"Then Harvey, he had hold o' me, a pintin' out, and whether he spoke a
word or not, I seen it--through wind and rain and foam, all in my eyes to
once, I seen--reelin' and tossin' and pitching out thar' on the Bay,
lost, lost for sure--I seen that fancy ship!
"Thar' wa'n't no hand on 'arth could guide it, now. Every second was like
to see it keeled squar' over, or slipped and driv' in, straight on to the
rocks.
"We're used to other'n fa'r weather along this shore. I calk'late we
ain't used to frighten at a little danger, but knowin' the sea so well,
we know the helplessness a'most o' puttin' out in sech a gale as that.
"I heered the sound. It only came but once: and Bede hissed through his
teeth, a cryin' too, a'most: 'Ain't thar' no other way to werry us, but
they must come in here to drown afore our very eyes! A fool's ventur'!
what could ye expect but a fool's end! Ef he must drown, let the
red-haired devil drown!'
"But when they heered it, them two, _him_ and George Olver, I knowed how
it would be. I hardly durst to look. I seen them flash at one another
with their great eyes, as ef it wa'n't enough to do man's work, but when
thar' come a chance, they must go act like God! I seen in jest that
flash, them two agreein' solemnly.
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