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Let the stranger be whom he might, the "Sea Witch" seemed to have no intention of making his acquaintance, and as easily dropped the topsails of the vessel again as she had made them, while from the manner in which the stranger steered, it was doubtful whether his lookout had made out the "Sea Witch" at all  and so Captain Ratlin remarked to his first officer, while he ordered the ship to be kept on her present course for an hour, then to haul up on the wind and run in shore again. LET THE STRANGER BE WHOM HE MIGHT THE SEA WITCH SEEMED TO HAVE NO INTENTION OF MAKING HIS ACQUAINTANCE AND AS EASILY DROP THE TOPSAILS OF THE VESSEL AGAIN AS SHE HAD MADE THEM WHILE FROM THE MANNER IN WHICH THE STRANGER STEERED IT WAS DOUBTFUL WHETHER HIS LOOKOUT HAD MADE OUT THE SEA WITCH AT ALL AND SO CAPTAIN RATLIN REMARKED TO HIS FIRST OFFICER WHILE HE ORDERED THE SHIP TO BE KEPT ON HER PRESENT COURSE FOR AN HOUR THEN TO HAUL UP ON THE WIND AND RUN IN SHORE AGAIN
w to sustain them. Lively, sir, the 'Sea Witch' must show her qualities." Miss Huntington had watched with some amazement these orders, and the result of the same, and as she saw the beautiful craft in which she was put at once on the opposite tack and steer boldly away from the shore which had just been made, she could not help for a moment remembering the words of the mate in the boat, that pirates sometimes were found in these latitudes! After a moment's thought she felt that she did Captain Ratlin injustice, for whatever might cause him to flee from the sight of what she presumed by his remarks to be a man-of-war, yet she felt that he could not be a pirate. True, the vessel even to her inexperienced eye was very strongly manned, and there was a severity of discipline observed on board that was very different from what she had seen while they were in the Indiaman, but that man could not be a pirate, she felt that he could not--she would not do him the injustice to think it possible. AT THERE MUST BE BELOW TO SUSTAIN THEM LIVELY SIR THE SEA WITCH MUST SHOW HER QUALITIES MISS HUNTINGTON HAD WATCHED WITH SOME AMAZEMENT THESE ORDERS AND THE RESULT OF THE SAME AND AS SHE SAW THE BEAUTIFUL CRAFT IN WHICH SHE WAS PUT AT ONCE ON THE OPPOSITE TACK AND STEER BOLDLY AWAY FROM THE SHORE WHICH HAD JUST BEEN MADE SHE COULD NOT HELP FOR A MOMENT REMEMBERING THE WORDS OF THE MATE IN THE BOAT THAT PIRATES SOMETIMES WERE FOUND IN THESE LATITUDES AFTER A MOMENT'S THOUGHT SHE FELT THAT SHE DID CAPTAIN RATLIN INJUSTICE FOR WHATEVER MIGHT CAUSE HIM TO FLEE FROM THE SIGHT OF WHAT SHE PRESUMED BY HIS REMARKS TO BE A MAN OF WAR YET SHE FELT THAT HE COULD NOT BE A PIRATE TRUE THE VESSEL EVEN TO HER INEXPERIENCED EYE WAS VERY STRONGLY MANNED AND THERE WAS A SEVERITY OF DISCIPLINE OBSERVED ON BOARD THAT WAS VERY DIFFERENT FROM THAT SHE HAD SEEN WHILE THEY WERE IN THE INDIAMAN BUT THAT MAN COULD NOT BE A PIRATE SHE FELT THAT HE COULD NOT SHE WOULD NOT DO HIM THE INJUSTICE TO THINK IT POSSIBLE
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