the safe side he murmured at last i d give a month s pay if this fog u d lift things go in a fog that ye don t see in clear weather � yo an and such like i m relieved he come the way he did o he might ha walked do on t dan we re right on top of him now wish i was safe aboard bein by uncle � � captains courageous � � they ll be fer us in a little the dan took the tin dinner but paused before he blew go on said i don t want to stay here all night question is b d take it there was a man down the coast told me once he was in a where they t ever blow a horn to the the � not the man he was with but a captain that had run her five years before � he d a boy alongside in a drunk fit an ever after that boy he d row alongside too and shout � with the rest � a voice cried through the fog they again and the horn dropped from dan s hand hold on cried it s the cook what made me think o fool tale either said dan it s the doctor sure enough dan dan � we re here sung both boys together they heard oars but could see nothing till the cook shining and dripping rowed into them what happened said he you will be beaten at home s what we want s what we re for said dan anything s good enough fer us we ve had kinder c� � captains courageous company as the cook passed them a line dan told him the tale i he come for hiss knife was all he said at the end never had the little rocking ft e re here looked so home like as when the cook bom and bred in rowed them back to her there was a warm glow of light from the cabin and a satisfying smell of food forward and it was heavenly to hear and the others all quite alive and solid leaning over the rail and promising them a first class but the cook was a black master of he did not get the aboard till he had given the more striking points of the tale explaining as he backed and round the counter how was the to destroy any possible bad luck so the boys came as rather heroes and every one asked them questions instead of them for making trouble little delivered quite a speech on the folly of but public opinion was against him and in favour of long jack who told the most ghost stories to nearly midnight under that influence no one except and said anything about when the cook put a lighted candle a cake of flour and water and a pinch of salt on a and floated them out to keep the frenchman quiet in case he was still restless dan captains courageous lit the candle because he had bought the belt and the cook and muttered charms as long as he could see the point of flame said to dan as they turned in after watch how about progress and catholic � i guess i m as enlightened and as the next man but when it comes to a dead st deck hand a couple o pore boys fer the sake of a thirty cent knife why then the cook can take hold fer all o me i or dead next morning all except the cook were rather ashamed of the ceremonies and went to work double tides speaking to one another the iv re here was racing neck and neck for her last few loads against the and so close was the struggle that the fleet took sides and tobacco all hands worked at the lines or dressing down till they fell asleep where they stood � beginning before dawn and ending when it was too dark to see they even used the cook as and turned into the hold to pass salt while dan helped to dress down luckily a man his ankle down the fo c and the re gained could not see how one more fish could be crammed into her but and tom and and the mass captains courageous down with big stones from the and there was always jest another day s work did not tell them when all the salt was he rolled to the aft the cabin and began out the big this was at ten in the morning the riding sail was down and the main and were up by noon and came alongside with letters for home their good fortune at last she cleared decks hoisted her flag � as is the right of the first boat off the banks � up and began to move pretended that he wished to accommodate folk who had not sent in their mail and so worked her gracefully in and out among the in reality that was his little triumphant procession and for the fifth year running it showed what kind of he was dan s and tom s fiddle supplied the music of the magic verse you must not sing till all the salt is wet send your letters ah our salt is an the anchor s off the bend oh bend your we re back to � with fifteen an fifteen � old an grand the last letters pitched on deck wrapped round pieces of coal and the men captains courageous shouted messages to their wives and and owners while the iv re here finished the musical ride through the fleet her head sails quivering like a man s hand when he raises it to say good bye very soon discovered that the w re here with her riding sail strolling from berth to berth and the 