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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. 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
cefully in over the waist, while the extreme fore and aft parts of the handsome craft were perfectly dry. "It has set her to waltzing, Mr. Faulkner," said his superior; "but she improves her speed upon to it, and I think the breeze freshens from this new quarter." "Yes, sir. Do you see the long bank of white hereaway to the south-southwest; it looks like a fog bank, but may be a squall," said the mate. "There are few squalls in these latitudes, Mr. Faulkner, and yet I don't like the looks of the weather in the southern 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. 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 IT HAS SET HER TO WALTZING MISTER FAULKNER SAID HIS SUPERIOR BUT SHE IMPROVES HER SPEED UPON TO IT AND I THINK THE BREEZE FRESHENS FROM THIS NEW QUARTER YES SIR DO YOU SEE THE LONG BANK OF WHITE HEREAWAY TO THE SOUTH SOUTHWEST IT LOOKS LIKE A FOG BANK BUT MAY BE A SQUALL SAID THE MATE THERE ARE FEW SQUALLS IN THESE LATITUDES MISTER FAULKNER AND YET I DON'T LIKE THE LOOKS OF THE WEATHER IN THE SOUTHERN 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
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