The Voyage of the Arrow

anding our regular watch

ir of the log-book, and how I could get courage

g the matter over during the night, I concluded to put on a bold f

lready had the instincts of a mean person to start with. It woul

ation{80} of all the virtues in man. It is probably best for them that this is so, for it dissolves a great many combinations b

was work to be done on our spars and rigging

f all the men, there was a silence among them that told plainly how

aned loudly at times, so it was little wonder that the men of the starboa

en his ideas and theirs were found to be different.{81} As the morning wore on, the sun shone at brief intervals through

, and appeared none the worse for

showed off her beautiful figure to great advantage

of women, but it seemed to me at that time that I had never seen

ared more interested in the th

and convinced me that my sailor manners were out of place at the cabin table while she sat th

I felt my cheeks burn at the fear of some allusion

u can't be so superstitious as to believe that my wishing had anything to do with the state of the weather.

ly injured?" I answered, quickly, and then immediately felt what

the kind," she answered, and her lau

the inju

, and, as I did so, the skippe

Gore to see the poor man," she said, quietly.

some reply, and I could see that he was anythi

and asked me to take her forward. The ship was running along easily under t'gallants

enter the fo'castle. Then, when we arrived, he came out and

he young girl shrink at the sight of dirty, wet c

one of{84} the bunks. The third mate sprang quickly in front of us and po

ection, and, although only the back of the dead man's head was visi

stupid wonder. Then she asked him how he felt, and put h

red some nonsense about an angel. But he was a foul-looking d

I could not help admiring the feeling of sympathy she showed for the man, but I felt that

ong breath and appeared thoughtful

castles on sh

'castle was always below, 'tween decks, and not a big, airy room, with windows in it, like the one we've just left.

was thinking of the sailor forward. Just as we gained t

once and had to live

, except a fool, also," I answered; "but as for living in places like our

d, I fancied, gave a

and live in a comfortable bar

n my part," I a

ing us intently. He saw her safely aft to the companionway and then returned to where I stood. He was silent for

queer thing

but looked an af

g married and propagating his species. It is natural for a woman to wish to get married for many reasons; but a man{87} should not

while love of women is good enough to a certain extent, there are

u be to-day? Story-books and women have kept him down, and one is about the same thing as the other. I've had hundreds of story-books sent aboard here by those women folks at the sailors' mission, and one and all had the getting married

the end. They've kept O'Toole down for having them and you've worked your way up-to a certain extent-by not hav

en man, was old Captain