Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 159
dly, and did not wakenuntil noises on deck and the harsh creak-creak ballasted hull yielded and careened, and wewere off, with the dim shores flitting away fromus, and the waves gurgling under our wales.The east brightened behind over the hills, andwe had hardly passed the point and enteredthe open… … l.illHIIIf! , THE LIGHTLY-BALLASTED HULL YIELDED AND CAREENED. THE FIRST BEAMS OF THE SUNRISE GILDED OUR SPARS. of the hoisting-tackle warned me that we weregetting under sail. I hurried on my clothing, and putting myhead out over the gangway saw that theschooner was spreading her white wings,…
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