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Updated: June 28, 2025
No decent sailor would ship in the craft if he could help it." Trunnell gave me a queer look. Then he saw I meant no offence and shook his great head again. "Did it ever occur to ye that ye had a duty to do in the world beside huntin' soft jobs?" "Certainly not that of hunting hard ones," I answered, fastening my belt. Trunnell's face underwent a change.
I was worn out with the exertion from handling canvas and my fracas forward, so after bawling out some of the details of the occurrence into Trunnell's ear, I took my watch below to get a rest. The men who preferred to stay aft clear of the water were allowed to lie down near the mizzen.
But other men took his place, and as I went over the rail Thompson came and shook my hand warmly. "Sink me, Mr. Rolling, but you've had a time of it, hey?" he said. "How are the men on the Sovereign? We've been standing along north and south for six days, expecting to pick you up, and here you are. It's all that Trunnell's doings.
It appeared to sink into a deeper gloom afterward, but in another moment we heard the distant boom of thunder. Before we could get the topgallantsail set there was a blinding flash off the bow-port, followed by a deep rolling peal of thunder. I was standing in the waist and sprang to Trunnell's room "All hands!" I bawled.
As he came up the steps, I rushed for him and kicked out with all my strength, when his face was level with my knees. The toe of my heavy shoe caught him solidly in the neck, and he went over backward almost in a complete somersault, landing with a crash upon the main deck just outside the window of Mr. Trunnell's room.
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