276 MOOSE-HUNTING, SALMON-FISHING, ETC 



There they were visible for at least half an 

 hour, when the captain remarked 



" The worst of the blow is over. Do you 

 notice the lights have left the mast-heads and 

 the upper yards, and are growing fainter 

 below?" 



By midnight we were able to make more 

 sail and set the watches again. Thankful, I 

 believe, every soul was for our wonderful pre- 

 servation. When the sailor referred to here- 

 tofore as calling the captain " a d d old 



fool " came to take the wheel, he (the captain) 

 was there. 



"Now, Jack/' he said, "where do you 

 think we would be now, if it had not been for 

 ' that old fool 7 you were pleased to term me ? 

 You ought to know me well enough by this 

 time that we have no work-up jobs on this 

 vessel. My men always have enough to do 

 without those." 



Poor Jack made a very humble apology. I 

 seem to hear him saying now. " Ah ! captain, 

 I ask your forgiveness. It was my ignorance. 

 I couldn't see what you could. I ought to 

 know you better than to think you would give 

 us a work-up job. Do forgive me, captain ! 



