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The Wreck of the “Macquarie”

           Thecurrentshadthrownhimoutofhishabitualtrack,andthismiserableslaveofroutinewasleftquitehelpless.

           StillthepromptmaneuverofJohnManglessucceededinkeepingtheMacquarieoffthebreakers.ButJohndidnotknowtheposition.Foranythinghecouldtellhewasgirdledinbyreefs.Thewindblewthemstronglytowardtheeast,andateverylurchtheymightstrike.

           Infact,thesoundofthereefsoonredoubledonthestarboardsideofthebow.Theymustluffagain.Johnputthehelmdownagainandbroughtherup.Thebreakersincreasedunderthebowofthevessel,anditwasnecessarytoputherabouttoregaintheopensea.Whethershewouldbeabletogoaboutundershortenedsail,andbadlytrimmedasshewas,remainedtobeseen,buttherewasnothingelsetobedone.

           "Helmharddown!"criedManglestoWilson.

           TheMacquariebegantonearthenewlineofreefs:inanothermomentthewaveswereseendashingonsubmergedrocks.Itwasamomentofinexpressibleanxiety.Thespraywasluminous,justasiflitupbysuddenphosphorescence.TheroaringoftheseawaslikethevoiceofthoseancientTritonswhompoeticmythologyendowedwithlife.WilsonandMulradyhungtothewheelwithalltheirweight.Somecordagegaveway,whichendangeredtheforemast.Itseemeddoubtfulwhethershewouldgoaboutwithoutfurtherdamage.

           Suddenlythewindfellandthevesselfellback,andturningherbecamehopeless.Ahighwavecaughtherbelow,carriedheruponthereefs,whereshestruckwithgreatviolence.Theforemastcamedownwithallthefore-rigging.

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