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The staysails and jibs were hauled down now as useless, and the vessel flew like a courser. The change of wind had brought the sea up, and the vessel had a gradual roll, causing the waves now and then to come gracefully in over the waist, while the extreme fore and aft parts of the handsome craft were perfectly dry. THE STAYSAILS AND JIBS WERE HAULED DOWN NOW AS USELESS AND THE VESSEL FLEW LIKE A COURSER THE CHANGE OF WIND HAD BROUGHT THE SEA UP AND THE VESSEL HAD A GRADUAL ROLL CAUSING THE WAVES NOW AND THEN TO COME GRACEFULLY IN OVER THE WAIST WHILE THE EXTREME FORE AND AFT PARTS OF THE HANDSOME CRAFT WERE PERFECTLY DRY
s idle gaze over the vessel's side, once more losing himself in his day dream. CHAPTER III. THE GALE. "THE Wind seems to be hauling," said the mate, walking aft, and addressing his superior. "Keep her a good full," said the captain, to the man at the helm. "Ay, ay, sir," said the old tar, as he tried to make the sails draw by altering the vessel's course a point or two more free. "Here it is, sure enough," said the captain, "from the southwest. Up with the men forward once more, Mr. Faulkner!--we must humor our beauty." "All hands oil deck!" shouted the mate at the hatch--an order which as before was perfectly obeyed. Almost as quickly as the foremast had been stripped of the square rig it had at first borne, it was once more clothed again with its topsail and mainsail, and in less than fifteen minutes the "Sea Witch" was under a cloud of canvass, with studd'nsails out on both sides, while the fore and aft sails on the main and mizzen were boomed out wing and wing dead before the wind. MATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIVERVOX DOT ORG RECORDING BY JERRY DIXON THE SEA WITCH BY MURRAY MATCHARINE BAILU CHAPTER THREE THE GALE THE WIND SEEMS TO BE HAULING SAID THE MATE WALKING AFT AND ADDRESSING HIS SUPERIOR KEEP HER A GOOD FULL SAID THE CAPTAIN TO THE MAN AT THE HELM AY AY SIR SAID THE OLD TAR AS HE TRIED TO MAKE THE SAILS DRAW BY ALTERING THE VESSEL'S COURSE A POINT OR TWO MORE FREE HERE IT IS SURE ENOUGH SAID THE CAPTAIN FROM THE SOUTHWEST UP WITH THE MEN FORWARD ONCE MORE MISTER FAULKNER WE MUST HUMOR OUR BEAUTY ALL HANDS OIL DECK SHOUTED THE MATE AT THE HATCH AN ORDER WHICH AS BEFORE WAS PERFECTLY OBEYED ALMOST AS QUICKLY AS THE FOREMAST HAD BEEN STRIPPED OF THE SQUARE RIG IT HAD AT FIRST BORNE IT WAS ONCE MORE CLOTHED AGAIN WITH ITS TOPSAIL AND MAINSAIL AND IN LESS THAN FIFTEEN MINUTES THE SEA WITCH WAS UNDER A CLOUD OF CANVAS WITH STUDD'NSAILS OUT ON BOTH SIDES WHILE THE FORE AND AFT SAILS ON THE MAIN AND MIZZEN WERE BOOMED OUT WING AND WING DEAD BEFORE THE WIND
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