Captain Marlin, seeing this, ordered them to drink their grog or
throw it overboard; they chose the former mode of disposing of it,
and threw their empty cans at the cook.
In the distance a small black speck was decried.
CHAPTER IV.
The sun had set in clouds. The heavens were hung in darkness. Ever
and anon a peal of thunder echoed above, a flash of vivid lightning
illumed the waters, and far as eye could see the waters tossed high
their whitened crests. The winds blew stormy, and now heavy drops of
rain fell upon the deck of the "Tangus." "Every man to his duty!"
shouted the captain; but the captain's voice was not obeyed.
Objects at two feet distance could not be seen. Louder that voice
was heard. "Every man to his duty,--save the ship!"
"Captain, what is my duty?" inquired the cook.
"I appoint you under officer. Search for the men, and, if they are
not all washed over, tell them I order them to work. If they do not
know it, tell them the ship's in danger, and they must work."
The storm was fast increasing, till, at length, instead of
blackness, one sheet of livid flame clothed the heavens above.
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