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No piratical foreigner will ever climb up on Mike Murphy 's deck except over Mike Murphy 's dead body . According to the president emeritus there is more than one kind of Irish , but I 'll guarantee Mike Murphy is n't the double-crossing kind . '' A boy entered with a telegram . It was a day letter filed by Mike Murphy in Norfolk that morning , and Matt Peasley read it aloud : `` Sailing at noon . Regret your failure take me into your confidence when deciding withdraw vessel from neutral trade . If orders send me to either of ports named in charter party and I am overhauled _ en route _ , that is your funeral . If orders conflict with charter party , as I suspect they may , that may be my funeral .