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Up oars!" continued Frank, making a slight pause between the commands. "Good!" said the old seaman. "The captain's monkey couldn't do it half as well as that!" UP OARS CONTINUED FRANK MAKING A SLIGHT PAUSE BETWEEN THE COMMANDS GOOD SAID THE OLD SEAMAN THE CAPTAIN'S MONKEY COULDN'T DO IT HALF AS WELL AS THAT
 had written the name of every boy against his number, so that the old sailor could learn whom he had in the boat. "Now, youngsters, look on your thwarts, and you will find a cross on 'em, a small chalk-mark. Stand up, and you will see 'em." They all obeyed the direction; and they did it very quietly. "Good, boys! You did that very well, and none of you didn't fall overboard. You see the chalk-marks; and they are not in the middle of the thwart, but half-way between the middle and the gunwale. Set down on the mark. That's it; well done. You are put over nearer one side than the other to give you a better purchase on your oars. You are toler'ble cool now, and act more like human critters than you did t'other day, and we are ready to go to work. Mind what I said about the bow and stroke oarsmen. Go on, Frank." "Stand by!" said the coxswain. "That means 'Ready!' as the sojers use the word," Uncle Ben explained. "Here at the landing, you know just what's comin' next. Go on, Frank." "Ready! ES BEN HAD A CARD IN HIS HAND ON WHICH FRED HARPER HAD WRITTEN THE NAME OF EVERY BOY AGAINST HIS NUMBER SO THAT THE OLD SAILOR COULD LEARN WHOM HE HAD IN THE BOAT NOW YOUNGSTERS LOOK ON YOUR THWARTS AND YOU WILL FIND A CROSS ON EM A SMALL CHALK MARK STAND UP AND YOU WILL SEE EM THEY ALL OBEYED THE DIRECTION AND THEY DID IT VERY QUIETLY GOOD BOYS YOU DID THAT VERY WELL AND NONE OF YOU DIDN'T FALL OVERBOARD YOU SEE THE CHALK MARKS AND THEY ARE NOT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE THWART BUT HALF WAY BETWEEN THE MIDDLE AND THE GUNWALE SET DOWN ON THE MARK THAT'S IT WELL DONE YOU ARE PUT OVER NEARER ONE SIDE THAN THE OTHER TO GIVE YOU A BETTER PURCHASE ON YOUR OARS YOU ARE TOLERABLE COOL NOW AND ACT MORE LIKE HUMAN CRITTERS THAN YOU DID TO OTHER DAY AND WE ARE READY TO GO TO WORK MIND WHAT I SAID ABOUT THE BOW AND STROKE OARSMEN GO ON FRANK STAND BY SAID THE COXSWAIN THAT MEANS READY AS THE SOLDIERS USE THE WORD UNCLE BEN EXPLAINED HERE AT THE LANDING YOU KNOW JUST WHAT'S COMING NEXT GO ON FRANK READY
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