We submerged right away, and the Captain told me
to fix some coffee. They wanted coffee nineteen times a day or
so. I went over to the little corner where they cooked what few
things they did cook, and then I happened to think of that bottle.
The one with Anesthetique on it. That looked near enough to
Anesthetic to be the same thing; and I wondered what would happen
if I dumped some of it in the coffee. I didn't know what it was;
but there was a chance anyhow for it to work. It might make 'em
sick if nothing else, and I couldn't seem to see them pegging
away at one of our ships with one or two or three of those
torpedoes, even if I had monkeyed with their tail feathers.
"So I tipped the wink to Beany to kind of hold the center of the
stage, and, say, that was funny! Beany braced up to the Captain,
and saluted and said, 'Is it an American ship out there, sir?'
and the Captain said, 'Sure thing, kiddo!' He could talk just
like anybody, you know. Then Beany looked as though he was going
to cry; and he said, 'Can't you make an exception, Capt, let this
one go?' The Captain thought that was a big joke and pretended
to think about it, and finally he said, 'No, I can't see my way
clear to do that; but I'll tell you what we will do.
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