"Nothing serious, Mr.Van Weyden will pull him around as good as ever in three or four weeks." "But he won't pull those chaps around, from the look of it," he added, pointing at the _Macedonia's_ third boat, for which I had been steering and which was now nearly abreast of us.

"That's Horner's and Smoke's work.

I told them we wanted live men, not carcasses.

But the joy of shooting to hit is a most compelling thing, when once you've learned how to shoot.

Ever experienced it, Mr.Van Weyden ?" I shook my head and regarded their work.