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What happened then ht have served as confirmation of ns in the heart of the teence in teae of the loosened deckload and sside buffet which sent all the lu The mainsail had been only

partly secured; the spitter blew into the flapping canvas with all its

force and the sail snapped free and bellied out

The next instant the Polly was tripped!

She went over with all the helpless, dead-weight violence of aclothes line in the dark

The four men ere on deck were sailors and they did not need

orders when they felt that soul-sickening swing of her as she toppled

Instinctively, with one accord, they dived for the cabin coht of each was that the

schooner was going on to her beam-ends Therefore, to remain on deck

meant that they would either slide into the water or that a s down together in the darkness, and all four of

them, with impulse of preservation as instant and true as that of the

trap-door spider, set their hands to the closing of the hatch and the

folding leaves of the door

Captain Mayo, his clutch still on a knob, found hi at first just what had happened He let go

his grip and cairl shriek