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Article THE FIRST CRUISE OF THE " VIXEN." ← Page 8 of 23 →
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The First Cruise Of The " Vixen."
gemulman hacl capsize a poor nigga , he nebba dror nubber cork . " I did not speak , but dreAv off my clothes ; my boots Avere soaked ancl wet , so , as they resisted eA'ery effort , I cut them off my feet with a penknife , and rolled into my berth . Pat imitated meand Fin shortly aftenvards folloxved suit . In half an horn * I
, began to repent that I hacl purchased a yacht . Dead silence reigned in our little cabin . I dared not speak , I felt that the exertion Avould afford my dread enemy a chance . The cutter laboured , rose , fell , rocked , pitched , ancl spun round ; a light perspiration gathered around my eyelids , —the sure precursor of the demon of nausea .
" Oh , miirdlier , " cried a faint voice , " oh , if I ever get out of this !" " That Avascal , Tom , " sighed Fin , in a poxverless ancl resigned tone , " lie is doing it on purpose . I haA'e been out before , but I nev—" The rest of the sentence Avas buried in a spasmodic
ejaculation , more easily conceived than gracefully described . Pat and I uttered a IOAV imprecation on Fin , resisted manfully , but in vain . In five minutes that elegant cabin AA'as a scene of much mortal agony . Oh ! that dreadful heaA-e , AA'hich carries one perpendicularly up , and then suddenly the berth seems to sink under the sufferer , AA'I IO cannot feel his OAATU weight . And
then that indescribable smell which pervades eA'ery vessel , a combination of new xvood , x'arnish , bilge-Avater , ancl paint , forming a compound emetic inhalation , AA'hich every reader Avill recognize by the name of tlie concentrated essence of cabin . " Peter , dear , " sighed a small A'oice , in AA'hich I could scarcely recognize the tones of Darcy , " Peter , I've an idaya . I ' ve a murdherin' notion . It ' s my belief that Tom lias assured our
lives before Ave started , and the villain has taken us out on the speculation of one of us turning up trumps . There is not sixpen ' orth of life in yom * s truly . " " Oh , Catawina , Catawina ! " draAvled Fin , " I ' m A'eAA'y glad she neA'er saw me in this degwading condition . " " AVell , lads . " cried Tom , sAvinging clown the ladder , " Ave are
scudding along xvith a lively breeze ; Ave haA ' e every stitch set , and the boat leaps from Avave to Avave liks a bird . It is near ten o ' clock , Avhat do you say to supper ?" " Oh ! " groaned Ave in a faded chorus . " Just as you like ; bare , young Sambo , get me a grilled foAA'l , ancl some brancly-ancl-Avater to folloAV . " " Oh ! " repeated the chorus , in a tone of deep remonstrance i o .
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The First Cruise Of The " Vixen."
gemulman hacl capsize a poor nigga , he nebba dror nubber cork . " I did not speak , but dreAv off my clothes ; my boots Avere soaked ancl wet , so , as they resisted eA'ery effort , I cut them off my feet with a penknife , and rolled into my berth . Pat imitated meand Fin shortly aftenvards folloxved suit . In half an horn * I
, began to repent that I hacl purchased a yacht . Dead silence reigned in our little cabin . I dared not speak , I felt that the exertion Avould afford my dread enemy a chance . The cutter laboured , rose , fell , rocked , pitched , ancl spun round ; a light perspiration gathered around my eyelids , —the sure precursor of the demon of nausea .
" Oh , miirdlier , " cried a faint voice , " oh , if I ever get out of this !" " That Avascal , Tom , " sighed Fin , in a poxverless ancl resigned tone , " lie is doing it on purpose . I haA'e been out before , but I nev—" The rest of the sentence Avas buried in a spasmodic
ejaculation , more easily conceived than gracefully described . Pat and I uttered a IOAV imprecation on Fin , resisted manfully , but in vain . In five minutes that elegant cabin AA'as a scene of much mortal agony . Oh ! that dreadful heaA-e , AA'hich carries one perpendicularly up , and then suddenly the berth seems to sink under the sufferer , AA'I IO cannot feel his OAATU weight . And
then that indescribable smell which pervades eA'ery vessel , a combination of new xvood , x'arnish , bilge-Avater , ancl paint , forming a compound emetic inhalation , AA'hich every reader Avill recognize by the name of tlie concentrated essence of cabin . " Peter , dear , " sighed a small A'oice , in AA'hich I could scarcely recognize the tones of Darcy , " Peter , I've an idaya . I ' ve a murdherin' notion . It ' s my belief that Tom lias assured our
lives before Ave started , and the villain has taken us out on the speculation of one of us turning up trumps . There is not sixpen ' orth of life in yom * s truly . " " Oh , Catawina , Catawina ! " draAvled Fin , " I ' m A'eAA'y glad she neA'er saw me in this degwading condition . " " AVell , lads . " cried Tom , sAvinging clown the ladder , " Ave are
scudding along xvith a lively breeze ; Ave haA ' e every stitch set , and the boat leaps from Avave to Avave liks a bird . It is near ten o ' clock , Avhat do you say to supper ?" " Oh ! " groaned Ave in a faded chorus . " Just as you like ; bare , young Sambo , get me a grilled foAA'l , ancl some brancly-ancl-Avater to folloAV . " " Oh ! " repeated the chorus , in a tone of deep remonstrance i o .