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The Wreck of the “Macquarie”

           "Yes,"saidWilson;"thewavesbreakingonthebank."

           "Notmorethantwocables’lengthoff?"

           "Atfarthest?Thelandisthere!"

           Johnleanedovertheside,gazedintothedarkwater,andcalledout,"Wilson,thelead!"

           Themaster,postedforward,seemedtohavenoideaofhisposition.Wilsonseizedthelead-line,sprangtothefore-chains,andthrewthelead;theroperanoutbetweenhisfingers,atthethirdknottheleadstopped.

           "Threefathoms,"criedWilson.

           "Captain,"saidJohn,runningtoWillHalley,"weareonthebreakers."

           WhetherornothesawHalleyshrughisshouldersisofverylittleimportance.Buthehurriedtothehelm,putitharddown,whileWilson,leavingtheline,hauledatthemain-topsailbracetobringtheshiptothewind.Themanwhowassteeringreceivedasmartblow,andcouldnotcomprehendthesuddenattack.

           "Lethergo!Lethergo!"saidtheyoungcaptain,workinghertogetawayfromthereefs.

           Forhalfaminutethestarboardsideofthevesselwasturnedtowardthem,and,inspiteofthedarkness,Johncoulddiscernalineoffoamwhichmoanedandgleamedfourfathomsaway.

           Atthismoment,WillHalley,comprehendingthedanger,losthishead.Hissailors,hardlysobered,couldnotunderstandhisorders.Hisincoherentwords,hiscontradictoryordersshowedthatthisstupidsothadquitelosthisself-control.Hewastakenbysurpriseattheproximityoftheland,whichwaseightmilesoff,whenhethoughtitwasthirtyorfortymilesoff.

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