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"I got up out of the scuttle just as quick as I could, and there he was crawling round behind the stern-house with an axe in his hand, and the mate flat up against the rail. "'Shut that slide quick, says the skipper. 'Shut it. He's crawling up the ladder. "'I guess you can shut it yourself if you want it shut. He asked for whisky. 'Tell him where it is, says the mate."
There was no doubt that the listeners were interested, and the man made an impressive gesture. "It was kind of scaring. There was a soft flippety-flop going on in the stern-house, and I slipped out a handspike. Then the skipper sees me. "'There's a drowned man crawling round the cabin with water running off him, he says.
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