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Updated: June 22, 2025
Sarcastic mirth murmured aboard the schooner, once more fading into a blur; but Jerry Rolfe had his plan, and as the forward canvas rattled up the stay, and the vessel slued across the current, drawing in for the farther shore, he shook his fist at the Padang and growled: "Cut me adrift and scuttle me, will ye? And, by Hokey, you stay where you are until this ship's afloat again!"
The mizen topsail, which was a comparatively new sail, and close-reefed, split, from head to foot, in the bunt; the fore-topsail went, in one rent, from clew to earing, and was blowing to tatters; one of the chain bobstays parted; the spritsail-yard sprung in the slings; the martingale had slued away off to leeward; and, owing to the long dry weather, the lee rigging hung in large bights, at every lurch.
Whalemen make the best boats' crews in the world for a long pull, but this landing was new to them, and notwithstanding the examples they had had, they slued round and were hove up boat, oars, and men altogether, high and dry upon the sand. The second time, they filled, and had to turn their boat over, and set her off again.
Miss Usher turned to him. "Is Winny with them?" "Rather. There she is. Right opposite. Jolly she looks, doesn't she?" Miss Usher looked at Winny. The bent black brows bent lower, and a large blue eye slued round into her profile, darting a sudden light at him. "Don't ask me," she said, "I'm sure I don't know."
The Long Island coast lay to port, a narrow band of ochre, and all about lay the heaving gray of mighty waters, in which the Fledgling was a black speck. Dan's hat was off and his red-gold hair was flying wild; his teeth were bared. He was always thus in a fight. This was one; a dandy a clinker! He gave the wheel another spoke and the Fledgling slued across a sea and smashed down hard.
But the enemy, by this, had my fellows on the run, and were driving them at stretch gallop. To worsen my plight, as I pursued I caught sound of hoofs pounding behind and, as it seemed, overtaking me; supposed that a horseman was riding me down; and, reining the mare back fiercely, slued about to meet his onset. It proved to be the poor pack-horse I had left in the valley!
"Quick, Bart!" panted Frank, as with his comrade's help he slued the machine gun around, gripped the trigger, and sent a stream of bullets into a group of the enemy charging down upon him. Before that withering fire they dissolved like mist, and a circle was cleared as though by magic.
The remaining fastenings holding it to the deck parted, and there was a rending and grinding as it slued off into the sea, carrying with it the main-mast, which crashed down and impaled the bar on which the wreck rested.
You're hung up till daylight. What on earth's the matter?" The bullocks went off into the long hissing snorts that Indian cattle give, and pushed and crowded and slued and stamped and slipped and nearly fell down in the mud, grunting savagely. "You'll break your necks in a minute," said the troop-horse. "What's the matter with white men? I live with 'em." "They eat us!
"Now!" shouted Frank, and he and Bart leaped to their feet and rushed toward the guns. There was a wild melee for a moment, and then the surviving Germans turned and ran in panic down the slope. The boys slued the captured guns around and sent a stream of bullets after their wildly fleeing enemies.
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