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Then he looked up at the stars and yawned, and with his mouth still open, went casually on: "I seed Arch Hawn in town this mornin'. He says folks is a-hand- grippin' down thar in the mountains right an' left. Thar's a truce on betwixt the Hawns an' Honeycutts an' they're gittin' ready fer the election together." The lad did not turn his head nor did his lips open.
A passing instant was necessary to clear his faculties, and to recover the tenor of his thoughts. During that instant, the mate heard Jack Tier's shrill cry of "Hard a-lee get in that foresail bear a-hand in with it, I say!" The wind came rushing and roaring, and the flaps of the canvas were violent and heavy. "In with the foresail, I say," shouted Jack Tier.
"She files round like a top, and will be off the wind on the other tack presently. Bear a-hand! bear a-hand! It looks black as night to windward." Mulford then regained all his powers. He sprang to the fore-sheet, calling on the others for aid.
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