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As he did not wish to be fired upon again, he deemed it expedient to hoist his pocket handkerchief at the end of his umbrella as a sign of his pacific intentions, and finding the gate open and the drawbridge down, he attempted to enter the city, but was immediately challenged by the National Guards on duty.
But sail was necessary to carry the ship safely through the channel ahead, and Mark called to Bob to lash the helm a-midships after luffing up to his course, and to spring to the main-topmast staysail halliards, and help him hoist the sail. This was soon done, and the new sail was got up, and the sheet hauled aft. Next followed the mizen staysail, which was spread in the same manner.
The energetic motions of the men on the disabled vessel could be dimly seen through the mist and rain. "Hoist the jib, Terrill," said Captain Kendall. "We will run up to the wreck, and ascertain what the trouble is." "Man the jib halyards! Stand by the jib sheet!" added Terrill. "All ready, sir!" "Let go the downhaul! Hoist away!" continued the first lieutenant. "Port the helm!"
It was impossible to build an ox-sling big enough to hoist Babe off the ground for shoeing, but after they logged off Dakota there was room for Babe to lie down for this operation. Once in a while Babe would run away and be gone all day roaming all over the Northwestern country.
I may have to hoist the blue Peter any day; so, make much of me while you have me, Mary." Job asked him if he had been in America. "Haven't I! North and South both! This time we're bound to North. Yankee-Land as we call it, where Uncle Sam lives." "Uncle who?" said Mary. "Oh, it's a way sailors have of speaking. I only mean I'm going to Boston, U.S., that's Uncle Sam."
"I wonder what this means?" was Dexie's inward comment when she found herself alone with Hugh. "There is some method in this madness, for I see it in his eyes." She did not offer to begin the conversation until she saw Hugh hoist the sail and turn towards Point Pleasant. "Where are you going, Mr. McNeil? I thought we were going up the Basin."
Close-reefing the foresail, we got it ready to hoist as a square sail; the rest of the spars we lashed fore and aft on either side, while we cut up the mainsail and raised the gunwale a foot or more all round to help keep out the water. We also, as far as we could, covered in the after-part of the little craft. While we were thus engaged the boys were pumping and baling.
Fowler too would be hoist by his own petard. For a long hour Enoch paced the floor. Then he came to a sudden pause before the mantel and turned on the light above the painting of Bright Angel trail. Outside the room sounded the clatter of Washington's streets. Enoch did not hear it. Once more a passionate, sullen boy, he was clinging to his mule on the twisting trail.
The next morning as usual, the secession flag floated tauntingly from the Mansion House. Ellsworth's blood was up and he resolved to take down that flag and hoist the stars and stripes with his own hand. Taking with him two soldiers he accomplished his purpose. Returning by a spiral stairway, he carried the rebel flag in his hand.
They got their heels too high for their boots, and began to walk like uncle Peleg too, so that when the Chesapeake got whipped I warn't sorry. We could spare that one, and it made our navals look round, like a feller who gets a hoist, to see who's a-larfin' at him. It made 'em brush the dust off, and walk on rather sheepish. It cut their combs that's a fact.
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