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Captain Wass hooked a gnarled finger into the loop of the bell-pull and

yanked upward viciously A dull clang sounded far below He pulled again

and the vibration of the engine ceased

"Gad rabbit it! I'll go the whole hog as the departs into ave the bell-loop two quick jerks; then he shifted his hand to

another pull and the jingle bell sounded in the engine-room--the

Nequasset was ordered to make full speed astern

The freighter shook and shivered when the screw began to reverse,

pulling at the frothing sea, clawing frantically to haul her to a stop

The skipper then gave three resentful, protesting whistle-blasts

But the reply he received froed howl In

it there was no hint that the big fellow proposed to heed the protest

of the three blasts It was insistence on right of way, the insolence of

the swaggering express linertime in competition with rivals; it

hinted confident opinion that set out of the

way

The on-conal which served to justify that opinion

Captain Wass had docilely announced that he was going full speed astern,