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The hair, escaping in glossy curls from beneath his hat, added to a set of very regular features a fine effect, while a clear, full blue eye, and an open, ingenuous expression of countenance, told of manliness of heart and chivalric hardihood of character. THE HAIR ESCAPING IN GLOSSY CURLS FROM BENEATH HIS HAT ADDED TO A SET OF VERY REGULAR FEATURES A FINE EFFECT WHILE A CLEAR FULL BLUE EYE AND AN OPEN INGENIOUS EXPRESSION OF COUNTENANCE TOLD OF MANLINESS OF HEART AND CHIVALRIC HARDIHOOD OF CHARACTER
atures, stood with folded arms just abaft the mizzen-mast, and a youthful figure, almost too young seemingly for so responsible a post, leaned idly against the monkey-rail, near the sage old tar who was at the helm. At first you might have supposed him a supercargo, an owner's son as passenger, or something of that sort, from the quite-at-home air he exhibited; but now and then he cast one of those searching and understanding glances aloft and fore and aft, taking in the whole range of the ship's trim, and the way she did her duty, that you realized at once the fact of his position; and you could not mistake the fact that he was her commander. He wore a glazed tarpaulin hat of coarse texture, and his dress was of little better material than that of the crew he commanded, but it set it somehow quite jauntily upon his fine, well-developed form, and there was an unmistakable air of conscious authority about him that showed him to be no stranger to control, or the position which he filled.  TO JUDGE FROM HIS FEATURES STOOD WITH FOLDED ARMS JUST ABAFT THE MIZZEN MAST AND A YOUTHFUL FIGURE ALMOST TOO YOUNG SEEMINGLY FOR SO RESPONSIBLE A POST LEANED IDLY AGAINST THE MONKEY RAIL NEAR THE SAGE OLD TAR WHO WAS AT THE HELM AT FIRST YOU MIGHT HAVE SUPPOSED HIM A SUPERCARGO AN OWNER'S SON AS PASSENGER OR SOMETHING OF THAT SORT FROM THE QUITE AT HOME AIR HE EXHIBITED BUT NOW AND THEN HE CAST ONE OF THOSE SEARCHING AND UNDERSTANDING GLANCES ALOFT AND FORE AND AFT TAKING IN THE WHOLE RANGE OF THE SHIP'S TRIM AND THE WAY SHE DID HER DUTY THAT YOU REALIZED AT ONCE THE FACT OF HIS POSITION AND YOU COULD NOT MISTAKE THE FACT THAT HE WAS HER COMMANDER HE WORE A GLAZED TARPAULIN HAT OF COARSE TEXTURE AND HIS DRESS WAS OF LITTLE BETTER MATERIAL THAN THAT OF THE CREW HE COMMANDED BUT IT SET IT SOMEHOW QUITE JAUNTILY UPON HIS FINE WELL DEVELOPED FORM AND THERE WAS AN UNMISTAKABLE AIR OF CONSCIOUS AUTHORITY ABOUT HIM THAT SHOWED HIM TO BE NO STRANGER TO CONTROL OR THE POSITION WHICH HE FILLED
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