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`` Thanks , '' said Kettle , and put the bag in his pocket . `` And now , if you please , Mr. Mate , we 'll just put His Whiskers into that cellar with the nigger , and leave him there to get smoked into a better and , we 'll hope , a more penitent frame of mind . '' They completed this pious act to their entire satisfaction , and left the house without further interruption . The townspeople were just beginning to move about again after the violence of the midday heat , but except for curious stares , they passed through the narrow streets between the whitewashed houses quite without interruption . And in due time they came to the beach , and hired a shore boat , which took them off to the steamer . But here Kettle was not inclined to linger unnecessarily . He saw Grain , the second mate , and asked Mm how much more cargo there was to come off .