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All gray, an' drivin' like mad. The seas was rollin' in, with a frothy wind-lop atop o' them. They'd lift us, smother us, drop us, toss the schooners ridin' in our lee, an' go t' smash on the big, black rocks ashore. Lord! how they pulled at the old Sink or Swim! 'Twas like as if they wanted her bad for what she done. Seems t' me the Lord God A'mighty must 'a' knowed what He was about.
'Let her off out o' the wind. We'll be makin' for Harbour Round for shelter. Holdin' on, did you say? My dear man, they's a whirlwind brewin'! "But if 'twas blowin' hard a nor'east snorter, with the gale raisin' a wind-lop on the swell, an' the night comin' down if 'twas blowin' barb'rous hard, sometimes we'd get scared. "'Skipper, we couldn't help sayin', ''tis time t' get out o' this.
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