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"Lay aft here, and brail the spanker up!" continued the captain, promptly. "Ay, ay, sir!" was the response of a half dozen ready hands, as they sprang to do his bidding. LAY AFT HERE AND BRAIL THE SPANKER UP CONTINUED THE CAPTAIN PROMPTLY AY AY SIR WAS THE RESPONSE OF A HALF DOZEN READY HANDS AS THEY SPRANG TO DO HIS BIDDING
s he gazed to windward, with a quick, searching glance. While he spoke, the wind came fresher and fresher, and now and then a damp puff and lull, that were too significant tokens for a seaman to disregard. Captain Ratlin jumped upon the inner braces of the taffrail, and shading his eyes with his hands for a moment, looked steadily to windward, then glanced at his well-filled sails as though he was loth to lose even a minute of such a fair wind. He delayed, however, but a second, when jumping down to the deck again, he issued his orders in those brief but significant tones of voice, which at the same time imparts promptness and confidence in a waiting crew on shipboard. "In studd'nsails, gaff-topsails, fore royal and top-gallantsails, with a will, men, cheerily, cheerily O!" These were tones that the crew of the "Sea Witch" were no strangers to, and sounds they loved, for they betokened a thorough and complete feeling of confidence between commander and men, and they worked with spirit. OUTHERN BOARD SAID THE CAPTAIN AS HE GAZED TO WINDWARD WITH A QUICK SEARCHING GLANCE WHILE HE SPOKE THE WIND CAME FRESHER AND FRESHER AND NOW AND THEN A DAMP PUFF AND LULL THAT WERE TOO SIGNIFICANT TOKENS FOR A SEAMAN TO DISREGARD CAPTAIN RATLIN JUMPED UPON THE INNER BRACES OF THE TAFFRAIL AND SHADING HIS EYES WITH HIS HANDS FOR A MOMENT LOOKED STEADILY TO WINDWARD THEN GLANCED AT HIS WELL FILLED SAILS AS THOUGH HE WAS LOTH TO LOSE EVEN A MINUTE OF SUCH A FAIR WIND HE DELAYED HOWEVER BUT A SECOND WHEN JUMPING DOWN TO THE DECK AGAIN HE ISSUED HIS ORDERS IN THOSE BRIEF BUT SIGNIFICANT TONES OF VOICE WHICH AT THE SAME TIME IMPARTS PROMPTNESS AND CONFIDENCE IN A WAITING CREW ON SHIPBOARD IN STUDD'NSAILS GAFF TOPSAILS FORE ROYAL AND TOP GALLANTSAILS WITH A WILL MEN CHEERILY CHEERILY O THESE WERE TONES THAT THE CREW OF THE SEA WITCH WERE NO STRANGERS TO AND SOUNDS THEY LOVED FOR THEY BETOKENED A THOROUGH AND COMPLETE FEELING OF CONFIDENCE BETWEEN COMMANDER AND MEN AND THEY WORKED WITH SPIRIT
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