The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 148Atlantic Monthly Company, 1931 - American essays |
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Page 87
It was half - past nine , and he stood for a moment impressing on his mind the necessity of remembering to strike four bells at ten o'clock , unless he wanted to spend his watch below on the royal yard . He left the cabin and raced ...
It was half - past nine , and he stood for a moment impressing on his mind the necessity of remembering to strike four bells at ten o'clock , unless he wanted to spend his watch below on the royal yard . He left the cabin and raced ...
Page 89
Two minutes was a small matter , he thought , not enough to justify such severe punishment as spending a watch below on the royal yard . For the sake of discipline , however , he could not overlook the boy's carelessness a second time ...
Two minutes was a small matter , he thought , not enough to justify such severe punishment as spending a watch below on the royal yard . For the sake of discipline , however , he could not overlook the boy's carelessness a second time ...
Page 91
A seaman of the watch came on the poop to hold the glass , the boy held the log reel , the mate eased the line over the stern while the sand ran out of the half - minute glass . The ship was going , according to his reading , at the ...
A seaman of the watch came on the poop to hold the glass , the boy held the log reel , the mate eased the line over the stern while the sand ran out of the half - minute glass . The ship was going , according to his reading , at the ...
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