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That must ha' been washed away, same as the gig, for that warn't launched. But all right, sir; there's other ways o' killing a cat besides hanging. We must make one." "Or a raft," said the doctor. "Raft'll do to begin with. Four bunged-up casks and some boards'll do first. That's easy to make on deck, for there's the carpenter's tools, and we can easily rig up tackle to hyste it over the side.
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"Let's go all round, and you can tell me where the Indians are gathering now." "Pomp go outside," he said, softly. "Climb over." "No, no; they would see and kill you." "No. Dey too 'tupid. I go ober. You gib leg lil hyste up." "I tell you no. Come along with me, and let's try and find out where they are." "Much too dark, Mass' George, but I look all de same, try and fine em." "Quick then; come!"
"Steady, lad," was growled, and I knew it was Bob Hampton again, and I tried to think and ask him what was the matter, but no words would come, though everything was growing very clear now, and the men's words bounded painfully sharp upon my ears. "Got him?" "Ay, ay." "Heave then, together. No, hold hard; the corner of that portmanter's over his hind leg. That's it; hyste it away."
We are in the water, and I have got hold of you." "That's right, my lad, and I'd say take a good fast holt of my hair, only Ikey Gregg scissored it off so short when it turned so hot that there's nothing to hold. But can you hyste yourself up a bit higher?" "I'll try, Joe; but the water drags at me so. But, Joe, what are you holding on to?" "What they'd call a arm of the tree, sir."
"Why, Mas'r Harry? Why? because Muster Garshar don't like you not a bit. That's all." I shrugged my shoulders. "Ah! you may hyste your shoulders till you skretches your ears with them, Mas'r Harry; but that don't make no better of it. I promised your mother as I'd take care of you and stick to you; but how am I to do that if you get yourself spoiled somehow or other?
"You had better crawl, Dumlow," I whispered; "but try and go straight toward where the knocking came from." "He'll be 'bliged to, sir. No doubt about that, 'cause there arn't no other way. Now then, I'll give yer a hyste. Can you manage it?"
They're luffing a bit aboard the Naughtylass to fire. There she goes." Almost as he spoke there was a white puff of smoke, a shot came skipping along the surface and then went right over the schooner, and splashed in the sea beyond. "Hadn't we better hyste them colours out o' winder?" said Tom. "What for?" said Mark, trying to suppress the manifestations of pain which would keep showing.
An' he had the best judgment about mining ground why you never see anything like it. When we went to work, he'd scatter a glance around, 'n' if he didn't think much of the indications, he would give a look as much as to say, 'Well, I'll have to get you to excuse me, 'n' without another word he'd hyste his nose into the air 'n' shove for home.
Suddenly the door opened again, and this time it was not the steward's face which appeared, but the old sailor's. "Any better, sir?" he said, hoarsely. "No; worse," replied the doctor. "So it is on deck, sir," whispered the man. "Main shaft broke short off, and propeller gone. They've been trying to hyste a bit o' sail so as to get steering way on, but everything's blew to rags."
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