CHAPTEE XVI. 



THE HURRICANE. 



The boatswain's -warning — Securing the boats — The hurricane — 

 Busby pronounces the house unsafe— The fall of the building — 

 Work of the hurricane on the reef — The Rosetta and Tortugas 

 wrecked — Departure for the North — Last days on the reef — 

 The results. 



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■S ARLY the next morning 

 Tom was aroused by some 

 one standing: in the door- 



way, and, raising up, he saw 

 that it was the old boatswain 

 with his famous spy -glass under 

 his arm. 



" I've jest been down to the 



boat-house making things snug," 



he said, "and Bob wanted me 



to ask you if you wouldn't give 



him a haul with the Buildup? 



" What is the matter? " asked Tom. 



" It's goin' to blow, and blow hard," replied 



the old sailor. 



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