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' e I t - CHAPTER UIgte VII HI UI VIIlie ite gte lie shock shack of the eploslonWIled e.ploslonbilled explosion e-ploslon e ploslon e.ploslon eploslon explosionwUtd , - . wUtd WIled billed D Dck ck so tha that t h bs shands s hands handsiroasc handsLcconsc , consc iroasc ousl ousb ously ) relaxed rclaxed relaeed their grip gnp and andI ande andg I . e big y . car b rolled from h m He Heas Heas HeSa . dazed that it took him some somee somefcre as (0 0 SO ( to reallie realile realize that Rose had come comeWs cometebistsslstance , e assistance at the cut cnt crit cal mo monr moI moImat I IlDen someIe to b1S Ws Ie the Canb Carib . where here hecooJd hetcjd he lDen nr mat t , , PJtting ltl1ng patting ) cooJd tcjd oiild comin comm t no further furthcr deviltry deviltryvlb deviltryy0 deviltryplii vlb y0 i a bullet through his bra nc.ptal11 nCaptain n nC.ptam C.ptam Cptam c.ptal11 cptal11 Captain . . Bedford had been knocked knockedon knockedlathi on the thecarbs head and left ( tor for dead by theCar the Car carbs carbsbefore ( bs before before they attack attacked dbRose dbRoseis Rose RoseIn Roseg In is | the ( he cabin cabm cabmI cabm111e1 cabinthey I niy 111e1 they < ; found h m hunched up in the theIcupP"rs thelwpp theicupp-rs theicupp rs lwpp IcupP"rs IcupPrs " - rs , , where Vohere the sea brine brme was washre.n wasitreaenng wastroenng itreaenng hre.n hren ! . ng to finish . what ha t the blov blovon blo v von vB on ) the head had tailed failed tailedto 4i -to to - o : do Theyearned They Theyarntd , earned h m to the cabin and placed placedb1 placedbon placedmi b1 bon ! l on a bed and while wlule wvhile Rose Roser.cd Rosered RoseroKfd r.cd rcd red . over h m to restore him to tosC tose tosnscous sC se ous ess Dick quietly rc re rcOIed rea reused renned a OIed used the dead bodies bod.1es bod1es . of the Canbs Caribs Canbsd Caribsd Canbsid d dropped them Into the seaWith seat seaWlth sea seafflth t fflth With Wlth th s unpleasant task fimshed finished fimshedglanced finishedglanced finishedlanced ( glanced { at the sky befcie before befol e returng return g ; . Tne Toe schooner . was .as as labormgevlly laboringeavily laboring labormg ' uvily evlly eavily . ! in m the sea rolling rollmg and plungI plungIle plung ; 1 I Ile ke an old bull walrus every everyam everyt t iim am groaning groanmg under the strain- strain straine strame stram strain - , e e gale ( ale was playing playmg hn hawoc ha : oc withs witht with lit t was left of the sails salls and rigg rigz rigThis rig ! Bt g z ; This Thls means her finish he mutell muted mut : red ell ed . . She can ne\ ne neer newer \ er ride through throughteond throughtecoad throughiicond \teond teond tecoad \ storm stormHe stormHe stormfc He returned to the cab n where whereuse wheree e tad had bad partly revi revived ved her father fatherOJgb fatheraagb fathernugli OJgb aagb ! the 1 1 beral use of his Ius favor favorslmulant favorutmulant slmulant , [ mulant He was far from be bedead bedead bedead [ dead It took more than a Canb Carib s sgeon sgeon sUteon geon to kill the doughty Ne Nevtglind v vgland vgland gland sk pper born and bred one onI on : e I ! nater cater ater giving glvmg and rece vmg vmgI1iS vmgwas vmg.IBS vmgIBS . I1iS was as a part of his daily dally hfe life for forB fore forill if l B e century or more moreR moreIffi - ifRae R Rae glanced up at his entrance entranceIIDJled entrancesmiled entranceBJHiuled entranceBJHiuled'Et'U IIDJled'H smiledHe'll IIDJled smiled 'H H ' 'Et'U EtU He'll Hell ' ' ' n recover she said simply simplyDick.nodded simplyTcknodded simplyDAnodded Dick.nodded Dicknodded Tcknodded . gravely but . did d.1d d1d not notturn notturnthe notitanithe turn turnthe the smile smtle He was worried worriedri worriedd worried'd 'd d ' d could not conceal the fact fromir fromer from fromiriffittre er erWhat erWhatre iffittre Whatre What re ne we " , e going gorng to dot do ? he heed heed hektd ed . ed . ' "The The 'The " he schooner is as ro.kmg rokmg ro.king roking ro.kmgshaklng ro.kingshaking rockingll . . shaking shaklng like an old man With Withague withague withtigue ague She 11 Il II never hold togetheri togetherhi together i 6 6N ltd hi N morn ng'The ngTae ng ngT T ' Tht 'The The Tae Betty of New London sheplIed sheplied she ? 