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Captain Ratlin jumped upon the inner braces of the taffrail, and shading his eyes with his hands for a moment, looked steadily to windward, then glanced at his well filled sails as though he was loth to lose even a minute of such a fair wind. CAPTAIN RATLIN JUMPED UPON THE INNER BRACES OF THE TAFFRAIL AND SHADING HIS EYES WITH HIS HANDS FOR A MOMENT LOOKED STEADILY TO WINDWARD THEN GLANCED AT HIS WELL FILLED SAILS AS THOUGH HE WAS LOTH TO LOSE EVEN A MINUTE OF SUCH A FAIR WIND
and wing dead before the wind. The staysails and jibs were hauled down now as useless, and the vessel flew like a courser. The change of wind had brought the sea up, and the vessel had a gradual roll, causing the waves now and then to come gracefully in over the waist, while the extreme fore and aft parts of the handsome craft were perfectly dry. "It has set her to waltzing, Mr. Faulkner," said his superior; "but she improves her speed upon to it, and I think the breeze freshens from this new quarter." "Yes, sir. Do you see the long bank of white hereaway to the south-southwest; it looks like a fog bank, but may be a squall," said the mate. "There are few squalls in these latitudes, Mr. Faulkner, and yet I don't like the looks of the weather in the southern board," said the captain, as he gazed to windward, with a quick, searching glance. While he spoke, the wind came fresher and fresher, and now and then a damp puff and lull, that were too significant tokens for a seaman to disregard. ND MIZZEN WERE BOOMED OUT WING AND WING DEAD BEFORE THE WIND THE STAYSAILS AND JIBS WERE HAULED DOWN NOW AS USELESS AND THE VESSEL FLEW LIKE A COURSER THE CHANGE OF WIND HAD BROUGHT THE SEA UP AND THE VESSEL HAD A GRADUAL ROLL CAUSING THE WAVES NOW AND THEN TO COME GRACEFULLY IN OVER THE WAIST WHILE THE EXTREME FORE AND AFT PARTS OF THE HANDSOME CRAFT WERE PERFECTLY DRY IT HAS SET HER TO WALTZING MISTER FAULKNER SAID HIS SUPERIOR BUT SHE IMPROVES HER SPEED UPON TO IT AND I THINK THE BREEZE FRESHENS FROM THIS NEW QUARTER YES SIR DO YOU SEE THE LONG BANK OF WHITE HEREAWAY TO THE SOUTH SOUTHWEST IT LOOKS LIKE A FOG BANK BUT MAY BE A SQUALL SAID THE MATE THERE ARE FEW SQUALLS IN THESE LATITUDES MISTER FAULKNER AND YET I DON'T LIKE THE LOOKS OF THE WEATHER IN THE SOUTHERN BOARD SAID THE CAPTAIN AS HE GAZED TO WINDWARD WITH A QUICK SEARCHING GLANCE WHILE HE SPOKE THE WIND CAME FRESHER AND FRESHER AND NOW AND THEN A DAMP PUFF AND LULL THAT WERE TOO SIGNIFICANT TOKENS FOR A SEAMAN TO DISREGARD
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