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Lively, sir, the 'Sea Witch' must show her qualities." Miss Huntington had watched with some amazement these orders, and the result of the same, and as she saw the beautiful craft in which she was put at once on the opposite tack and steer boldly away from the shore which had just been made, she could not help for a moment remembering the words of the mate in the boat, that pirates sometimes were found in these latitudes! LIVELY SIR THE SEA WITCH MUST SHOW HER QUALITIES MISS HUNTINGTON HAD WATCHED WITH SOME AMAZEMENT THESE ORDERS AND THE RESULT OF THE SAME AND AS SHE SAW THE BEAUTIFUL CRAFT IN WHICH SHE WAS PUT AT ONCE ON THE OPPOSITE TACK AND STEER BOLDLY AWAY FROM THE SHORE WHICH HAD JUST BEEN MADE SHE COULD NOT HELP FOR A MOMENT REMEMBERING THE WORDS OF THE MATE IN THE BOAT THAT PIRATES SOMETIMES WERE FOUND IN THESE LATITUDES
o the cabin. "It is a treacherous latitude, lady, and the strong arm often makes the right," he answered again, evasively, as he called her attention to some distant object in the horizon, while at the same moment there was shouted from aloft: "Land O!" "Land, land!" repeated the gentle being by his side, "what land?" "Africa," quietly responded the captain, without a token of satisfaction. "Africa? that is indeed an inhospitable shore; can we land there?" "Yes, I shall make sure that you land safely, and can despatch you to Sierra Leone, from whence you can take ship for England, but--" "Sail O!" shouted the lookout. "Whereaway?" asked the captain promptly, seizing a deck trumpet and abruptly turning from her to whom he had been speaking, while his whole manner changed at once. "A couple of points on the larboard beam, sir," answered the seaman. "All hands, Mr. Faulkner, and 'bout ship; that square rig and the heavy lift of those topsails tell what there must be below to sustain them.  SERVICEABLE ARRAY OF SMALL ARMS WITHIN THE ENTRANCE TO THE CABIN IT IS A TREACHEROUS LATITUDE LADY AND THE STRONG ARM OFTEN MAKES THE RIGHT HE ANSWERED AGAIN EVASIVELY AS HE CALLED HER ATTENTION TO SOME DISTANT OBJECT IN THE HORIZON WHILE AT THE SAME MOMENT THERE WAS SHOUTED FROM ALOFT LAND OH LAND LAND REPEATED THE GENTLE BEING BY HIS SIDE WHAT LAND AFRICA QUIETLY RESPONDED THE CAPTAIN WITHOUT A TOKEN OF SATISFACTION AFRICA THAT IS INDEED AN INHOSPITABLE SHORE CAN WE LAND THERE YES I SHALL MAKE SURE THAT YOU LAND SAFELY AND CAN DESPATCH YOU TO SIERRA LEONE FROM WHENCE YOU CAN TAKE SHIP FOR ENGLAND BUT SAIL OH SHOUTED THE LOOKOUT WHERE AWAY ASKED THE CAPTAIN PROMPTLY SEIZING A DECK TRUMPET AND ABRUPTLY TURNING FROM HER TO WHOM HE HAD BEEN SPEAKING WHILE HIS WHOLE MANNER CHANGED AT ONCE A COUPLE OF POINTS ON THE LARBOARD BEAM SIR ANSWERED THE SEAMAN ALL HANDS MISTER FAULKNER AND BOUT SHIP THAT SQUARE RIG AND THE HEAVY LIFT OF THOSE TOPSAILS TELL WHAT THERE MUST BE BELOW TO SUSTAIN THEM
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