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`` Well , '' he said , `` I guess the tug Sea Fox and owners , together with her doughty skipper and crew , will finger some of your hard-earned dollars before long , Mr. Ricks . I pulled your barkentine Retriever out of the breakers this morning . In fifteen minutes she would have been on the beach and a total loss -- and I have a document , signed by Captain Murphy and his mates , to prove it . I offered the pig-headed fellow a tow at ten o'clock the night before , but he declined it -- trying to save a few dollars , of course -- so when I had him where he had to have my services -- '' `` Well ! '' Cappy snapped , `` send your owners round and we 'll try to settle out of court . If they 're hogs we 'll fight 'em , that 's all . '' `` And if you do you 'll get licked .