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"She's a divil to chew up coal," he explained; "we may have to burn the boat yet." "Hope not," said Elisha. "'Tween you an' me, Amos, this is a desperate bluff we're makin', an' if we go to destroyin' property we may get no credit for savin' it. We'd have no chance in the English courts at all, but it's likely an American judge 'ud recognize our original position our bargain to steer her in."
"I thought it was an earthshake," sighed Frieda, leaning back and resting. "That was one hundred strokes without missing. I didn't know the bank was so near." "Neither did I. That's the trouble with us, Frieda. We get so interested in rowing that we forget to steer." "We steered into a steer that time." "O, Frieda! You ought not to be allowed to make jokes in English, you make such bad ones."
Later, I noted that her down-looking eyes had a false twinkle in them, and that, commonplace as she looked, she was one to steer clear of in times of necessity and distress.
By this time, after sitting still for a while, both of them were chilled by the wet and the night air, and they needed exercise of some kind to warm them. Ben had a large and sharp knife in his pocket, and he began to whittle the board like a typical Yankee. Deck put his staff into the scull-hole, and made an effort to steer the tender, and thus prevent her from whirling.
We took him out to the herd one day, an' after he'd been kicked an' tossed an' trampled, he got on to throwin' a steer by the nose, an' from that on it was his favorite pastime. He played the game so enthusiastic, that I finally sez to Bill, "Bill, you mustn't forget that Colonel Scott has other uses for these cattle besides usin' 'em for dog exercisers."
"Are you a bargeman? Do you steer the barge or do you drive the horse?" "I'll tell you about the barge if you'll tell me about your mother. Does she tell you not to come down to the canal?" The boy turned away his head and nodded it. "Does she beat you if she catches you here?" "Oh, no, mother never beats me." "Is she kind to you?"
I was on deck, and so was the first mate and another man at the helm, for we were flying right before it, and she was hard to steer. "`We shall have it worse yet, said the captain. "`Miaw! was the reply, so clear, so loud, we could not tell where it came from. I thought it came from the main-top.
As of old, men were fascinated by the heavenly song of the Grecian hero, so was the unhappy voyager allured by this being to sweet forgetfulness, his eyes, even as his soul, would be dazzled, and he could no longer steer clear of reefs and cliffs, and this beautiful siren only drew him to an early grave.
Those quiet times I lived to see, and I must say they were the best I ever had seen, far better than those under the turbulent aristocracy for which you contended. And let me boast a little of my own prudence, which, through so many storms, could steer me safe into that port. Had it only given me safety, without reputation, I should not think that I ought to value myself upon it.
Suppose we put it this way. There's a person on board I think I know. I haven't got the goods, I'll own, but I don't often make mistakes. My advice to you, sir, is to steer clear of strangers. And if I were you, I " "That'll do, thanks!" I cut him short. "I can take care of myself.
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