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They were silent, then there sounded the splash of water and they ca of desperate resolve in his

co close at hand, groped

for them and shoved tools into their clutch He retained the hammer and

chisel for himself

"That's about all I need you for just now--for tool-racks," he growled

"Make sure you don't drop those"

The upturned schooner rolled sluggishly, and every now and then the

water swashed across her cabin with extra i

insecure

"If I tumble down I'll have to drop 'e will be an easier death for you," declared

the captain,the bulkhead with his haht bea In his own ht have indicated It was blind experiment--he

could not estimate the obstacles which were ahead of hih, that if they were to escape they h the bottoh she

was, therebottoarboard streaks