CHAPTER XV. GOOD SAILORS IN A WILD ANCHORAGE

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CHAPTER XV. GOOD SAILORS IN A WILD ANCHORAGE All afternoon the Dazzler pitched and rolled at her anchorage, and as evening drew on the wind deceitfully eased down. This, and the example set by French Pete, encouraged the rest of the oyster-boats to attempt to ride out the night; but they looked carefully to their moorings and put out spare anchors. French Pete ordered the two boys into the skiff, and, at the imminent risk of swamping, they carried out a second anchor, at nearly right angles to the first one, and dropped it over. French Pete then ran out a great quantity of chain and rope, so that the Dazzler dropped back a hundred feet or more, where she rode more easily. It was a wild stretch of water which Joe looked upon from the shelter of the cockpit. The oyster-beds were out in

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