Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Updated: June 3, 2025
Spelsand bawled some order to the man at the helm, and the vessel veered round suddenly; so suddenly, that had the two young men in the boat been anything but first-rate watermen, they and Mr. Carter would have become very intimately acquainted with the briny element around and about them.
Another man, with a dingy face, and another pipe in his mouth, looked over the side, and took his pipe from between his lips, to address the detective. "What the do you mean by coming alongside us?" he cried. "Get out of the way, or we shall run you down." "Oh, no, you won't, Mr. Spelsand," answered one of the young men from the boat; "you'll think twice before you turn rusty with us.
It can't much matter to him whether I take him now, or when he gets to Copenhagen; for take him I surely shall; but it'll matter a good deal to you, Captain Spelsand, if you resist my authority." The captain hesitated for a little, while he gave a few fierce puffs at his dirty pipe. "Show us your warrant," he said presently, in a sulky tone.
But the young men were very good watermen, and they were also familiar with the manners and customs of Captain Spelsand, of the Crow; so, as the black-looking schooner veered round, the little boat shot out into the open water, and the two young oarsmen greeted the captain's manoeuvre with a ringing peal of laughter.
Word Of The Day
Others Looking