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"Father, I want to go up to the widow Weston's a little while," said Frank. "Very well; but you must be back so as to go to bed and get up in season for your excursion to the city to morrow." FATHER I WANT TO GO UP TO THE WIDOW WESTON'S A LITTLE WHILE SAID FRANK VERY WELL BUT YOU MUST BE BACK SO AS TO GO TO BED AND GET UP IN SEASON FOR YOUR EXCURSION TO THE CITY TO MORROW
added Captain Sedley. "Oh, sir, they can all swim." "All of them?" "Like ducks, sir." "Suppose one of them should fall overboard half a mile from the land, where I saw them yesterday. Do you think he could swim ashore?" "Tim could." "There are a great many things to be considered in such a case. His clothes might encumber him; he might have the cramp; he might get frightened." "The others could save him." "We do not know what they could do. Boys at play are very different from boys in the hour of peril. When I was a sailor before the mast, one of my shipmates, a very expert swimmer ordinarily, fell from the mainyard arm into the sea. Two of us jumped in to assist him; but he sank to the bottom like a lump of lead, and we never saw him again." "That was strange," added Charles. "He was taken unawares; he lost his self-command, and it might be so with the Bunkers. This rafting is dangerous business, and I advise you never to engage in it;" and Captain Sedley walked off towards his house. K'S FATHER BUT THEIR LIVES ARE CONTINUALLY IN DANGER ADDED CAPTAIN SEDLEY OH SIR THEY CAN ALL SWIM ALL OF THEM LIKE DUCKS SIR SUPPOSE ONE OF THEM SHOULD FALL OVERBOARD HALF A MILE FROM THE LAND WHERE I SAW THEM YESTERDAY DO YOU THINK HE COULD SWIM ASHORE TIM COULD THERE ARE A GREAT MANY THINGS TO BE CONSIDERED IN SUCH A CASE HIS CLOTHES MIGHT ENCUMBER HIM HE MIGHT HAVE THE CRAMP HE MIGHT GET FRIGHTENED THE OTHERS COULD SAVE HIM WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT THEY COULD DO BOYS AT PLAY ARE VERY DIFFERENT FROM BOYS IN THE HOUR OF PERIL WHEN I WAS A SAILOR BEFORE THE MAST ONE OF MY SHIPMATES A VERY EXPERT SWIMMER ORDINARILY FELL FROM THE MAIN YARD ARM INTO THE SEA TWO OF US JUMPED IN TO ASSIST HIM BUT HE SANK TO THE BOTTOM LIKE A LUMP OF LEAD AND WE NEVER SAW HIM AGAIN THAT WAS STRANGE ADDED CHARLES HE WAS TAKEN UNAWARES HE LOST HIS SELF COMMAND AND IT MIGHT BE SO WITH THE BUNKERS THIS RAFTING IS DANGEROUS BUSINESS AND I ADVISE YOU NEVER TO ENGAGE IN IT AND CAPTAIN SEDLEY WALKED OFF TOWARD HIS HOUSE
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