'plied plied ' slowly slo.ly sloly . a gleam of pride inlace inI inface in " tt lace face ( ace was built in m the daysji daysen days1e days I 1e ita en ihips sOOps ships v . were ere made to hold to tother toif , ; lher ther Cher and not tall fall apart in m the first firstrm firsta firstma firstinn a rm . ma . Her keel kcel s of hard white whiteand whiteend whiteik , anil and end her As ribs re's res ' ot of the best hack hacktack hacklack hackitidc tack lack She 11 Il ll ride through th s sas sas sain as she did the other other"Well other"Well other"Well otherWell [ "Well Well " " pun pull through he said butI but ' I gorog going ( oing to be a narro v squeeze squeezee squeezebt e Kind wind s blowing blowmg great guns and andseas andseas andK sen seas are playing playrng the devil w th the thewreckageusing thit e wreckage-usmg wreckage usmg ewreckage-using ewreckage using weckage - - using it as a ram totier to < Her tier er in the s desYea desYea des ! Vti Yea but we can stop tna tnat that t Were Werea WereJ a a J ever a sailor7 satlor sailor sailor7Dick ? ' DIckshook Dick Nothmgt Nothingt hook shook ( his has head Nothing Nothmg Nothingit it t an amateur I could sa I 1 a acb aebt aAt cb ebt , and maybe qualify qua11 y for ( or a aa asrdrate aw-iratt aw iratt a ond srdrate - rate seaman That s aboutThen about Then 'Then ' shehed shelied I III I11 U take command she shePlied ) hed lied < quietly lllJetly You 11 take orders ordersBID ordersm m me ' ' ? AM Aye Aye ' At your service Cap Capa CapRose CapRost Rosee Roste Rose Rost RoseBe Be e touched h s forehead in m saluteclIcked saluteclicked salute clicked his heels in true mIll mrir mrirstorm milltllorm 11 ' storm lorm graver graveB graves Her lace face was very grave B s nicker tlcker flicker ! ot of ofah ' smile lighting IIghbng it Rzg Rig Up a aa 'J J ' 'Ja a Anchor AHC11or " ' forth forJI It Ita a goIng to be a hard night for th JI thof of ! o us she went on We can t . any ot of the sa Is and If we Sll weSll d wed dhe the ! w nd ad would blow them to toen I en < ' ! rt ts valnillhrna But the schooner s valOb valnl val Ob nl nillhrna 110 & broadside &broadslde broadslde cl/fl/ cl fl clflti / / * - * ti- ti tiIT . - - - - - < IT- IT IT'top - WeI Wet to the waves We I t ' 'top top alop stop ' that or we U 11 ll go under underu underOd under"It underIt Od ' howV.e howae u " Ie to right Captain But howt how t V.e Ve ae . ' * ther wonther ' gong 10 go ng to do it ' ? She wont wontd won t t"er ter her " rudder with d any sailo saila sail ' o a she he ans answered . ered shortly But Bute ii Butii iit iies t yet sal saveyet savesal es e a that thatwreckage wreckage It may save andr andtd td We must get axes and r It lateAyel lateAYeI away betore before It s too late lates s Ayel AYeI " ' Aye Captain . . But you " youa 11 a < workOle workme ' t ri8k risk riak your 1 lie 1 fe in that work Be Ole me do tmade tmade t ( made no reply but began begant beganng beganrig ng rig t an oiled o1Jed slicker over her dc tiers herlns herdc hertiers . "odding odding nodding " to theShe Dick to do the . she "lectcd lectcd splected salected " . two tv.o tvo stout axes axe . axesa a ' r'ck rck rack rackand ' and after handing one ttarted slarted started oneslarted onestarted tor for the companion atarted started companIOnatarted companionstarted t9Iork twork m-i m i . to protest " " . Th in s 5 Isn isn t l lo - ? a 9Iork work IIow How meIIow orders ordersen ordersI o Rose : Leave lt It lt'n to ' me " -'n 'n n - en ' do aa as * T > . _ , , I 5 5en y 1 yr 1f J I do n she - ? replied - - r f Illm Illmbut plan Was .Imple Imple simple . In explana explanaf but f Theer difficult difficultof cult of execution execulon ! The - er Ina was wallowmg wallowing T810 loggily In 1 " Id inId Ida a . halt burled buried at t mes by r\f1e r f1e role \ all but the crash crashof of the wreck 'CBinst CBinst against wreck'CBinst ' - the we ouiooard outboard ( was the the"S theS alarm ash aah tenedash threatenedaah the 01 rig " : thing It threa threatened tened bulwarks and andshiver shiver the timbers tunbers of the hulk to splinters splintersEither splintersEither splintersEither Either that had to be removed or the theDetty theBetty theBetty Detty Betty \ was \ as doomcdBut doomedBut doomed doomcd doomedBut But Rose s Idea was to use the theth theth theth th ng that menaced their lives hves for forsavmg forsaving forsaving savmg saving the schooner By cutting cuttingit it loose from the side and fastening fasteningIt it . with .ith ith tow lines the wind wmd and andwaves andwaves andwaves waves would convert convcrt it into mto a sea seaanchor seaanchor seaanchor seaanchorDick anchor anchorDick Dick ittacked 1ttacked attacked ' the wreckage near nearest nearest nearest est h m . with .Ith Ith his a axe axeMake , e eMake eMake Make your hnes Imes fast first sl e ecried ecried ecried cried intercept ng rig him or