"Yes, sir," I said eagerly, for the nervousness all passed away in the excitement I felt.  "I thought that if I could do as I liked, I'd take the _Teaser_ up some creek where she couldn't be watched, and then I'd close all the ports, send the men over the side to paint out the streak, and I'd paint the funnel another colour, and get yards all anyhow, and hide all the guns.  I'd make her look like one of the tea-screws, and get a lot of Chinamen on board for sailors."