Морской волк

Chapter 17

           Thoughtherestofhersailsweregone,thejib,backedtowindward,andthemainsailhauleddownflat,werethemselvesholding,andholdingherbowtothefuriousseaaswell.

           Ilookedfortheboat,and,whileWolfLarsenclearedtheboat-tackles,sawitlifttoleewardonabigseaannotascoreoffeetaway.And,sonicelyhadhemadehiscalculation,wedriftedfairlydownuponit,sothatnothingremainedtodobuthookthetacklestoeitherendandhoistitaboard.Butthiswasnotdonesoeasilyasitiswritten.

           InthebowwasKerfoot,Oofty–Ooftyinthestern,andKellyamidships.Aswedriftedclosertheboatwouldriseonawavewhilewesankinthetrough,tillalmoststraightabovemeIcouldseetheheadsofthethreemencranedoversideandlookingdown.Then,thenextmoment,wewouldliftandsoarupwardwhiletheysankfardownbeneathus.ItseemedincrediblethatthenextsurgeshouldnotcrushtheGhostdownuponthetinyeggshell.

           But,attherightmoment,IpassedthetackletotheKanaka,whileWolfLarsendidthesamethingforwardtoKerfoot.Bothtackleswerehookedinatrice,andthethreemen,deftlytimingtheroll,madeasimultaneousleapaboardtheschooner.AstheGhostrolledhersideoutofwater,theboatwasliftedsnuglyagainsther,andbeforethereturnrollcame,wehadheaveditinoverthesideandturneditbottomuponthedeck.InoticedbloodspoutingfromKerfoot’slefthand.Insomewaythethirdfingerhadbeencrushedtoapulp.

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