lights had been hung out kid was and by his side sat joe pondering over the events of the night he could no longer blind himself to the facts his mind was in a whirl of apprehension if he had done wrong he reasoned he had done it through ignorance and he did not feel shame for the past so much as he did fear for the future his companions were thieves and robbers � the bay of whose wild deeds he with the bay had heard vague tales and here he was right in the midst of them already possessing information which could send them to state s prison this very fact he knew would force them to keep a sharp watch upon him and so lessen his chances of escape but escape he would at the very first opportunity at this point his thoughts were interrupted by a sharp which hurled the over till the sea rushed kid quickly at the same time off the main sheet then single handed � for french remained below � and with joe looking idly on he proceeded to down the which had so nearly the was of short duration but it marked the rising of the wind and soon puff after puff was shrieking down upon them out of the north the was the wind and and about till it seemed it would tear itself to pieces the was the of the ing wildly in the quick sea which had come up everything was in confusion but even joe s eye showed him that it was an orderly confusion he could see that kid just what to do and just how to do it as he watched him he learned a lesson the lack of which has made failures of the lives of many men � the value of of one s own kid knew what he was able to do and because of this he had confidence in himself he was cool and self possessed working hurriedly but not carelessly there was no every point was drawn down to stay other accidents might occur but the next or the next forty would not carry one of those knots away he called joe for ard to help stretch the by means of swinging on the peak and throat to lay out on the long and put a single in the was a slight task compared with with the bay what had been accomplished so a few moments later they were again in the under the other lad s directions joe down the sheet and going into the cabin let down a foot or so of the excitement of the struggle had chased all unpleasant thoughts from his mind after the other boy he had retained his coolness he had executed his orders without and at the same time without undue together they had exerted their strength in the face of violent nature and together they had her he came back to where his companion stood at the and he felt proud of him and of himself and when he read the praise in kid s eyes he blushed like a girl at her first compliment but the next instant the thought flashed across him that this boy was a thief a common thief and he instinctively his whole life had the of the been sheltered from the things of the world his reading which had been of the best had laid a upon honesty and and he had learned to look with upon the criminal classes so he drew a little away from kid and remained silent but kid all his energies to the handling of the had no time in which to remark this sudden change of feeling on the part of his companion but there was one thing joe found in himself that surprised him while the thought of kid being a thief was repulsive to him kid himself was not instead of feeling an honest desire to him he felt drawn toward him he could not help liking him though he knew not why had he been a little older he would have understood that it was the lad s good qualities which appealed to him � his coolness and self reliance his and bravery and a certain and sympathy in his with the bay nature as it was he thought it his own natural which prevented him from kid but while he felt shame at his own weakness he could not the warm regard which he felt growing up for this particular bay take in two or three feet on the s painter commanded kid who had an eye for everything the was with too long a painter and was very badly every once in a while it would hold back till the tow rope then come leaping ahead and and dropping slack till it threatened to its nose under the huge which roared so on every hand joe climbed over the rail to the slippery and made his way to the to which the was fastened be careful kid warned as a heavy puff struck the her over on her side keep the of the one turn round the and heave in on it when the painter it was work for a joe threw off all the turns save the last which he held with one hand while with the other he attempted to bring in on the painter but at that instant it with a tremendous jerk the boat sharply into the crest of a heavy sea the rope slipped from his hands and began to fly out over the stern he clutched it and was dragged after it over the sloping deck let her go let her go kid shouted joe let go just as he was on the verge of going overboard and the dropped rapidly he glanced in a way at his companion expecting to be sharply for his awkwardness but kid 