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"The wind is rather more unsteady than it was an hour past," said Mr. Faulkner. "Rather puffy, and twice I thought it would haul right about, but here we have it still from the north'rd and east'rd," replied the captain. "Here it is again," added the mate, as the wind hauled once more. THE WIND IS RATHER MORE UNSTEADY THAN IT WAS AN HOUR PAST SAID MISTER FAULKNER RATHER PUFFY AND TWICE I THOUGHT IT WOULD HAUL RIGHT ABOUT BUT HERE WE HAVE IT STILL FROM THE NORTH'RD AND EAST'RD REPLIED THE CAPTAIN HERE IT IS AGAIN ADDED THE MATE AS THE WIND HAULED ONCE MORE
g forward, and a plain fore and aft rig aft. A few minutes more, and the foremast passed through the same metamorphose, leaving the "Sea Witch" a three-masted schooner, with fore and aft sails on every mast and every stay. All this had been accomplished with a celerity that showed the crew to be no strangers to the manouvres through which they had just passed, each man requiring to work with marked intelligence. Fifty well drilled men, thorough sea dogs, can turn a five hundred ton ship "inside out," if the controlling mind understands his position on the quarter-deck. "She wears that dress as though it suited her taste exactly, Mr. Faulkner," said the captain, running his eye over the vessel, and glancing over the side to mark her headway. "Any rig becomes the 'Sea Witch,'" answered the officer, with evident pride. "That is true," returned the captain. "Luff, sir, luff a bit, so, well," he continued to the man at the helm; "we will have all of her weatherly points that site will give. NTSAIL REDUCING THE VESSEL TO A SQUARE RIG FORWARD AND A PLAIN FORE AND AFT RIG AFT A FEW MINUTES MORE AND THE FOREMAST PASSED THROUGH THE SAME METAMORPHOSE LEAVING THE SEA WITCH A THREE MASTED SCHOONER WITH FORE AND AFT SAILS ON EVERY MAST AND EVERY STAY ALL THIS HAD BEEN ACCOMPLISHED WITH A CELERITY THAT SHOWED THE CREW TO BE NO STRANGERS TO THE MANEUVERS THROUGH WHICH THEY HAD JUST PASSED EACH MAN REQUIRING TO WORK WITH MARKED INTELLIGENCE FIFTY WELL DRILLED MEN THOROUGH SEA DOGS CAN TURN A FIVE HUNDRED TON SHIP INSIDE OUT IF THE CONTROLLING MIND UNDERSTANDS HIS POSITION ON THE QUARTER DECK SHE WEARS THAT DRESS AS THOUGH IT SUITED HER TASTE EXACTLY MISTER FAULKNER SAID THE CAPTAIN RUNNING HIS EYE OVER THE VESSEL AND GLANCING OVER THE SIDE TO MARK HER HEADWAY ANY RIG BECOMES THE SEA WITCH ANSWERED THE OFFICER WITH EVIDENT PRIDE THAT IS TRUE RETURNED THE CAPTAIN LUFF SIR LUFF A BIT SO WELL HE CONTINUED TO THE MAN AT THE HELM WE WILL HAVE ALL OF HER WEATHERLY POINTS THAT SITE WILL GIVE
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