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"Hail her, Jones," he said to the bowman; and the man jumped up, put his hands to his mouth, and roared out, "Ship ahoy!"
He listened, and felt certain that the sailors and their leader came along as far as the great piece of rock he had been obliged to circumvent, and once round that the men were bound to find him. "Ahoy!" came faintly again. "Ahoy yourself!" said a voice. "Who's that so far off? Some fellow has wandered right away and lost himself. Idiot! Why didn't he keep within touch of his messmates?
"But here comes Boynton. Ahoy! Olympia Ahoy!" he shouted, hurrying out upon the piazza as a launch from the Olympia came boiling "four bells" toward Navy Bungalow's dock, the white clad Jackies looking particularly festive and Captain Boynton of the Olympia with Commander Star of the Chicago sitting aft. They waved their caps gaily and shouted in return. "Glorious day!
The first intimation the brig's crew had that Captain Semmes was about to cast off his tow was a warning whistle from the Sumter. This was followed by a sudden slackening of the hawser, and a few minutes later the Sumter's black hulk showed itself on the starboard bow. She was backing water. "Sabine ahoy!" came the hail. "On board the Sumter! replied the midshipman.
In the earnest hope that the day may not be far distant when to you may come similar enjoyment when he is the toiler, he goes at last to bed. FRIDAY, November 15. Land ahoy! The islands of Japan are in sight, and the entrance to the bay is reached at 4 P.M. The sail up this bay is never to be forgotten. The sun set as we entered, and then came such a sky as Italy cannot rival.
The men were just clearing the rigging when a small slight figure appeared on the sloop's quarter, and Captain Vernon's voice hailed us through the speaking-trumpet: "Schooner ahoy! How many hands shall I send you?" "A dozen men will be sufficient, sir," replied Smellie. "And I shall feel obliged if you will send with them the necessary officers to relieve us.
Stockings, mittens, and all, were wrung out also, and then hung up to drain and chafe dry against the bulkheads. Then, feeling of all our clothes, we picked out those which were the least wet, and put them on, so as to be ready for a call, and turned-in, covered ourselves up with blankets, and slept until three knocks on the scuttle and the dismal sound of ``All Starbowlines ahoy!
At the end of the lake the boats separated, after giving each other three hearty cheers. "Where are you going now?" asked Tim Bunker. "We will go up the lake again." "Suppose we try a race?" suggested Fred Harper. "There will be no harm in it, I suppose," replied Frank, glancing at the Butterfly. "Zephyr, ahoy!" shouted Tony. "We will pull up together, if you like." "Agreed."
Then it was turned to starboard, the water coming almost to the edge; but as it glided on it began to sink to the level again, just as it received a heavy shock from below and was driven forward with a jerk just far enough to escape a blow from a serrated tail which rose astern and showered the water over them in so much blinding spray. "Here, ahoy there!" shouted Joe.
They soon, however, turned-in and fell asleep, and probably forgot all about it, for the next morning the dispute was not renewed. The next sound we heard was "All hands ahoy!" and looking up the scuttle, saw that it was just daylight.