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The valuables in the boat were quickly transferred to the ship, and the little craft which had proved an ark of safety to the adventurers, was then cut adrift, and soon lay a mere speck upon the waters, unguided and alone. THE VALUABLES IN THE BOAT WERE QUICKLY TRANSFERRED TO THE SHIP AND THE LITTLE CRAFT WHICH HAD PROVED AN ARC OF SAFETY TO THE ADVENTURERS WAS THEN CUT ADRIFT AND SOON LAY A MERE SPECK UPON THE WATERS UNGUIDED AND ALONE
warks of the ship, as the vessel drifted with a side impetus towards the tiny craft, while the figure of a man was observed in the mizzen shrouds with a coil of line ready to heave, at the word of command. "Ay, ay," answered the mate, steering his boat so as to bring her side on to the ship, and opening his arms to catch the line, which he saw was about to be thrown. "Heave, heave clear of all," shouted a stern, manly voice from the quarter-deck of the ship at this moment; "heave with a will." And a stout tow-line rattled through the air with a whizzing sound and lay between the mate's extended arms. This was instantly seized upon, and while one of the men took a turn about the stanchion in the bow of the boat, those on board the ship gathered in the line until the boat was safely moored under her quarter. No words were exchanged, until the ladies, first, and the seamen next, were taken on board: the fact of their being wrecked and in distress being too apparent to require questioning. NE SHOUTED A VOICE FROM THE BULWARKS OF THE SHIP AS THE VESSEL DRIFTED WITH A SIDE IMPETUS TOWARDS THE TINY CRAFT WHILE THE FIGURE OF A MAN WAS OBSERVED IN THE MIZZEN SHROUDS WITH A COIL OF LINE READY TO HEAVE AT THE WORD OF COMMAND AY AY ANSWERED THE MATE STEERING HIS BOAT SO AS TO BRING HER SIDE ON TO THE SHIP AND OPENING HIS ARMS TO CATCH THE LINE WHICH HE SAW WAS ABOUT TO BE THROWN HEAVE HEAVE CLEAR A BALL SHOUTED A STERN MANLY VOICE FROM THE QUARTER DECK OF THE SHIP AT THIS MOMENT HEAVE WITH A WILL AND A STOUT TOW LINE RATTLED THROUGH THE AIR WITH A WHIZZING SOUND AND LAY BETWEEN THE MATE'S EXTENDED ARMS THIS WAS INSTANTLY SEIZED UPON AND WHILE ONE OF THE MEN TOOK A TURN ABOUT THE STANCHION IN THE BOW OF THE BOAT THOSE ON BOARD THE SHIP GATHERED IN THE LINE UNTIL THE BOAT WAS SAFELY MOORED UNDER HER QUARTER NO WORDS WERE EXCHANGED UNTIL THE LADIES FIRST AND THE SEAMEN NEXT WERE TAKEN ON BOARD THE FACT OF THEIR BEING WRECKED AND IN DISTRESS BEING TOO APPARENT TO REQUIRE QUESTIONING
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