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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. 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
percargo, an owner's son as passenger, or something of that sort, from the quite-at-home air he exhibited; but now and then he cast one of those searching and understanding glances aloft and fore and aft, taking in the whole range of the ship's trim, and the way she did her duty, that you realized at once the fact of his position; and you could not mistake the fact that he was her commander. He wore a glazed tarpaulin hat of coarse texture, and his dress was of little better material than that of the crew he commanded, but it set it somehow quite jauntily upon his fine, well-developed form, and there was an unmistakable air of conscious authority about him that showed him to be no stranger to control, or the position which he filled. The hair, escaping in glossy curls from beneath his hat, added to a set of very regular features a fine effect, while a clear, full blue eye, and an open, ingenuous expression of countenance, told of manliness of heart and chivalric hardihood of character.  HAVE SUPPOSED HIM A SUPERCARGO AN OWNER'S SON AS PASSENGER OR SOMETHING OF THAT SORT FROM THE QUITE AT HOME AIR HE EXHIBITED BUT NOW AND THEN HE CAST ONE OF THOSE SEARCHING AND UNDERSTANDING GLANCES ALOFT AND FORE AND AFT TAKING IN THE WHOLE RANGE OF THE SHIP'S TRIM AND THE WAY SHE DID HER DUTY THAT YOU REALIZED AT ONCE THE FACT OF HIS POSITION AND YOU COULD NOT MISTAKE THE FACT THAT HE WAS HER COMMANDER HE WORE A GLAZED TARPAULIN HAT OF COARSE TEXTURE AND HIS DRESS WAS OF LITTLE BETTER MATERIAL THAN THAT OF THE CREW HE COMMANDED BUT IT SET IT SOMEHOW QUITE JAUNTILY UPON HIS FINE WELL DEVELOPED FORM AND THERE WAS AN UNMISTAKABLE AIR OF CONSCIOUS AUTHORITY ABOUT HIM THAT SHOWED HIM TO BE NO STRANGER TO CONTROL OR THE POSITION WHICH HE FILLED THE HAIR ESCAPING IN GLOSSY CURLS FROM BENEATH HIS HAT ADDED TO A SET OF VERY REGULAR FEATURES A FINE EFFECT WHILE A CLEAR FULL BLUE EYE AND AN OPEN INGENIOUS EXPRESSION OF COUNTENANCE TOLD OF MANLINESS OF HEART AND CHIVALRIC HARDIHOOD OF CHARACTER
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