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attanchor in the bay Of Tangier, a fortified
town in the extreme northwest of Africa
/ The day had been extremely mild, with a
[ gentle breeze sweeping to the nor Inward and
westward, but towards the close Of the after
noon the sea breeze died away, and one of
| those sultrv oven-like atmospheric breath
| ings came from the great sun burent Sahara
Half an hour before sundown the captain
! gave the order to tho boatswain to call the
! M nds to % IN swimming, and in ess than
| five minutes the forms Of our tars were seen
/ icaping from the gangways, the ports, the
! netungs, bowsprit, and some Of the more
venturesome took their leaps from the arms of
the lower yard. One of the studding sails
/ had been lowered into the water, with Its
/ corners suspended from the main yard arm
! aud the swinging boom, and into these the
swimmers made their way.
Among those who seemed TO be enjoying
| the sport most heartily, were two Of the boys,
| Tim Wallace and Fred Fairbanks, the latter
of whom WAS the son Of our old gunner, and
in a laughing mood, they started out from
the studding sail on y race. There was a
| loud ringing of Joy on their lips, they put
"n' ana they started through the water ike
fishes The surface Of the sea was IS smooth
as glass, though its bosom rose in long and
heavy swelIs that set in from the Atlantic.
Tho vessel was moJreI with Il long sweep
from both cables and the buoy on the star
board anchor was far away on the starboard
quarter. whore 1t rose and fell with the swell
like q drunken man.
Towards the buoy the lads nude their way,
Fred Fairbanks taxing the ieti but when
they were within twenty or thirty iltuOm. OF
the buoy, Tim shot ahead and pro missed 10
win the race. The old gunner watched the
rrorrass of his. .s,n win =, vast 5o,r rriJa
and when be saw him drop behind. ha lrap.d
upon the poop, and was on the point VI ur-
Clng him on nv @ shout, when a cry reached
him that mlI9 him start as if he had boon
struck by u cannon bail
B., shark d shark ,' cam. from, .he c,o.
tain Of the t,rc.stl,. and at the sound of the
terrible words tls men VINO Tar, m tIa
water leap-l and t,luu,.d toward, the -b,n
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h5yered So near tbem Their merry L,n,,L
sill ram, ant ova, tho ,,,ro,s ,J a. lar',77L
rbo, Ln,2 tnroli tla t',', -. 'lI az ~"
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va "u-' II .P' o' agony SI"rt'u from the
- p'o% VI our oil gunner. 4 "lA' hauput on,out
i'IIoaHAa hnr" 'Aat II "oulu not reach them
III seison' anu every moment ne expected 70
aee VI! monster 7llk Iron slSht' ana tnen ne
Aue" 'n"' an nope "ouIu De gone Al that
tbrougb evorv beort Iikoo stroa,o 20 e"o
the bTys had diseIrered tbcir er.,r,.
i"e cIy s'aTteO oll fairoahks TO his senses,
anu 4ulOHeI man thought ne sErang to the
quarter uecA' me guns were all loaded and
s12,'s4 go. io.e anu aIt' ana none knew their
.1"' D'l''I man hri WIN steady hand,
NIUE sIrgh5 " sudden nope the OLD gun
@ nei s'IIed l'lcn'hS wire ana picked the cart
,r-i ,lIEs f., ol one ol the quarter gnns-then he
.at II in ;ts and ot ,.Tusst'u w"IeI ana
n tba ,..,dn, I,ot, WI eN tto hammer
stron,tb tGo al ,I,,, s'.a,a 49,, o'eduy ElDnt
hi. bssyv .,nr ~ its bo,r;9 ~ ,''9 Iis''n o.
in, t6e s,rin,, Ioo b .,I IN ".I4 .ien' aeIZ-
ed for the M src ~ ,6a 6.9oI i DaTH anu w"'ch
sherk in ranga iIo t,J ai,,od ,La riIS g'irS ,uo
distance Of HI. ,aa,.l, t,,,, 'o 1'lVCe sonlt
would .ettle lis Lor,s anS G,ar. '''''''''
Lyery 15'1t9 was lu'hed' and every heart
~ t.al o'u H"iP pea' painfully Inc boat