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He, in consequence, thought he might venture down to examine the condition of the still more unfortunate beings who sat by themselves, altogether unconscious of their condition, as well as of those he had seen stretched out at their length near the edge of the rock. Bowse, however, recommended him not to attempt to do so till a greater number of the maniacs had been got off.
"Then we had better bear a hand and shorten sail," said I. "You take in the gaff-topsail, and bowse down a double reef in the mainsail, and I will in foresail and shift the jib. I suppose there is a storm-jib somewhere on board?" "Down in the locker, forward," said he.
The marks rapidly passed through the mate's hand, as he jerked the line of the reel, always keeping it at a stretch. "Stop," sung out Bowse, as the sand had run out of the upper end of the glass. "Done," said the mate, and stopped the line. He had not to count the knots run off, for his experienced eye was able to tell the number by the mark on the line.
One of them, who, from his wearing an epaulette on either shoulder, Bowse thought must be the captain, leaped up on the taffrail, and waved his hat to them, while another, in the lingua franca, sung out through a speaking trumpet "Heave to, and we will keep your company." "I'll see you damned first, my fine fellow," answered the master, who had been attentively surveying them through his glass.
The men went about the work with alacrity, and in a style very different to that of merchant seamen in general. They were all prime hands, mostly old men-of-war's men turned adrift, as ships were paid off, and had all before served with Bowse.
Jim Bowles and Julius Steinberger were to come in to share the feast, and Mrs. Bowse had promised to prepare. It was not an inspiring day for Little Ann. New York had seemed a bewildering and far too noisy place for her when she had come to it directly from her grandmother's cottage in the English village, where she had spent her last three months before leaving England.
Again, however, she righted, and this time, her lee scuppers remained for longer free of the water. Bowse looked to windward: he was about to order a couple of reefs more to be shaken out of the topsails, when another violent blast almost laid her on her beam ends.
His visit to the Ione must be remembered, and that he there only learned that her captain had gone on a secret expedition, and he naturally concluded that he was accompanied by his own crew. His surprise was, therefore, very great, when Captain Vassilato, Bowse, and the Maltese, Pietro, were dragged rudely into his presence. "What!" he muttered, as he saw the honest skipper.
"I am heartily glad of your success, Bowse, I can assure you," said the midshipman warmly; "I owe you much; for you gave me my first lessons in seamanship, and I shall never forget them. You must come and dine with us to-morrow, and I shall introduce you as my friend, Captain Bowse."
"But I thought it my duty to inform you, sir, of what, in my opinion, is likely to occur; and, please Providence, we'll do our best to meet and overcome any dangers which may appear." "I like your spirit, Bowse, and cordially agree with you," exclaimed the colonel, taking his hand.
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