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There was an absent expression in his handsome face, a look as though his heart was far distant from the scene about him, and yet a habit of watchful caution seemed ever and anon to recall his senses, and his quick, keen glance would run over the craft from stem to stern with a searching and comprehensive power that showed him master of his profession, and worthy his trust. Trust?  what was the trust he held? THERE WAS AN ABSENT EXPRESSION IN HIS HANDSOME FACE A LOOK AS THOUGH HIS HEART WAS FAR DISTANT FROM THE SCENE ABOUT HIM AND YET A HABIT OF WATCHFUL CAUTION SEEMED EVER AND ANON TO RECALL HIS SENSES AND HIS QUICK KEEN GLANCE WOULD RUN OVER THE CRAFT FROM STEM TO STERN WITH A SEARCHING AND COMPREHENSIVE POWER THAT SHOWED HIM MASTER OF HIS PROFESSION AND WORTHY HIS TRUST TRUST WHAT WAS THE TRUST HE HELD
ssity of a vessel's being very strongly manned in order to enable her to thus change her entire aspect with any ordinary degree of celerity, and as had just been accomplished. CHAPTER II. CAPTAIN WILL RATLIN. THE watch below, after completing the work which had summoned them for the time being on deck, tumbled helter-skelter down the fore hatch once more, and left on the deck of the "Sea Witch" about a dozen able seamen who formed the watch upon deck. A number of these were now gathered in a knot on the forecastle, and while they were sitting cross-legged, picking old rope, and preparing it in suitable form for caulking the ship's seams, one of their number was spinning a yarn, the hero of which was evidently him who now filled the post of commander on board their vessel. The object of their remarks, meanwhile, stood once more quietly leaning over the monkey-rail on the weather side of the quarter-deck, quite unconscious that he was supplying a theme of entertainment to the forecastle.  RECORDING ALL LIVERPOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIBERVOX DOT ORG RECORDING BY JERRY DIXON THE SEA WITCH BY MURRAY MATCHERINE BAILEU CHAPTER TWO CAPTAIN WILL RATLIN THE WATCH BELOW AFTER COMPLETING THE WORK WHICH HAD SUMMONED THEM FOR THE TIME BEING ON DECK TUMBLED HELTER SKELTER DOWN THE FORE HATCH ONCE MORE AND LEFT ON THE DECK OF THE SEA WITCH ABOUT A DOZEN ABLE SEAMEN WHO FORMED THE WATCH UPON DECK A NUMBER OF THESE WERE NOW GATHERED IN A KNOT ON THE FORECASTLE AND WHILE THEY WERE SITTING CROSS LEGGED PICKING OLD ROPE AND PREPARING IT IN SUITABLE FORM FOR CALKING THE SHIP'S SEAMS ONE OF THEIR NUMBER WAS SPINNING A YARN THE HERO OF WHICH WAS EVIDENTLY HIM WHO NOW FILLED THE POST OF COMMANDER ON BOARD THEIR VESSEL THE OBJECT OF THEIR REMARKS MEANWHILE STOOD ONCE MORE QUIETLY LEANING OVER THE MONKEY RAIL ON THE WEATHER SIDE OF THE QUARTER DECK QUITE UNCONSCIOUS THAT HE WAS SUPPLYING A THEME OF ENTERTAINMENT TO THE FORECASTLE
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