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The lugger sailed like a witch, and away she went towards the chops of the channel, on a bow-line; leaving us to stand towards the French coast close-hauled, also, but on the opposite tack. It is scarcely necessary to dwell on the feelings with which we four, who were eye-witnesses of all that passed, witnessed the proceedings. Even Diogenes was indignant.
This time she was seen directly astern of us, and nearly two miles distant! Such had been our gain, that ten minutes longer would have carried us clear. As we now saw her, I felt certain she would soon see us, eyes being on the look-out on board her, beyond a question. Nevertheless, the cruiser was still on a bow-line, standing on the course on which we had been last seen.
"You bet," Grace whispered to Madaline, as she fell into step for the homeward march. "I learned that the bow-line will slip." "Hush," begged Madaline. "I am not sure yet but that you know may be after us." "Wish it you know, was," defied the other. "What ever were you two up to?" asked Margaret, falling back to take step with the refugees.
A matter of five minutes more at the most and it would have been started on its journey to destruction. Bruce sprang to the stern of the third barge and dragged the loose bow-line from the water. It was shorter by many feet the stout, new rope had been cut! It was not necessary to strike a match the starlight was sufficient to show him that. He stared at it, unable to credit his own eyes.
For her bravery then she had been voted by the field "a good fellow," and an admiral present declared that she had a head "as long as the maintop bow-line." She loved admiration, though she had no foolish sentiment; she called men silly creatures, and yet would go on her knees across country to do a deserving man-friend a service.
I used the running bow-line, and a couple of clove hitches. Our old knots came in useful, but they didn't hold evidently. Hark! Wasn't that a whistle! Sounded like Margaret's trill." "Yes, and it's away over on the Avenue. Whatever will Captain Clark say?" "Now, Madie, you just promise you will say nothing about my man and Mrs. Johnston's wash.
His look passed, with a seaman's care, from sail to sail; and not a brace, yard, or bow-line escaped the quick understanding glances he cast about him, before he proceeded to the side, in order to enter a boat which he had already ordered to be in waiting. A glimmering of distrust and hesitation was now, for the first time, discoverable through the haughty and bold decision of his features.
"Nay, we have water too, in our journeyings and marches," returned his white companion; "we bordermen handle the paddle and the spear almost as much as the rifle and the hunting-knife." "Ay; but do you handle the brace and the bow-line, the wheel and the lead-line, the reef-point and the top-rope? The paddle is a good thing, out of doubt, in a canoe; but of what use is it in the ship?"
They taught me to sing their songs as they hauled on their ropes, and I recall, as if I had learned it yesterday, one pleasing ditty: Haul on the bow-line, Kitty is my darling, Haul on the bow-line, The bow-line HAUL! When I sang "haul" all the sailors pulled their hardest, and I had an exhilarating sense of sharing in their labors.
The Swash was not long in getting her ground-tackle, and the brig was soon seen with her topsail aback, waiting to cat the anchor. This done, the yards swung round, and the topsail filled. It was blowing just a good breeze for such a craft to carry whole sail on a bow-line with, and away the light and active craft started, like the racer that is galloping for daily exercise.
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