, 1921-11-12
"one thousand dollars" the skipper
answered ueatir

One thousand dollars" the skipper
answered weakly.
You refused to let US do II for a
hundred. Now i'm cost you two thous-
and. an I'm lettin' you of cheap at
that. OF course. you can take a chance
an wait until word o. your predica-
ment Sits into San Francisco an a
tug comes out for you. hut in the mean
time the wind may increase an with
the tide at the food how do you know
your anchor won't drag n pile You
up on them rocks to leewardf"
"rn pay two thousand, Mr.. Glbney.-
Without further ado. Mr.. GIbney
went to the masters cabin, wrote-out
an agreement, carried the skipper aft
and got his signature to the contract.
Then he tucked the skipper into bed
and came dashlng u on deck.
Come here till I introduce Won to
the lib halyards,- he bawled 70 Nc.
Guffey, and they went forward.
With the aid Of the winch. they
braced the foreyard; then McGufrey
ran aft and took the wheel while Mr..
GiDney scuttled forward. eased up the
compressor on the windlass, and per-
mitted the anchor chain to pay out
rapidly. With the hammer, he knocked
u the pin at the forty-hve fathom
shackle and leaving the anchor to go
by the board, for It worried him no
longer. the bark Chesapeake moved
gently on on a w~est-sou'west course
that would keep her three points OF
the land. She had sufficient head soil
on now to hold her up.
Mr.. Gibney fell upon the ,nain to-
grllan'-s1 leads like a demon, carried
them through the leading block TO the
winch head, turned over the winch and
sheeted home the main-to'-gallnn'-s'l.
The Chesapeake gathered speed and
Mr.. Gibney went aft and stood beside
Mr.. aicGufey, the while he looked
a 1T and thrilled 10 the whine of the
breeze through the rigging. This is
sailorizin'," he declared. at sure
.eats bumboatin'. Here, blast you
Dart. You're spillin' the wind out o
: that lib. First thing you know wei
: have her In ironS aa' then the fat will
be In the IRE"
80 1OO4 NV WHEEL lIOLu o1CIuuey
When he was two miles off the beach
he brought her up into the wind ant
made the wheel fast. a spoke to lee
, ward. "Sheet home the fore-to'gal
lan'-s1," he howled and dashed for
, ward. Lego them buntlines an
clewlines. my hearties, an haul hom,
that sheet"
= The ship lay In the wind, shivering
! Mr.. Gibney was here, there, every
, where. One minute he was dashinI
along h deck with a leading line, tn
next he wns laying out aloft. He or
dered himself to do a thing and ther
with the pent-up energy of a thousan,
devils. he dc 1t. The years of degra
dation as navigating officer OF the. Mas
gle fell away from him, as he sprans
agile and half-naked, into the shrouds
a great. hairy demlgod or sea-gobii
I he lay out along the yards and sprau
III from place to place with the old exu
" tant thrill of youth and Joy In HI
work A word. a gesture, from NJ
IA Gibney. and McGurey would pounc
. on a rope like a bulldog. with tn
II fore-royal set. Mr.. Gibney ran back I
the wheel and put It hard over. Their
A being no after sail set the bark swun
III, on readily on 10 her course, slippin
WI through the water at a nice eight-knc
WI speed. Ten miles of the coast. NJ
Gihney hung her up In the wind agail
brnced his yards with the aid of II
winch and McGurey- came about an
headed north. At three o'clock 81
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