Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 290
hile the gravity and decorumof the whole ship fled to the winds. Even thecaptain was convulsed; and when at last thelittle second lieutenant got it under con-trol, and began to whack it with the flat ofhis little tin sword, the men choked at theirguns, and the officers roared aloud. But I had begun… … UNDERNEATH—WONDER OF WONDERS ! — THERE WAS THE FACE OF A MAN—A WHITE MAN ! (SEE PAGE 278.) 278 AMATUAS SAILOR. It was a beautiful morning as they pulledout in a shore boat and reached the raft wherethe work was in progress. As the Americanspossessed no.diving apparatus, Kane, the Britishcaptain,…
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