Chapter 13

           WELL,Icatchedmybreathandmostfainted.Shutuponawreckwithsuchagangasthat!Butitwarn’tnotimetobesentimentering.We’dGOTtofindthatboatnowhadtohaveitforourselves.Sowewenta-quakingandshakingdownthestabboardside,andslowworkitwas,tooseemedaweekbeforewegottothestern.Nosignofaboat.Jimsaidhedidn’tbelievehecouldgoanyfurthersoscaredhehadn’thardlyanystrengthleft,hesaid.ButIsaid,comeon,ifwegetleftonthiswreckweareinafix,sure.Soonweprowledagain.Westruckforthesternofthetexas,andfoundit,andthenscrabbledalongforwardsontheskylight,hangingonfromshuttertoshutter,fortheedgeoftheskylightwasinthewater.Whenwegotprettyclosetothecross-halldoortherewastheskiff,sureenough!Icouldjustbarelyseeher.Ifelteversothankful.InanothersecondIwouldabeenaboardofher,butjustthenthedooropened.Oneofthemenstuckhisheadoutonlyaboutacoupleoffootfromme,andIthoughtIwasgone;buthejerkeditinagain,andsays:

           "Heavethatblamelanternouto’sight,Bill!"

           Heflungabagofsomethingintotheboat,andthengotinhimselfandsetdown.ItwasPackard.ThenBillHEcomeoutandgotin.Packardsays,inalowvoice:

           "Allreadyshoveoff!"

           Icouldn’thardlyhangontotheshutters,Iwassoweak.ButBillsays:

           "Holdon—’dyougothroughhim?"

           "No.

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