Mrs. Burke clung to a stanchion, and I feared, whilst I watched her stout form swinging off it, to see her let go, lest she should flash down upon me and break my neck or maim me for life witli her weight. I could not imagine what was happening save that a sudden hurricane had struck the ship and thrown her on her beam ends. She lay as though capsized, witli a horrible roaring, pounding thunderous noise of water on the weather side of her, and frightful sounds in her hold, threaded with dim notes of rending, as though sails were flogging in rags, or masts going over the sides. |
Author: William Clark Russell Title: Heart of Oak: A Three-Stranded Yarn Series: n/a First Published by: Place: Format: HC Date: 1895 ISBN-10: ISBN-13: |
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