I am getting more fish to-night than I have any night for weeks, and if it goes on like this till morning I shall make a good thing of it.

I wants it bad enough, for I am in arrears a bit with my rent.

The war has made everything so terrible dear that it is as much as a poor man can do to keep his head above water.
"What time is it now, Joe, do you think ?" "About two o'clock, I reckon.

It will begin to get light in a couple of hours, and at five we will up nets and make our way back." He had scarcely spoken when he shouted "Ship ahoy! Look out for yourself, lad!" Startled by the suddenness of the cry Ralph looked round.

He saw a crest of white foam a few yards away in the darkness.
A moment later something dark passed over his head and a rope brushed his cheek, and as it did so a black mass struck the boat.