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Surely, no legitimate commerce could warrant the outfit of such a vessel as he controlled. A man of war could hardly have been more fully equipped with means of offence and defence. Amidship, beneath that long boat, was a long, heavy metalled gun that worked on a traverse, and which could command nearly every point of the compass, while the ship kept her course. SURELY NO LEGITIMATE COMMERCE COULD WARRANT THE OUTFIT OF SUCH A VESSEL AS HE CONTROLLED A MAN OF WAR COULD HARDLY HAVE BEEN MORE FULLY EQUIPPED WITH MEANS OF OFFENCE AND DEFENSE AMIDSHIP BENEATH THAT LONG BOAT WAS A LONG HEAVY METALED GUN THAT WORKED ON A TRAVERSE AND WHICH COULD COMMAND NEARLY EVERY POINT OF THE COMPASS WHILE THE SHIP KEPT HER COURSE
le 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. 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?  ITCH 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 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 
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