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Away they went, breaching and jumping entirely out of water. A sea-gull with slow, deliberate flight and long, majestic curves circled round us, and as a reminder of home a little English sparrow perched impudently on the fo'castle head, and, cocking his head on one side, chirped merrily. The boats were soon among the seals, and the bang! bang! of the guns could be heard from down to leeward.
Faces that had been sullen at Sandakan grew malevolent and menacing at 150 degrees, east, where, if I remember rightly, we crossed the equator. The scowls of the men dwelt hatefully upon Captain Coulter as he paced the bridge. From scraps of information picked up here and there in fo'castle disparagement, I pieced together a lurid abstract of his history.
As for Milo and Eddie, they still smoked together behind the barn, but the atmosphere on the quarter-deck was affecting the fo'castle and there wa'n't quite so many "old mans" and "dear boys" as there used to was. There was a general white frost coming, and you didn't need an Old Farmer's Almanac to prove it. The spell of weather developed sudden.
He was sniffing himself by this time, for as the launch swiftly approached the derelict the unpleasant odour became more pronounced. "Betcher that schooner was in collision with a steamer," Captain Scraggs announced. "She was cut down right through the fo'castle with the watch below sound asleep, an' this here fragrance appeals to me as a sure sign of a job for the coroner."
He could see that the men forward were no longer crouching for shelter under the break of the fo'castle, but were holding on by the shrouds or stays, smoking their pipes, and laughing and joking together. Until the motion abated somewhat, it was clearly impossible to commence the work of getting things in order. "Did the bowsprit and mast both go, together?"
Help him as much as you can, and make him help" he stopped and ran the spokes to starboard as a tremendous billow rose under the stern and yawed the schooner to port "and make him help himself for the rest. Unship the fo'castle hatch and get him down into a bunk. Then ship the hatch again." The captain turned his aged face forward and wavered pitifully.
Help him as much as you can, and make him help" he stopped and ran the spokes to starboard as a tremendous billow rose under the stern and yawed the schooner to port "and make him help himself for the rest. Unship the fo'castle hatch and get him down into a bunk. Then ship the hatch again." The captain turned his aged face forward and wavered pitifully.
This ain't the fo'castle. Where am I?" "You're ashore. You've been sick. Don't try to move." "Sick? Humph! Sick? 'Course I been sick. Don't I know it? The d n cowards run off and left me; blast their eyes! I'll fix 'em for it one of these days, you hear " "Sshh!" "Hush up yourself. Where am I?" "You're ashore. On Cape Cod. At Trumet." "Trumet! He was struggling to raise himself on his elbow.
Parrot pronounced the disguise excellent, and said that he should not have the slightest suspicion that she was anything but what she seemed to be. Amy felt very shy, as she sallied out with Bob; but she gained courage as she saw that no one noticed her. When they arrived at the brig, the cattle were nearly all on board. Bob led the way across the gangway, and went up on to the fo'castle.
It didn't come in my line to be over-tender, but I turned sick at heart, Tom, more times than one, looking on helpless, and me a great stout fellow. I remember now don't know as I've thought of it for twenty years a thing McCallum said one night; McCallum was Scotch, an old fellow with gray hair; told the best yarns on the fo'castle always.
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