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I have promised my services to the Captain , and I 'll see him through . Just pledging my word to Grimshaw will be enough to satisfy the judicial requisites of the law , '' said George , switching his little cane on his trowsers . `` My good fellow , '' said the mate , `` if you can get our steward out a limbo , you 'll be doing us all a good turn , and we 'll remember you as long as we pull a brace . '' `` You may reckon on me , Mister Mate ; and if I a 'n' t down before six o'clock , my father will certainly take the matter in hand ; and he and Mazyck belong to the secession party , and control things just as they please at Columbia . '' So saying , George bid the old mate good morning , and bent his course for the head of the wharf . `` There , '' said the old mate , `` it 's just what I thought all along ; I knew my presentiment would come true . I 'll wager a crown they treat Manuel like a dog in that old prison , and do n't get him out until he is mildewed ; or perhaps they 'll sell him for a slave a ` cos he 's got curly black hair and a yellow skin .