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"There is much to be done, and perhaps you are weak-handed: but stick to it steadily, and you will see great effects, for constant dropping wears away stones; and by diligence and patience the mouse ate in two the cable; and little strokes fell great oaks." "Early to bed, and early to rise Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise."
The look of Ludlow through the glass was long, attentive, and grave. "We are weak-handed to deal with a stranger;" he said, when he returned the instrument to Trysail, "You see he has nothing but his top-sails set, a show of canvas that would satisfy no trader, in a breeze like this!" The master was silent, but his look was even longer and more critical than that of his captain.
The ship was rather weak-handed, and the captain was very glad of our services. La Motte and I consulted together, and we agreed that we ought to make him some recompense for the trouble and expense he had been at, and all the care he had taken of us. The other men agreed to what we proposed.
But a profound suspicion remained with him that Sandersen guessed his mission, and was purposely trying to brush away the wrath of the avenger. It would take time to discover the truth, but to secure that time it was necessary to settle the blame for the killing. Cold Feet was a futile, weak-handed little coward.
The other waived this question and replied: "I have found two parties that hate him; two that came in last week." "Have you? then, if you are in earnest, make me acquainted with them, for I am weak-handed; I lost one of my pals yesterday." "Indeed! how?" "They caught him at work and gave him a rap over the head with a spade. The more fool he for being caught. Here is to his memory."
"You are very kind, ma'am; and I hope I shall be able to do something for you some time." "Never you mind that; you are a nice girl, and it does my heart good to see you trying to help your mother," added the kind woman, as she detached a large mass of candy, and commenced pulling it with a vigor that astonished the weak-handed little girl.
"Handle your tools without mittens; remember, a cat in gloves catches no mice." "There is much to be done, and perhaps you are weak-handed; but stick to it steadily, and you will see great effects, for constant dropping wears away stones, and by diligence and patience the mouse ate into the cable." We have spoken of what the printer-boy accomplished as remarkable.
As it regards the second specification, viz., constitutional indolence, we may refer generally to the evidence on this subject under a former proposition. We will merely state here two facts. 1st. Although the negroes are not obliged to work on Saturday, yet they are in the habit of going to estates that are weak-handed, and hiring themselves out on that day. 2d.
On the other hand, we certainly may defend the schooner from the shore as well as on board; but we are weak-handed. I shall, however, call up the ship's company and let them decide. God knows, if left to me I would not fight at all. 'Is there no way of escape? resumed Francisco.
To break up a ship is, under ordinary circumstances, no very difficult matter, but as they expected that they would be dependent almost entirely upon the wreck for the timber necessary to the construction of their little ship, they had to go carefully to work; and as it was all manual labour, and they were very weak-handed, they found the task one of no ordinary difficulty.
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