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The schooner, as she lay, upside down in the sea, was practically a

diving-bell; with that hole in her shell their safety was in jeopardy

The girl seemed to understand the situation before the duller un to work She frenziedly sought for

Mayo's disengaged hand and thrust soasped "Can you calk with it?"

"Hand iven the tool to him he worked his hand free from

the crack and instantly drove the fabric into the crevice, crowding it

fold by fold with the edge of the chisel

"Hope I didn't do anything wrong, trying to be helpful," apologized Mr

Speed

"I'll do the rest of this job without any such help," growled the

captain

"But what are you stopping the air for when it's rushing in to liven us

up?" asked Dolph, plaintively