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"All the same, there's no use our fretting ourselves into a fuss. We can't get out of this unless we had the wings of a dove, so we may as well take the sails off the boat." She climbed across Frank, loosed the halyard and brought the lug down into the boat with a sudden run. Frank was buried in the folds of it After some struggling he got his head out and breathed freely.
"We shall not want any kites to-day," said Donald, as he made fast the throat halyard. "No; and you may have to reef this mainsail," added Rodman. "Not at all." "But it is flawy." "So much the better." "Why so?" "Because a fellow that understands himself and keeps his eyes wide open has a chance to gain something on the heavy flaws that almost knock a boat over. It makes a sharper game of it."
"'E's a bloomin' fool," quoth Ben, evidently feeling that this exigency had removed all restraint of speech as regarded the captain. "Wot will 'e do short handed with a hundred or more black devils aboard in case trouble comes? Barrin' I were out o' here though, I wouldn't care if I never touched a halyard of the Wanderer again."
I got the tar about my hair and face: but I struck it away as well as I could, and when my head came above water, I heard the cannon ashore firing for distress. I looked about me, and at the distance of eight or ten yards from me, I saw the main topsail halyard block above water: the water was about thirteen fathoms deep, and at that time the tide was coming in.
And he slowly began to fake down the slack of the main halyard on the thwart, twisting the coil slowly and thoughtfully as it grew under his broad hands, till the rope lay in a perfectly smooth disk beside him. But Ruggiero changed his position and gazed steadily at Beatrice's changing face while San Miniato talked to her.
When the catboat came a little nearer we saw that there was only one man in it, and, sure enough, an old blue jersey was tied to the flag halyard. The man turned the boat around very neatly I don't know the right sailing word for it and anchored. Then he climbed into the dinghy that was trailing along behind and began rowing to the Sea Monster.
She and I placed the osier cage aboard, securing it firmly, and then, throwing tablecloths over the auks' heads, we led those simple and dignified birds down the path and across the plank at the little wooden pier. Together we locked up the house, while Halyard stormed at us both and wheeled himself furiously up and down the beach below. At the last moment she forgot her thimble.
Why, you horrible villains, do you mean to tell me that you have been doing all this pirating for money? "Aaron Halyard scraped his feet in the sand, and shuffled about uneasily. "'Beggin' yer pardin', Cap'n, but what in Sancho HAVE we been doin' of it for, else? "Black Pedro gave a moan, and then another bellow of rage. "'Out of my sight, you miserable, sordid scoundrels, out of my sight! What?
Ask anybody along the coast what sort of a thing moves about the cliffs like a man and slides over them into the sea like an otter " "I saw it do that!" I burst out. "Oh, did you? Well, what was it?" Something kept me silent, although a dozen explanations flew to my lips. After a pause, Halyard said: "You saw the harbor-master, that's what you saw!" I looked at him without a word.
You will naturally say that my statement amounts to nothing; but when your representative arrives, if he be free from prejudice, I expect his reports to you concerning this sea-biped will confirm the solemn statements of a witness I know to be unimpeachable. "Yours truly, BURTON HALYARD. "Well," I said, after a moment's thought, "here goes for the wild-goose chase."
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