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I saw Miss Denning lay her hand upon his arm, but took no notice, for I knelt down on the deck directly, cut a bait ready a long strip of the bacon rind stuck the point of the large sharp hook through one end as if I were going to fish for mackerel at home, and then after unwinding some of the line, to which a heavy leaden sinker was attached, I was about to throw the bait over the stern.
I saw Mr Frewen give quite a start, and Mr Preddle regularly jumped, but they were both so surprised that they could neither of them speak, while Mr Denning turned to Bob Hampton. "Your turn must be when they come back," he said.
There, the fish will do now." We both went on deck, and somehow when I was alone I too went into a brown study, and began wondering at Mr Preddle's curious ways, and thinking what a pity it was that a gentleman like Mr Denning, who was on a voyage for the sake of his health, should take such a dislike to Mr Frewen and Mr Preddle too.
I was gazing wonderingly at the beautiful effects produced by the bright sunshine upon the vapour, forgetting all about our danger for the moment in spite of the steady clank of the double pump, which came in regular pulsation above the hiss and roar of the steam, when my name was suddenly pronounced behind me, and turning sharply, I saw Miss Denning standing there, looking very pale, and with a scared expression in her eyes that was painful to see.
"I could not tell any difference," said Mr Denning, sadly, as we went right aft, to find the captain's cabin, right in the stern the one through whose window I had climbed after my hazardous descent from the rigging looking bright and cheerful, and hot coffee waiting for us, in company with sweet smiles and cheering words. It was wonderful.
"Hampton, Blane, Dumlow." "All traitors and scoundrels." "All true men waiting for my signal." "Good. And the captain?" "Too badly wounded to stir." "Mr Denning?" "Too weak." "Yes. Lead then; I'll do all you say." "Are you stronger?" "Strong enough for that; but give me something to hit with. All right, I have my pocket-knife." "Ready then? Come on, and let's see what had better be done."
At perihelion, when in opposition with the earth, it is 35 millions of miles from the earth, and its surface, as is well known from the drawings of Kaiser, the Leyden astronomer, and of Schiaparelli, Denning, Perrotin and Terby, has apparently revealed an alternation of land and water which, with the assumption of meteorological conditions, such as prevail on the earth, has gradually made it easy to think of its occupation by rational beings as altogether possible.
"Jimmy Powers!" called the River Boss after this boy, "Come here!" The youth approached, grinning cheerfully. "I want you to take Bobby out on the booms," commanded Denning, "and be careful he don't fall in." The older men moved away. Bobby and Jimmy Powers looked a little bashfully at each other, and then turned to where the first hewn logs gave access to the booms.
Then he can run over again to tire himself." Mr Denning was too much excited to speak, but he nodded his head, and we let the line run, after I had placed one foot upon it to hold it down on the deck and check its race. Away went the fish, with ring after ring working off beneath my foot till only about three yards were left.
"Oh, all right, sir, I can wait," growled Bob I mean roared for though there was a momentary cessation in the shrieking of the wind, he spoke as if Mr Denning were by the wheel; and there was no doubt now we could not see it, nor were we likely to, through the mist and spray, but the sun was rising, and ten minutes after I was gazing at the sea, which was churned up into one chaos of foam.
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