I had not taken mine, nor had Wade.

The schooner was now three or four miles down the straits, and the ship was a good way past us.
"No great harm done, I guess," Kit said at length.

"The captain ran down into the cabin, but came up a few moments after; and they are standing about the deck as before." "As long as they miss the standing rigging, and don't hit the sails, there's no danger," Raed observed.
"That ship is a mighty fast sailer," Weymouth said.
"Ought to be, I should think," Donovan replied.

"Look at the sail she's got on! They've been getting out studding-sails too.

This strong gale drives her along like thunder!" "I don't see that she gains," Raed remarked.