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"But it was lucky we was near loaded, for dat put a chill on our min', an' de tought of dose dead Huskies lost us many a fine swile, for de boys wouldn't scatter over de ice as dey used to. "It wasn't long after dat de capten tould us dat we were full enough, an' away we sailed to de sou'-east." "Dat was de time de Li'n was lost wasn't it?" inquired another islesman.
Dere was a big fleet of us boys, for dat was in de ould times when dere were no steamers, but only brigantines mostly. "Well, dere was ould Ned Shea in de Li'n, an' Jim Daygle in de Ringdove, an' Bill 'Hearne in de Swiler's Bride, an ourselves in de Truelove, all in company; an' dat night at dusk we made de Greenland ice.
"Yes; on de way down we had an awful gale, an' de Li'n put into de pack an' got 'nipped, so dat she went down; but her crew was all saved in de boats. We put off to say, an' for two days an' nights I tought we should never say land. Why, we lay to as long as we dared, an' until our deck was full of water, an' de capten said we mus' do somethin' else, or we should founder.
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