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Max believed that they could manage to drag the boat up along the shore, and then scull out to where the house stood, surrounded by water. Accordingly they first of all led the old woman to where the others were making as comfortable a camp as the meager conditions allowed. It turned out that the little lame girl, Mabel French, knew her very well, and addressed her as Mrs. Jacobus.
As for Bob, as he rowed he was constantly uttering derisive and defiant remarks; but all the same his grubby face was rather ashy, and he too grew tremendously hot as he worked away at his scull for quite an hour, during which time they had not seen anything more formidable than half a dozen red oxen standing knee-deep in the water, and swinging their tails to and fro to drive away the tormenting flies.
The broadsides of the brig were poured into the junks, which had ranged up on either beam, with terrible effect. One junk went down, and another was left without a scull to impel her, and with a third of her crew killed or wounded. Still the pirates were undaunted. On they came, again to receive another broadside. But one now remained.
"Come and lay hold o' one scull," said Bob, whose eyes seemed to be fixed as he stared at the back of their enemy. "Oh, do be quick!" Dexter slipped into his place, took the scull, and began to row. "Getting closer, ain't he?" whispered Bob hoarsely. "Yes. I'm afraid so." "Pull, pull!" Dexter needed no telling, and he tugged away at the oar as the boat glided a little more swiftly on.
"Come on with that boat, you fellows!" shouted Norton. "And hurry it up!" "We've only got one oar," answered a desperate voice. "Put it over the stern and scull it," directed someone on the float. There was a splash in reply, and Innes, who had promptly vacated his seat, crawled dripping to the landing.
"I don't know," said Stephen; "they are going to draw lots for me to-morrow." "That's a nice way of being elected! I say, have you any classes this afternoon?" "No; Mr Rastle has given us a half-holiday." "That's just the thing. I'm going to scull up the river a bit after dinner, and if you'd like you can come and steer for me." Stephen was delighted. Of all things he liked boating.
She clapped her hands joyfully. "How splendid! I knew you would. Have you tried it?" I shook my head. "Not yet," I said. "We'll do it early tomorrow morning, before any one's about." Then, digging in my scull to avoid a desolate-looking beacon, I added anxiously: "What about Tommy? Is he coming?" Joyce nodded. "He'll be down tomorrow. I've got a letter for you from him. He saw Mr.
The Rat got hold of a scull and shoved it under the Mole's arm; then he did the same by the other side of him and, swimming behind, propelled the helpless animal to shore, hauled him out, and set him down on the bank, a squashy, pulpy lump of misery. When the Rat had rubbed him down a bit, and wrung some of the wet out of him, he said, "Now then, old fellow!
O, if we had but left a single scull in the Dolphin! "Can you swim it?" cried Adams, desperately, using his hand as a speaking-trumpet, for the distance between the boat and the island widened momentarily. Binny Wallace looked down at the sea, which was covered with white caps, and made a despairing gesture.
Which soon overtook them: for they had not gone many leagues before a dreadful tempest arose, which burst their cables; down came their mast, crushing the scull of the pilot in its fall; off he fell from the stern into the water, and the bark wanting his management drove along at the wind's mercy: thunders roared, and terrible lightnings of Jove came down; first a bolt struck Eurylochus, then another, and then another, till all the crew were killed, and their bodies swam about like sea-mews; and the ship was split in pieces: only Ulysses survived; and he had no hope of safety but in tying himself to the mast, where he sat riding upon the waves, like one that in no extremity would yield to fortune.
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