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134 Roanoke of Roanoke Flall. wits, and struggled to my feet, the anchor was weighed, and we were sliding under full sail to the southeastward before a gentle breeze. The motion was so exhilarating that I remained entranced, watching the white foam hissing past the gloomy side, until a man seized me by the shoulder, and led me towards the stern. “« Here, captain,” he said to the steersman. ““What’s to be done with this young land- lubber? Where is he to be stowed away? There’s none too many berths aboard as it is.” “Don’t fret thyself about the lad, Jake,” answered John o’ Compton. ‘We'll find him a corner anon. In Davy Jones’s locker maybe. ‘There’s room and to spare there, if all’s true that’s said of it.” , He and the man burst into fits of unpleas- ing laughter, though I could not myself see any wit in the remark. , As the breeze freshened, and the movement of the ship increased, I began to feel an un- easy, giddy sensation, and thinking that I should be more at my ease if I could lie down I went toa man who was standing forward, looking out ahead, and remembering John comichbooks.com