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Bill let go the brace, turned as white as a sheet, and exclaimed, "I'm gone!" At first, the men near him thought he was shot, but a gesture towards the boat which had fired, explained his meaning. The order was given to belay the head braces, and we waited the result in silence. The press-gang was soon on board us, and its officer asked to have the crew mustered.
``Who'll go to church with me a week from to-day? ``I will, says Jack; who said aye to everything. ``Go away, salt water! says Tom. ``As soon as I get both legs ashore, I'm going to shoe my heels, and button my ears behind me, and start off into the bush, a straight course, and not stop till I'm out of the sight of salt water! ``Oh! belay that!
Some time back in last autumn I've forgot the date, but the books'll tell it the old man handed me two hundred pound in notes, not tellin' me where they came from, with orders to pay it into his account: which I took it straight across to the bank " "Belay there a moment," interrupted Cai. "A moment since you mentioned one hundred." "So I did, because we're talkin' of Cap'n Hunken.
"Guide on, my bark, how sweet to rove, With such a beaming eye above! "That's right, my boys, belay all that; now to our stations; Jacob on the look-out, Tom to his frying-pan, and I to the helm "No sound is heard to break the spell, Except the water's gentle swell; While midnight, like a mimic day, Shines on to guide our moonlight way. "Well, the moon's a beautiful creature God bless her!
One gives sweets to a little child when it has hurt itself or been in a temper. But flowers are not for a child. March 19th. Frieda Belay is dead. We are all terribly upset. None of us were very intimate with her, but now that she is dead we all remember that she was a schoolfellow. She died of heart failure following rheumatic fever.
The man put off in his boat to shore again much relieved in mind, but not a little puzzled to understand where the young lady had picked up not merely her knowledge of boats, but the ready way in which she put her delicate hands to hard work, and the prompt and effectual fashion in which she accomplished it. "Shall I belay away the jib or reef the upper hatchways?"
"Overhaul your clew-lines!" shouts the mate. "Aye, aye, sir, all clear!" "Taught leech! belay! Well the lee brace; haul taught to windward" and the royals are set. These brought us up again; but the wind continuing light, the California set hers, and it was soon evident that she was walking away from us.
"I will put you up to anything you want to know. Just you stick by me." Presently a quartermaster ordered Tommy to lay hold of a rope and haul away; and Bill ran and helped him, and quickly got the rope taut, when an officer sung out, "Belay," and Tommy made the rope fast. This was the first duty Bill ever performed in the service of his country.
Farmer, however, speedily put a stopper upon their tongues by growling impatiently: "Belay there with that jabbering, you youngsters; you don't know what you are talking about. The fact is that Lascelles there has made a fool of himself and an enemy of the skipper; and to do the latter, let me tell you, is no joke, as he will probably discover to his cost.
Hawl on the bowlin, The jolly ship's a-rollin Hawl on the bowlin, And we'll all drink rum. In comes the rope with a "Yo! heave ho!" and a jerk, until the "belay" sung out by the mate signifies that the work is done. Then, there is the scrambling on the deck when the wind changes quarter, and the yards want squaring as the wind blows more aft.
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