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"In coming out of Matanzas, when you made her back and fill like a saddle horse, I thought she was little less than a human being," said the mate, honestly. IN COMING OUT OF MATANZAS WHEN YOU MADE HER BACK AND FILL LIKE A SADDLE HORSE I THOUGHT SHE WAS LITTLE LESS THAN A HUMAN BEING SAID THE MATE HONESTLY
f 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. Exposure to the elements had bronzed his skin, but there were no wrinkles there, and Captain Will Ratlin could not have seen more than two and twenty years, though most of them had doubtless been passed upon the ocean, for his well-knit form showed him to be one thoroughly inured to service. "She does her work daintily, Captain Ratlin," said he who was evidently an officer, and who had been standing by the mainmast, but now walked aft. "Yes, Mr. Faulkner, 'daintily' is the word. I wish our beauty could be a little more spunky, time is money in our business, sir," was the prompt reply. "But the willing craft does all she can, sir." "I don't know, Mr. Faulkner, we can make her do almost anything." "But talk," added the mate. "Ay, she will do that in her own way, and eloquently, too," continued his superior. 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 EXPOSURE TO THE ELEMENTS HAD BRONZED HIS SKIN BUT THERE WERE NO WRINKLES THERE AND CAPTAIN WILL RATLIN COULD NOT HAVE SEEN MORE THAN TWO AND TWENTY YEARS THOUGH MOST OF THEM HAD DOUBTLESS BEEN PASSED UPON THE OCEAN FOR HIS WELL KNIT FORM SHOWED HIM TO BE ONE THOROUGHLY INURED TO SERVICE SHE DOES HER WORK DAINTILY CAPTAIN RATLIN SAID HE WHO WAS EVIDENTLY AN OFFICER AND WHO HAD BEEN STANDING BY THE MAINMAST BUT NOW WALKED AFT YES MISTER FAULKNER DAINTILY IS THE WORD I WISH OUR BEAUTY COULD BE A LITTLE MORE SPUNKY TIME IS MONEY IN OUR BUSINESS SIR WAS THE PROMPT REPLY BUT THE WILLING CRAFT DOES ALL SHE CAN SIR I DON'T KNOW MISTER FAULKNER WE CAN MAKE HER DO ALMOST ANYTHING BUT TALK ADDED THE MATE AY SHE WILL DO THAT IN HER OWN WAY AND ELOQUENTLY TOO CONTINUED HIS SUPERIOR
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