The whole of the mail was saved, the purser bringing it into the cabin, whence it was fished out and taken on board the tug.
"Faces and Places"
Henry William Lucy
He wanted to know if I would like to "hit the nail on the head" and settle matters at once, by arranging with the purser for a second-class cabin to be put at the hero's disposal.
"Lady-Betty-Across-the-Water"
Lowell, Orson
He told the same story to the purser that he had told others, about my being the one to start the subscription, and he wanted me to sign a kind of letter which he wrote, to the effect that the passengers had chosen this way of testifying their appreciation of a gallant deed, and so on; but I wouldn't, and he stopped teasing at last, when he saw that I was going to be vexed.
"Lady-Betty-Across-the-Water"
Lowell, Orson