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? ? ? ? 'Johansen!' Wolf Larsen called out. A sailor stepped forward obediently. 'Get your palm and needle and sew the beggar up. You'll find some old canvas in the sail-locker. Make it do.'

? ? ? ? 'What'll I put on his feet, sir?' the man asked, after the customary 'Aye, aye, sir.'

? ? ? ? 'We'll see to that,' Wolf Larsen answered, and elevated his voice in a cal of 'Cooky!'

? ? ? ? Thomas Mugridge popped out of his galley like a jack-in-the-box.

? ? ? ? 'Go below and fill a sack with coal.'

? ? ? ? 'Any of you fellows got a Bible or prayer-book?' was the captain's next demand, this time of the hunters lounging about the companionway.

? ? ? ? They shook their heads, and some one made a jocular remark which I did not catch, but which raised a general laugh.

? ? ? ? Wolf Larsen made the same demand of the sailors.


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