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large/3098/sea-witch_0903_librivox_64kb_mp3/sea-witch_03_ballou_64kb
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The sails had been blown from the bolt ropes, in an instant of time, and the vessel now lay wallowing in the sea. Now once more was seen the power of discipline and the coolness of the young commander, whose word was law in that floating community. THE SAILS HAD BEEN BLOWN FROM THE BOLT ROPES IN AN INSTANT OF TIME AND THE VESSEL NOW LAY WALLOWING IN THE SEA NOW ONCE MORE WAS SEEN THE POWER OF DISCIPLINE AND THE COOLNESS OF THE YOUNG COMMANDER WHOSE WORD WAS LAW IN THAT FLOATING COMMUNITY
trictly observed, and thus with his iron will and strong intelligence he mastered every contingency of the hour, imparting that indispensable confidence among his people so requisite to perfect control. There was a firmness now expressed in the compressed lips, and a sternness in the eye, that had not before been manifested, while there was a breathing of authority in his smallest order. In an instant more the scene was changed! With terrific violence the vessel flew up in the wind with the rapidity of thought, and a report like that of a score of cannons fired at the same moment, was heard above the roar of the winds. "What lubberly trick is this?" shouted the captain, fiercely, to the old tar who held his station at the wheel, and on whose faithfulness everything depended. "The wheel rope has parted on the larboard side, your honor," was the reply. "That is no man's fault," said his commander. "Bear a hand here, Mr. Faulkner, and bend on a fresh wheel rope. Be lively; sir, be lively! ERS IN THE SMALLEST ITEM WERE STRICTLY OBSERVED AND THUS WITH HIS IRON WILL AND STRONG INTELLIGENCE HE MASTERED EVERY CONTINGENCY OF THE HOUR IMPARTING THAT INDISPENSABLE CONFIDENCE AMONG HIS PEOPLE SO REQUISITE TO PERFECT CONTROL THERE WAS A FIRMNESS NOW EXPRESSED IN THE COMPRESSED LIPS AND A STERNNESS IN THE EYE THAT HAD NOT BEFORE BEEN MANIFESTED WHILE THERE WAS A BREATHING OF AUTHORITY IN HIS SMALLEST ORDER IN AN INSTANT MORE THE SCENE WAS CHANGED WITH TERRIFIC VIOLENCE THE VESSEL FLEW UP IN THE WIND WITH THE RAPIDITY OF THOUGHT AND A REPORT LIKE THAT OF A SCORE OF CANNONS FIRED AT THE SAME MOMENT WAS HEARD ABOVE THE ROAR OF THE WINDS WHAT LUBBERLY TRICK IS THIS SHOUTED THE CAPTAIN FIERCELY TO THE OLD TAR WHO HELD HIS STATION AT THE WHEEL AND ON WHOSE FAITHFULNESS EVERYTHING DEPENDED THE WHEEL ROPE HAS PARTED ON THE LARBOARD SIDE YOUR HONOR WAS THE REPLY THAT IS NO MAN'S FAULT SAID HIS COMMANDER BEAR A HAND HERE MISTER FAULKNER AND BEND ON A FRESH WHEEL ROPE BE LIVELY SIR BE LIVELY
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