 
 <prompt> CHAPTER XIV 

IN DISTRESS 

As night dey fall, Jimmy lean for di bridge-rails as di _Shasta_ dey steam comot from di Inlet under black wall of pines. Over her port quarter, di pale lights of di climbing city dey twinkle tier on tier, with dim forest wey dey roll away behind dem into di creeping mist. Beyond that, for turn, one faint blink of snow still dey shine against di dusky blueness of di east. All dis one dey familiar, but e dey leave am behind, and ahead dey lie one empty waste of darkening water, into which di _Shasta_ dey push her way with thumping engines and one drowsy gurgle for di bows. E be like say Jimmy, for one sense, e dey appropriate say e suppose be so. E don cut himself adrift from all wey e don dey used to, and where di course wey e don launch upon go lead am e no know. 

That one, however, no dey worry am well well. Him character no too complex, and e dey enough for am to do di obvious thing, wey, after all, usually dey save everybody trouble. E clear say Tom Wheelock need am, and e fit, at least, look back small, even though dis one na work wey e no too dey do. E sabi now how him papa, wey fit never be strong man, don slowly break down under one load of debt wey too heavy for am, even though di nature of di man wey with deliberate intent lay am for him shoulder dey incomprehensible. Jimmy, in fact, fit no fit imagine di possibility of any man dey scheme and plot to ruin fellow-being for di value of two old schooners. Di seemingly insufficient motive make di thing almost devilish. Merril, e feel, dey outside di pale of humanity, one noxious creature wey dem suppose avoid or, if opportunity show, crush by honest men. <response>: 1. clear
2. di Shasta
3. No
4. di obvio thing
5. di pale lights of di climbing city
6. yes
7. e go leave am behind
8. Jimmy papa
9. Tom Wheelock
10. di possibility say any man dey scheme and plot to spoil anoda person sake of di value of two old schooners.
11. from all wey e don dey used to,
12. no
13. dim forest
14. one small blink of snow still dey shine against di dark blueness of di east. 