15/17 She'll snore till midnight, an' jest when we're gettin' our sleep she'll strike adrift. Good job we ain't crowded with craft hereaways. But I ain't goin' to up anchor fer Chatham. She may hold." The wind, which had hauled round, rose at sundown and blew steadily. At the end of the boys' watch they heard the crack-crack-crack of a huge muzzle-loading revolver aboard her. |