30/47 It was only the tide." "Tide! He come for it, Harve. Why, they sunk him six miles to south'ard o' the Fleet, an' we're two miles from where she's lyin' now. They told me he was weighted with a fathom an' a half o' chain-cable." "Wonder what he did with the knife--up on the French coast ?" "Something bad. 'Guess he's bound to take it with him to the Judgment, an' so-- What are you doin' with the fish ?" "Heaving 'em overboard," said Harvey. I had to look at his face while I was takin' the belt off. |