. Here 'tis.""Well, then, where IS mine?" said Captain Jerry somewhat snappishly."Bet a dollar you've got it in your pocket," said Captain Eri."Bet ten dollars I ain't! I ain't quite a fool yit, Eri Hedge. I guess I know--well, I snum! I forgot that upper vest pocket!" and from the pocket mentioned Captain Jerry produced the missing tobacco. There was a general laugh, in which Captain Jerry was obliged to join, and the trio smoked in silence for a time, while the expanse of water to the eastward darkened, and the outer beach became but a dusky streak separating the ocean from the inner bay. At length Captain Per