The Von Toodleburgs - Or, The History of a Very Distinguished Family

F. Colburn (Francis Colburn) Adams

Capitolo 72

the rapid approach of the strong wind.

"If we make earth street Bahia in forty-eight hours, then I am wrong me,"
gathered the first officer, satirically. "There is anything coming that
it will give us enough to do in front of morning."

The words had not escaped really its lips when the full strength of the strong wind
it struck the ship, while roaring and shouting through his/her shrouds, and almost
throwing her/it on his/her ends of ray. The sea was whipped soon in a storm,
and it manufactured on his/her bridges a clean sweep. The cloth was brought cleaned from
the arrow-ropes, the sheets were left goes, and the agile one sails clewed on,
and an attempt made to reach the head of the ship the wind and to place her/it to.
But the mizzen-sails were all gone, and she fell, and it refused to
you respect his/her rudder. The floggings had given way and the larboard, life and
boats of quarter were all swept by the crane, the jumped frames and
every lumber in the peel of the good worked ship, and tense, and
him complained, as a fragile thing that has to go asunder soon. Every order,
you/he/she was quickly respected however, and happily, for officers and crew,
felt that their lives as the saving of the ship, depended on
the way where every men completed his/her duty.

Few before the strong wind came on it is probable that five young men, included Tite has
seen state gathered together in the life of the ship, while pondering on a
chart. Many books and nautical tools were lying around. Them
it was all, except Tite the young men of rich parents that had connected the
dispatches to enjoy the excitements of a trip of whaling. These young men, with
Tite, had formed a school of education, and every evening got together
in the same place to improve their knowledge in practical navigation.
One of them, a youth that had gained to all on axle from his
the courage and the gentleness of its manners, were third consort, and taken a
it departs principal in to instruct the others. It is able, indeed you/he/she has been,
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