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"Trade is peculiar on this coast, and men of warsmen take extraordinary liberties on board such vessels as they happen to overhaul," was the reply. "I always avoid their company when I can do so conveniently." TRADE IS PECULIAR ON THIS COAST AND MEN OF WARSMEN TAKE EXTRAORDINARY LIBERTIES ON BOARD SUCH VESSELS AS THEY HAPPEN TO OVERHAUL WAS THE REPLY I ALWAYS AVOID THEIR COMPANY WHEN I CAN DO SO CONVENIENTLY
ven 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. 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. "Is it usual, Captain Ratlin," asked the young and beautiful girl, "for vessels on the coast to so dread meeting each other as to deliberately alter their course when this seems likely to be the case? 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 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 IS IT USUAL CAPTAIN RATLIN ASKED THE YOUNG AND BEAUTIFUL GIRL FOR VESSELS ON THE COAST TO SO DREAD MEETING EACH OTHER AS TO DELIBERATELY ALTER THEIR COURSES WHEN THIS SEEMS LIKELY TO BE THE CASE
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