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Five days of steady blow continued before the vessel could again show more than a small portion of her canvass. FIVE DAYS OF STEADY BLOW CONTINUED BEFORE THE VESSEL COULD AGAIN SHOW MORE THAN A SMALL PORTION OF HER CANVAS
, which we have already described, sprang lightly into the mizzen shrouds, and with a voice that was heard by every soul on board the "Sea Witch," shouted sternly: "Silence in the ship!" Not a voice was heard, and every man quietly awaited his order, looking abashed that there had been a tongue heard save his who had the right alone to speak. "Cast the gasket off the foot of the fore and aft foresail." "Ay, ay, sir!" responded the mate, who having secured the rudder, now hastened by his commander, followed by a dozen hands, to execute the order. "Haul the sheet to port!" "Ay, ay, sir!" "Belay that!" As the vessel felt the power of the canvass thus opportunely loosed and brought to bear, she gradually paid off before the wind, and once more had steerage way. Another foresail was now bent, and this time double-reefed, the foretopsail, too, was bent, close-reefed and furled, while the fore and aft foresail was once more stowed, leaving the "Sea Witch" to scud under double-reefed foresail. TING THIS EXPEDIENT AND THAT BUT THAT AGILE FIGURE WHICH WE HAVE ALREADY DESCRIBED SPRANG LIGHTLY INTO THE MIZZEN SHROUDS AND WITH A VOICE THAT WAS HEARD BY EVERY SOUL ON BOARD THE SEA WITCH SHOUTED STERNLY SILENCE IN THE SHIP NOT A VOICE WAS HEARD AND EVERY MAN QUIETLY AWAITED HIS ORDER LOOKING ABASHED THAT THERE HAD BEEN A TONGUE HEARD SAVE HIS WHO HAD THE RIGHT ALONE TO SPEAK CAST THE GASKET OFF THE FOOT OF THE FORE AND AFT FORESAIL AY AY SIR RESPONDED THE MATE WHO HAVING SECURED THE RUDDER NOW HASTENED BY HIS COMMANDER FOLLOWED BY A DOZEN HANDS TO EXECUTE THE ORDER HAUL THE SHEET TO PORT AY AY SIR BELAY THAT AS THE VESSEL FELT THE POWER OF THE CANVASS THUS OPPORTUNELY LOOSED AND BROUGHT TO BEAR SHE GRADUALLY PAID OFF BEFORE THE WIND AND ONCE MORE HAD STEERAGE WAY ANOTHER FORESAIL WAS NOW BENT AND THIS TIME DOUBLE REEFED THE FORETOPSAIL TOO WAS BENT CLOSE REEFED AND FURLED WHILE THE FORE AND AFT FORESAIL WAS ONCE MORE STOWED LEAVING THE SEA WITCH TO SCUD UNDER DOUBLE REEFED FORESAIL
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