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Bachelder, the second mate, was a young man of intelligence, familiar with his duties, and blessed with kind and generous feelings. Unlike Stetson, he was neither a blackguard nor a bully. After some little consultation among the old sailors who composed the starboard watch, it was thought advisable to begin with him, and ascertain if there was any GRIT in his composition.
"There's no doubt it will be a big change for her, but I imagine she had some sort of an idea what to expect it is certainly greatly to her credit that she would give up her own interests unselfishly and come here to devote her life to the care of a relative whom she had never seen before. I've an idea that the girl who would do that is the kind of a girl who's got grit enough to see it through."
"Fainted, that was all," said Courant. David closed his eyes. "Oh, yes, I remember now." Susan bent over him. "You frightened me so!" "I'm sorry, Missy, but it made me sick the leg and those awful cries." Courant emptied the dipper on the ground. "I'll see if they've got any whisky. You'll have to get your grit up, David, for the rest of the trail," and he left them.
Stairs is English, of course, but he's been nearly all his life in British Columbia and the Northwest, and he's got all the eternal youth, the fire and grit and enthusiasm of the Canadian, with somehow, something else as well good. His chum, Reynolds, is an out-and-out Canadian, born in Toronto of Canadian parents. Gad, there's solid timber in that chap, I can tell you. But, look here!
Let them then search for hidden weaknesses, and build up those weak places in their character, such as lack of grit, determination, steadfastness, persistence, patience, probity, decision, which are the cause of their troubles, and they will find that their circumstances will gradually change for the better.
"That is the true spirit of greatness," Father said, thoughtfully. And when the Titanic went down in mid-ocean with such a loss of life, and the order was for the women and children first to the lifeboats, men to keep back, Father said: "That took real grit. I hope I'll never have to face such a crisis."
It missed, striking the wall and shattering; but the flying dust and grit filled his eyes and he drew back out of view. A chuckling and chattering arose from the horde, that played the part of audience. At last there was one of the Folk who dared to face Red-Eye. As their approval and acclamation arose on the air, Red-Eye snarled down at them, and on the instant they were subdued to silence.
I see a big question in your eyes, Stewart dear! Well, now that you're a party to the action and interested in the matter to be presented, I'll say that after Senator Corson had done his talking to me last evening, or very early this morning, to be more exact, I called on my family grit of which he's so proud and I did a little talking to Senator Corson.
"Is it another fire?" Grit barked so persistently that Dick called to Paul: "See what ails him; will you? He must have caught sight of something out of the window." "I should say he had!" yelled Paul, a moment later. "Here's a rival airship after us, Dick!" Paul's announcement created considerable excitement.
"When I saw him standing there, three parts dead and so scared black amongst that gaping lot no grit to face what's coming to us all the notion came to me all at once, before I could think. Sorry for him like you would be for a sick brute. If ever creature was in a mortal funk to die! ... I thought I would let him go out in his own way. Kind of impulse.
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