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"She minds her helm like a beauty, and feels the slightest pull upon her sheets." "I never saw a vessel lie closer to the wind," said the mate; "she eats right into it, and yet has not shaken a foot of canvass this half hour." "That is well." "It's uncommon, sir," continued the other. SHE MINDS HER HELM LIKE A BEAUTY AND FEELS THE SLIGHTEST PULL UPON HER SHEETS I NEVER SAW A VESSEL LIE CLOSER TO THE WIND SAID THE MATE SHE EATS RIGHT INTO IT AND YET HAS NOT TAKEN A FOOT OF CANVASS THIS HALF HOUR THAT IS WELL IT'S UNCOMMON SIR CONTINUED THE OTHER
ic 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. "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. ENANCE 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 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
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