we 11 11lose 11lose 11lose lose It1th itttith it itlth \\lth lth \\1th 1th ttith \ \ \ three slack Lnes hnes runnmg running runnmgfrom runningfrom runningfrom from the mass ofTeck'1ge of \\Teck'1ge Teck'1ge Teck1ge wreckage \ wrec \ ' ge to tl tie tieforward tieforward e eforward forward to ving vmg wing bitts bltts they were wereready wereready wereready ready to cut away awa > ) the rigging riggmg that thatheld thatheld thatheld held the batter ng ram in posItion posItionThey positionThey positionThey They hacked steadily steadtly ' it 1t at ropes and andwire andwire andwire wire rigging rlggmg cutting cuttmg in water some somet t mes a foot deep ThcyY They Thcy \Y Y \ were weredrencl weredrenci re redrene drene drencl ! ed to the skin and nearly ex exhausted exhausted exhausted hausted . when .hen hen all but a single smgle Ime line linewas linewas was \ \ as severedRose severedRose - severed s-evered s evered severedRose Rose raised her axe to cut t1us this t1usD thisD thisD D ck see ng her danger shouted to tober toher toher ber her but she . did d.1d d1d not hear The rope ropepal ropepasted ropepaited pal pasted ted with a loud snap and wrlth wrlthmg wrlthing writhing mg ing and t vistmg like a sea serpent serpentit , It struck up and caught the g rl as asU asif asit U if it had been the tentacle of an anoctopus anoctopus anoctopus octopus D ck sa v her stagger un an under ander under der the blo blov v fall to the deck andt and andDick ! ' t - - f fF F Ii Iia a/ a afV / fV ) ' w ; - s Y51 Y51Dick Dick helped her into the cab cabin cabinwhere cabinw III where . here she feB ( ( ell exhausted e-.hausted e.hausted e .hausted hausted - . on the bedthen bed bedthen then with the rope twisted around aroundher aroundher aroundher her she was carried overboard as asthe asthe asthe the released i t \ reckage brought the theIme thelane theline Ime lane ta taut ut . . One horrified hornfied glance and he was wasafter wasafter wasafter after her plunging plungmg recklessly into intothe Intothe intothe the green brine bnne In bis his leap he hecaught hecaught hecaught caught the slack end of a short rope ropeand ropeand ropeand and clung to it With his Ius other band bandhe bandhe handhe he clutched her skirtsFortunately skirtsFortunately skirts skirtsFortunately Fortunately the snake like 1me line 1methat linethat linethat that had wrapped It itself elf around her herwaIst herwaist herwaist waIst us\ us um tins usound \ ound as quickly as it had hadco hadco hadco co led Dick held her hmp lImp figurein figurem figure m in one arm and with the other otherfought otherfought otherfought fought to pull himself back on deckThe deckThe deck deckThe The struggle lasted for only a afew afew afew few minutes mmutes but to Dick it was an anage anage anage age before he finally got a hand on onthe onthe onthe the rail and with the aid of a gray grayback graybask grayback back bask lifted Rose over it and rolled rolledon rolledon rolledon on deck deckExhausted Exhausted by his Ius supreme effort efforthe efforthe efforthe he hy lay there clasping claspmg the girlRose girlRose girl girlRose Rose stirred first coming commg to her hersenses hersenses hersenses senses with a Little sigh She was wastoo wastoo wastoo too dazed tor for a moment to under understand understand understand stand the meaning of it all Dick Dickclasped Dickclasped Dickclasped clasped her st 11 tighterDick tighter tighterDick Dick Dzch Trys His Hzs H zs Hand HandAt HandAt At NursingWhat NursmgWhat Nursing Nursmg What happened7 happened ? ' she breathed breathedfamtly breathedfaintly breathedfaintly breathedfaintlyEverything famtly faintly famtlyEverythmgl faintlyEverything Everything Everythmgl ! he laughed recov recovermg recovertng recovenng ermg ertng his breath We cut the thewreckage thewreckage thewreckage wreckage loose and it at s workmg working workmgbeautifully workingbeautifully workingbeautifully beautifully We re no longer wal - _ . I a grampus don t deserve her name if U she shedoesn shedoesn shedoesn doesn t ride out the storm nowShe nowShe now nowShe She sighed again agam from sheer phys physIcal physicai physleal Ical icai weariness wearmess For the first fust time timeI timeshe timeshe tuneshe she seemed to be conscious of his hisarms hisarms hisarms arms around herDldd herDidd her herDid Dld-d Dld d Did-d Did Did - - d d I taint7 famt faint ? ' she faltered falteredNo falteredNo ( alteredNo No that last 1 ne jerked you over overboard overboard overboard board I got you Just lust ] ust m in time In Inanother inanother Inanother another minute mmute we d both beenlo"t |