the dim dawn in streaming literally for the dear life on a bell smaller than the steward s breakfast bell while somewhere close at hand a thirty foot steel stem was along at twenty miles an hour the bitterest thought of all was that there were folks asleep in dry who would never learn that they had a boat before breakfast so rang the bell yes they slow one turn o their blame said dan applying himself to s fer to keep inside the law an that s when we re all at the bottom hark to her she s a � � went the ir � � went the bell � went the while sea and sky were captains courageous all up in fog then felt that he was near a moving body and found himself looking up and up at the wet edge of a bow leaping it seemed directly over the a little feather of water curled in front of it and as it lifted it showed a long ladder of roman � xv xvi and so forth � on a salmon coloured gleaming side it forward and downward with a heart the ladder disappeared a line of brass port holes flashed past a jet of steam puffed in s helplessly uplifted hands a of hot water roared along the rail of the w re here and the little staggered and shook in a rush of screw tom water as a s stem vanished in the fog got ready to hint or be sick or both when he heard a crack like a trunk thrown on a and all small in his ear a far away voice heave to you ve sunk us is it us he gasped � no boat out yonder ring we re goin to look said dan running out a in half a minute all except and the cook were and away presently a s stump snapped clean across drifted past the bows then an empty green came by knocking on the re her s side as though she wished to be taken in then � captains courageous something face down in a blue but � it was not the whole of a man changed colour and caught his breath with a click at the bell for he feared they might be sunk at any minute and he jumped at dan s hail as the crew came back the said dan cut clean in half � up an on at that not a quarter of a mile away s got the old man there ain t any one else and � there was his son too oh i can t stand it i ve seen � he dropped his head on his arms and sobbed while the others dragged a grey headed man aboard what did you pick me up for the stranger groaned what did you pick me up for dropped a heavy hand on his shoulder for the man s eyes were wild and his lips trembled as he stared at the silent crew then up and spoke who was also or rich or when uncle forgot and his face was changed on him from the face of a fool to the countenance of an old wise man and he said in a strong voice the lord gave and the lord hath taken away blessed be the name of the lord i was � i am a minister of the leave him to me i oh you be be you said the man then pray my son back to me pray back a nine � � captains courageous thousand dollar boat an a thousand of fish if you d left me alone my widow could ha gone on to the an worked fer her board an never known � an never known now i ll to tell her � � there ain t to say said � better lie down a piece when a man has lost his only son his summer s work and his means of in thirty counted seconds it is hard to give consolation � all men wasn t they said tom helplessly with a � � oh that don t make no odds said wringing the wet from his beard � i ll be summer e t this fall he rolled heavily to the rail singing birds that ting and fly round o most high � � come with me come below said as though he had a right to give orders their eyes met and fought for a quarter of a minute � � i who you be but i ll come said � � i ll get back some o the � some o the � nine thousand dollars led him into the cabin and slid the door behind that ain t cried uncle � � it s captains courageous jacob an � he s remembered i never seed such eyes in any man s head what s to do what u i do they could hear s voice and s together then s went on alone and slipped off his hat for was praying presently the little man came up the steps huge drops of sweat on his face and looked at the crew dan was still sobbing by the wheel he don t know us groaned it s all to do over again and everything � an what u he say to me spoke they could hear that it was to strangers i have prayed said he our people believe in prayer i have prayed for the life of this man s son mine were drowned before my eyes � she and my eldest and � the others shall a man be more wise than his maker i prayed never for their lives but i have prayed for this man s son and he will surely be sent him looked at to see if he remembered how long have i been mad 