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Chapter 19

           

           QuickerinhisleapwasAaronNorthrup.Idelayedamoment,evenastheboatwasshovingaway,inordertoselectaspotamidshipswherethemenwerethickest,sothattheirbodiesmightbreakmyfall.Iwasnotmindedtoembarkwithabrokenmemberonsohazardousavoyageinthelongboat.Thatthemenmighthaveroomattheoars,Iworkedmywayquicklyaftintothesternsheets.Certainly,Ihadotherandsufficientreasons.Itwouldbemorecomfortableinthesternsheetsthaninthenarrowbow.Andfurther,itwouldbewelltobeneartheafterguardinwhatevertroublesthatweresuretoariseundersuchcircumstancesinthedaystocome.

           Inthesternsheetswerethemate,WalterDrake,thesurgeon,ArnoldBentham,AaronNorthrup,andCaptainNicholl,whowassteering.ThesurgeonwasbendingoverNorthrup,wholayinthebottomgroaning.Notsofortunatehadhebeeninhisill-consideredleap,forhehadbrokenhisrightlegatthehipjoint.

           Therewaslittletimeforhimthen,however,forwewerelabouringinaheavyseadirectlybetweenthetwoiceislandsthatwererushingtogether.NicholasWilton,atthestrokeoar,wascrampedforroom;soIbetterstowedthebarrels,and,kneelingandfacinghim,wasabletoaddmyweighttotheoar.For’ard,IcouldseeJohnRobertsstrainingatthebowoar.Pullingonhisshouldersfrombehind,ArthurHaskinsandtheboy,BennyHardwater,addedtheirweighttohis.

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