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we must humor our beauty." "All hands oil deck!" shouted the mate at the hatch  an order which as before was perfectly obeyed. Almost as quickly as the foremast had been stripped of the square rig it had at first borne, it was once more clothed again with its topsail and mainsail, and in less than fifteen minutes the "Sea Witch" was under a cloud of canvass, with studd'nsails out on both sides, while the fore and aft sails on the main and mizzen were boomed out wing and wing dead before the wind. WE MUST HUMOR OUR BEAUTY ALL HANDS OIL DECK SHOUTED THE MATE AT THE HATCH AN ORDER WHICH AS BEFORE WAS PERFECTLY OBEYED ALMOST AS QUICKLY AS THE FOREMAST HAD BEEN STRIPPED OF THE SQUARE RIG IT HAD AT FIRST BORNE IT WAS ONCE MORE CLOTHED AGAIN WITH ITS TOPSAIL AND MAINSAIL AND IN LESS THAN FIFTEEN MINUTES THE SEA WITCH WAS UNDER A CLOUD OF CANVAS WITH STUDD'NSAILS OUT ON BOTH SIDES WHILE THE FORE AND AFT SAILS ON THE MAIN AND MIZZEN WERE BOOMED OUT WING AND WING DEAD BEFORE THE WIND
 itself exhilarating to her young commander, who still gazed idly at the passing current. Once or twice a slight frown clouded his features, and his lips moved as though he was striving within himself either against real or imaginary evil, and then the same calm, placid manliness of countenance radiated his handsome features, and his lips were composed. Now he turned to issue some necessary order, which was uttered in that calm, manly distinctness that challenges obedience, and then he resumed his idle gaze over the vessel's side, once more losing himself in his day dream. CHAPTER III. THE GALE. "THE Wind seems to be hauling," said the mate, walking aft, and addressing his superior. "Keep her a good full," said the captain, to the man at the helm. "Ay, ay, sir," said the old tar, as he tried to make the sails draw by altering the vessel's course a point or two more free. "Here it is, sure enough," said the captain, "from the southwest. Up with the men forward once more, Mr. Faulkner!--  CHAPTER THREE OF THE SEA WITCH THIS IS A LIVERPOX RECORDING ALL LIVERVOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIVERVOX DOT ORG RECORDING BY JERRY DIXON THE SEA WITCH BY MURRAY MATCHARINE BAILU CHAPTER THREE THE GALE THE WIND SEEMS TO BE HAULING SAID THE MATE WALKING AFT AND ADDRESSING HIS SUPERIOR KEEP HER A GOOD FULL SAID THE CAPTAIN TO THE MAN AT THE HELM AY AY SIR SAID THE OLD TAR AS HE TRIED TO MAKE THE SAILS DRAW BY ALTERING THE VESSEL'S COURSE A POINT OR TWO MORE FREE HERE IT IS SURE ENOUGH SAID THE CAPTAIN FROM THE SOUTHWEST UP WITH THE MEN FORWARD ONCE MORE MISTER FAULKNER
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