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age.
81 say v' cried Jim, who was the
first one to reach the deck of the
vessel against which they had been
dashed, "this is out of the frying
pan into the fire. The old tubs half
full of water, and there's not a soul
on board"
"LSR't HereT' shouted Bob, bend
ing his head eagerly forward. els
ten ~
Sure enough, at that very moment
a faint knocking was heard right un-
der their feet, and feeble cry of
"Helpp'
''There's someone shut I'm here,''
cried Jim, pointing down the after
hatchway, which was quite choked
with broken spars and fragments of
wreck. "Bear a hand, Bob, and
Wen soon have him Out'of that"
The hatchway was speedily cleared
of rubbish, door at its foot flung
open, and a man, gasping and gurg-
ling as if strangled, fell forward into
their arms. They dragged him up
into the fresh air, and he began to
revive at once, although it was some
time before he could speak. While
Bob was attending to him Jim eX-
amined the condition of the vessel. I
The foremast was standing, but the
main and miZZen masts had gone by
the board, and the planking on the
starbOard-quarter was completely
stove in, while the hold was nearly
full Of water. The only comforting
facts were that the wind had fallen,
and that the sea was evidently going
down likewise.
"He'n do now," said Bob coming
up. "Pve propped him against
spare sail, and he says he'll be all
right presently. He tells me his |
name is Crossley, and that he's a
rich merchant home-ward bound to .
London from the Baltic. When they .
took the boats he ran down to get |
some money or something, and those /.
timbers fell and blocked him in, and |
the crew went off without him."
"Well, look here" cried Jim ;
"this crafts loaded with timber, so I
that she's not likely to sink and / /.
tho u'ntn. ~ ~ hor ,r7 ,,.o,,i,,s w. ' 5ooi o
Lir,ha, Iot,, tr,. a." -, n,J
sae - Wv
!
-, ~ "TIN , S ,,ieS VEN, Wei''' anu were Soou %
,Lat ~ ,.t.,t... ~. oio5slJS, WV, "U%
NJ ,,,,ob wi, .. bo,b 81 tbon, 10 7
ootbor After a Iong spall oF pumn- !
inc Rob wont IN s.try tbe well ,, and
roturnod With tho GOOD nous that
Tho ,yotor had f,IIap six inches
uProvor, criod lin .swo,u pumn
bar drv in a faw bours ot tbis rate
for it,sonIv tbo ofter-boId tb,t,s beon
RIIed Irps Iook obout for some
tbino In cat and tben at II opain.u
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ont husruit chest and n small cosk .
of wafer still unburt nv the sea.
While they wore eotipg. n faint
yIe,m of Iigbt hogan to show itself
in tbe cast
"Hollo y, cried Bob: "I Thought |
This was simmer, and IL turns To he
bre,k fast I1ok alive mates. the
sun,u ba on dack soop and no must
NOT catch us skuIkingn
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~ ~ 'iieS ven "s ,.',,' ' aiu ~ SUI,
l.oS .iie sup was ~ ," .n. .Is s ~" ~,
,','" Wv -" .,. 90 - - @ ~ 49,,
MIGHT vortnro rnop a nan When
lin owol,e AGAIN the sun was weu
abovo tbe horizon
uprv-,-,,. .,,-,-.
~ - "e " ~ "is .t., "u'n, .''lL,.. WV
0PonsS SP., lo I ~ % .t,.'. az ',l's t.
nt' go DiSS~e ~ so.',',s :. uP I'm , Wv
,''9'' W" - "" N'li' U"' 'ii as
~. aollly -, 9',t "po" , wv 'lo o'u .i"l.'
''I''A w NV" W. w" i''
BOD ana MI Crossley were on
their feet In a twlnKllng' ana the
three set to WORK TO make SAL Inc
ioremast ana Jio-Doom Deihg sun
sound, they succeeded-not without
some dlihculty IN holstlng the JlD ana
toretopsail. Then JIM went 10 the
helm, while his crew OF one man ana
boy stood ready TO OBEY MS orders
For even In this first boylsh adven-
lure OF one VINO aiterwi'ru became 50
famous ne seemed Already 10 COM
mand ana be obeyed quite as a mat
ter OF course
The breeze freshened, and the
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