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Standing on the end of the spar, he was outboard; the frothing sea was

under hi

across the deck ht up against the stays, so he realized, would invite certain

disaster; he would either be crushed between the boom and shrouds or

snapped far out into the ocean as a bean 'is filliped by a thue would be so great that he could not

hope to cling there with ars

A queer flick of thought brought to Mayo the phrase, "Between the devil

and the deep sea" That flying boohty deep

Her weather roll was ish and Mayo had a moment to look about

for some mode of escape

He saw the sail of "nu loose in its lazy-jacks,

unfurled and showing a tumbled expanse of canvas When he was inside the

rail, and while the boo rit between his teeth and leaped toward the sail He ive him the most help

He heard Captain Downs's astonished oath when he dove over that worthy

mariner's head, a human comet in a twenty-foot parabola

He landed in the sail on his hands and knees, yelling, even as he