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Updated: June 7, 2025
"'When I got on the main topsail halyard block, I saw the admiral's baker in the shrouds of the mizen-top-mast, and directly after that, the woman, whom I had pulled out of the port-hole, came rolling by: I said to the baker, who was an Irishman, named Robert Cleary, "Bob, reach out your hand, and catch hold of that woman; that is a woman I pulled out of the port-hole: I dare say she is not dead."
"No, I'm Francis Lee, bossing the mica pit at Port-of-Waves," he replied, "but this letter is from Halyard, asking me to look out for a man in a hurry from Bronx Park, New York."
"There," said Priscilla, turning to Frank, "what do you think of that? The two nicest children! I don't mind of course; but I do call it rather rough on you after talking so grand and having on your best first eleven coat and all." Frank learned several things while the sails were being hoisted. The word halyard became familiar to him and connected itself definitely with certain ropes.
I learned to distinguish between a 'halyard, which is rope for pulling the yards up and letting them down, from a 'brace, which is used to pull them around so as to 'trim the sails, and a 'sheet, which is a rope for keeping the sails in their proper places. I might go on and tell you a great many more things that I learned, but I should only tire your patience without doing any good.
Well, then they take a gander and pick his neck as clean as a babby's, and then grease it most beautiful all the way from the breast to the head, till it becomes as slippery as a soaped eel. Then they tie both his legs together with a strong piece of cord, of the size of a halyard, and hang him by the feet to the middle of the swingin' rope, with his head downward.
He crawled out of the cabin when we were a couple of miles out of the harbour, and by that time I'd have been glad to see anyone who knew one end of the boat from the other. Old Hazlewood was all right; but the other three men were simply rotters, the sort of fellows who'd be just as likely as not to take a pull on a topsail halyard when told to slack away the lee runner.
Jeorling, if ever he wants to shake hands with you.” “Fortunately, boatswain, Hunt does not seem to be quarrelsome. He appears to be a quiet man who does not abuse his strength.” “No except when he is setting a halyard. Then I am always afraid the pulley will come down and the yard with it.”
Halyard, the fact that no one but the two people most intimately concerned were aware of any particular reason why they should not sit together enabled them to carry off the situation without visible effort. It had been a matter of more difficulty to merge Miss Caroline's personality into the prevailing atmosphere, but every one helped.
So I forgave her for she was even prettier than I had thought her at first and I took my leave, saying that Mr. Halyard would doubtless direct me to my room. Halyard was in his library, cleaning a revolver, when I entered. "Your room is next to mine," he said; "pleasant dreams, and kindly refrain from snoring." "May I venture an absurd hope that you will do the same!" I replied, politely.
Well, you don't get no sixty dollars from me. Bear a hand and we'll drop the ship's work boat overboard. I guess you can tow a signal halyard to the Maggie, can't you, Neils?" Neils could and did. Within fifteen minutes the Maggie was fast to her prize.
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