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Tying themselves and their buckets to the thwarts, they went to work and soon relieved her of a heavy load. From the general direction of the wind I knew without compass or any other guide that we were running to the westward, and, I feared, were gradually approaching the dreaded reefs, where in such a sea our boat would have been reduced to match-wood in a little while.
To save himself Aubert made a leap for the branch, the elephant forging madly ahead; and the howdah, being smashed like match-wood, fell on the tiger below, who was tearing and clawing at everything within his reach. Poor Aubert got hold of the branch with his hands, and clung with all the desperation of one fighting for his life.
There were barrels and kegs, gratings and hatch-covers, booms and pieces of masts and trucks; and beside all that, the heaving water in-shore was covered with a floating mask of broken match-wood, and the waves, as they curled over, carried up and dashed down on the pebble planks and beams beyond number.
Two or three who had been badly hurt were unable to move fast enough. The gun crunched over them and then seemed to pursue a limping pirate, veering to overtake him as he fled. He was tossed against the bulwark like a bundle of bloody rags. The gun crashed into the stout timbers of the ship's side and they were splintered like match-wood.
The one solitary chair was of that cheap construction which is meant to creak warningly when sat upon by light people, and to resolve itself into match-wood when the desecrator is heavy. Two pictures graced the walls one the infant Samuel in a rosewood frame, the other an oil painting of probably the first century, for its subject was quite undistinguishable in a gold slip.
Riven trunks, split like match-wood by the lightning, stood beside the trail, gaunt and hopeless. Partially-severed limbs hung drooping, their weeping foliage appealing to the stricken world about them for a sympathy which none could give.
The ship don't float that, with her sails alone, could get out of the bay, once she got into it, with the wind and tide the way it is now; and afore the tide turns he'll be knocked into match-wood, or my name's not Joe Grummet.
He led the way outside, where he pointed to the overhanging rock. "Professor, as that rock is situated now, what would happen if it came down? You see how delicately it seems to be balanced." "If it came down," stated Professor Brierly, "it would crush your main building to match-wood." "Yes, I guess it would. Well, here is what I planned.
"My brother told me he should not mind seeing her end her days as a picturesque wreck, but to sell her for match-wood was barbarous. I was really of the same opinion. And and couldn't it be managed for her, Captain Anderson?" The two looked at each other narrowly. "If you can get any one to do it, of course it can be done. But I would sooner " "Now before you judge, hear me, Captain.
Had the Admiralty reasoned in similar terms with those who beat its gangsmen, converted its rendezvous into match-wood and carried off its pressed men, it would have quickly made itself as heartily feared as it was already hated; but in seeking to shore up an odious cause by pacific methods it laid its motives open to the gravest misconstruction.
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