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"Keep her away!" cried Uncle Ben. "That will do; steady as she is. No, no; you are six p'ints off the course now. Luff a little! Hard a port!" "I don't know what you mean, Uncle Ben; I think you had better steer yourself," said Frank, resigning the helm. "I think I had." KEEP HER AWAY CRIED UNCLE BEN THAT WILL DO STEADY AS SHE IS NO NO YOU'RE SIX PINTS OFF THIS COURSE NOW LUFF A LITTLE HARD APORT I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN UNCLE BAN I THINK YOU HAD BETTER STEER YOURSELF SAID FRANK RESIGNING THE HELM I THINK I HAD
" "That I can, boys; I am goin' across the lake in the boat, and Cap'n Sedley told me I might take you over with me if you'd like to go." "Hurrah!" cried Charles Hardy, throwing up his cap with delight. "That we would, Uncle Ben; and right glad we are of the chance to go," replied Frank. "Tumble up to the boat-house, then," replied Uncle Ben, as he hobbled after the boys, who, delighted with the prospect of a sail on the lake, bounded off like so many antelopes. The boat was cast off from her moorings in the boat-house, and the boys jumped in. "You will let me steer, won't you, Uncle Ben?" said Frank. "Sartin, if you want to. Take the helm." The old sailor hoisted the sails, and the boat stood out towards the middle of the lake. "Steady, there," said Uncle Ben; "keep the sails full." Frank found it was not so easy a matter to steer a sailboat as he had supposed; for one moment he stopped the boat by "throwing her up into the wind," and the next ran her almost on shore by "keeping away. G WHAT WE SHOULD DO WITH OURSELVES CAN'T YOU TELL US THAT I CAN BOYS I AM GOING ACROSS THE LAKE IN THE BOAT AND CAPTAIN SEDLEY TOLD ME I MIGHT TAKE YOU OVER WITH ME IF YOU'D LIKE TO GO HURRAH CRIED CHARLES HARDY THROWING UP HIS CAP WITH DELIGHT THAT WE WOULD UNCLE BEN AND RIGHT GLAD WE ARE OF THE CHANCE TO GO REPLIED FRANK TUMBLE UP TO THE BOAT HOUSE THEN REPLIED UNCLE BAN AS HE HOBBLED AFTER THE BOYS WHO DELIGHTED WITH THE PROSPECT OF A SAIL ON THE LAKE BOUNDED OFF LIKE SO MANY ANTELOPES THE BOAT WAS CAST OFF FROM HER MOORINGS IN THE BOAT HOUSE AND THE BOYS JUMPED IN YOU WILL LET ME STEER WON'T YOU UNCLE DAN ASKED FRANK SARTIN IF YOU WANT TO TAKE THE HELM THE OLD SAILOR HOISTED THE SAILS AND THE BOAT STOOD OUT TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF THE LAKE STEADY THERE SAID UNCLE BAN KEEP THE SAILS FULL FRANK FOUND IT WAS NOT SO EASY A MATTER TO STEER A SAIL BOAT AS HE HAD SUPPOSED FOR ONE MOMENT HE STOPPED THE BOAT BY THROWING HER UP INTO THE WIND AND THE NEXT RAN HER ALMOST ON SHORE BY KEEPING AWAY
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