This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 Excerpt: ...knew what a dory could and could not do. I pushed her hands from my arm and leaps into the dory; and who jumps in after me but Gillis, and I mind, as we shoved the dory clear, saying to Gillis: "You're certainly a damn fool, Archie." "Maybe so," answers Gillis, "but I'm your dory-mate too, Alec, and that means for ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 Excerpt: ...knew what a dory could and could not do. I pushed her hands from my arm and leaps into the dory; and who jumps in after me but Gillis, and I mind, as we shoved the dory clear, saying to Gillis: "You're certainly a damn fool, Archie." "Maybe so," answers Gillis, "but I'm your dory-mate too, Alec, and that means for rough as well as fine weather. Maybe, too, Alec, she won't forget me writing home to her young sister for this," says Archie. And what more could I say? The capsized dory was up to wind'ard of us. We worked up to wind'ard of her, and, getting near, hove a line to them, making signs for one of them to take hold and jump toward us, which one did at last, and I hauled him under our stern, Gillis, to the oars, watching the bad seas to keep her head to them. A careless move on his part and our dory would go over too. But a strong lad, Gillis. He held her true, and I took a try at my Chinaman, who was pretty well worn out and weighed a ton, I thought, in his wet, womanlike clothes. With one hand braced in the becket, with the other I reached over and heaved high, watching the sea to help, and in he came and lay like a big fish in the bottom of the dory. "A good job you did then, Archie. Now once more," and tossed the line to the other lad. He hesitated--hadn't the nerve of the first one. I had to yell encouragement to him, and the Chinamen from the deck of our vessel began to call to him, too. I did more than encourage him--I threatened him as I again hove the line, which this time he grabbed, but could not seem to trust his life to. He sawed there while up and down the seas were lifting him, one hand in the plug-strap of his dory, the other in the bight of his life-line. Again I yelled--every second of waiting wa...
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