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A "spotsman" is the agent who arranges for a run of goods, and directs the operation from the shore, without necessarily taking a part in it. Indeed, the longer we weighed the pros and cons the more feasible appeared the simple adventure.
It was dusk, and he'd lit a couple of candles in his shop, and was seated there reading a newspaper. Another thing put us off. The boat chartered was the Bold Venture, with Cornelius Roose on board. Cornelius as I dare say you have heard, doctor is the cleverest spotsman on this coast; but he was never yet known to risk a run unless he had his brother John to help ashore.
The clouds came up thicker and thicker from the south-west, and the darkness rapidly increased. She had good reason to dread falling over the cliff. Several times she contemplated turning back; but the thought of her husband's danger urged her on. "If I could find the spotsman, Ned Dore, I would beseech him to warn the cutter off," she said to herself; "it can never be done on a night like this."
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