[!lemma=clinton] ([lemma=announce | word=year] | [tag=NN] [□=□]?)
[!lemma=clinton] ([lemma=announce | word=year] | [tag=NN] [lemma=□]?)
[!lemma=clinton] ([lemma=announce | word=year] | [tag=NN] [tag=□]?)
He turned fiercely upon me , and tried to look me down , and face me out of my statement ; but finding that that would n't do , and that I was entering upon my defence in such a way as would show to the other two that he was in the wrong , - he changed his ground , and pointed to the shipping papers of the Pilgrim , from which my name had never been erased , and said that there was my name , - that I belonged to her , - that he had an absolute discretionary power ; - and , in short , that I must be on board the Pilgrim by the next morning with my chest and hammock , or have some one ready to go in my place , and that he would not hear another word from me . One cold , rainy evening , about eight o'clock , I received orders to get ready to start for San Jose at four the next morning , in one of these Indian boats , with four days ' provisions . The next morning , we took the battens from the hatches , and opened the ship . At the same time he cashed the order , which was endorsed to him , * and the next morning , the lad went aboard the brig , apparently in good spirits , having shaken hands with each of us and wished us a pleasant passage home , jingling the money in his pockets , and calling out , " Never say die , while there 's a shot in the locker . Just at this moment , in crossing the forecastle , one of the men saw a light below , and looking down the scuttle , saw the watch all out of their berths , and afoul of one poor fellow , dragging him out of his berth , and shaking him , to wake him out of a nightmare . Before the light northerly winds , which blow here with the regularity of trades , we worked slowly along , and made Point Ano Neuvo , the northerly point of the Bay of Monterey , on Monday afternoon . And on the next morning we were under the high point of San Diego . She was his niece , and a great favorite with him , so old Don Domingo had to join in the laugh . At night , some of us got a boat and went on board , and found a large , roomy forecastle , ( for she was squarer forward than the Alert , ) and a crew of a dozen or fifteen men and boys , sitting around on their chests , smoking and talking , and ready to give a welcome to any of our ship 's company . Another of the men , too , who had known something of the kind attempted in another ship by a crew who were dissatisfied with their captain , and which was followed with serious consequences , was opposed to it .