Francis Lynde

Name: Somewhere in the Caribbean — Chapter 9
Author: Francis Lynde

Somewhere in the Caribbean — Chapter 9 (1923)

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“Somewhere in the Caribbean — Chapter 9”, published in 1923, is a work by Francis Lynde. It explores elements such as Brill, yacht and Vesta.

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Francis Lynde, Somewhere in the Caribbean — Chapter 9 (1923)

“ Once in the lagoon and stealing along in the shadow of the beach-crowding jungle we began to look ahead to pick out the dark bulk of the Vesta. It seemed to me that we had gone fully twice the distance traversed in the morning before Brill suddenly put his steering-oar helm hard down and gave José an order that made the Minorcan quickly spill the wind out of our sail and so bring the whaleboat to a stand. In the distance we could hear voices, a confused medley of them as of men shouting. ”

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Francis Lynde, Somewhere in the Caribbean — Chapter 9 (1923)

“ Then Dorgan said, with his hoarse chuckle: “All I'm hopin' is that they're burnin' up them rifles and that box o' shells along with the bug juice.” And I, for one, was fervently echoing the big man's pious hope.
In due time we reached the yacht and climbed aboard. From her deck we could still see the red glare in the sky. Whatever faint hope any of us might have been cherishing of making the Vesta carry us back to civilization was going up in smoke and flames: our only resources now were a water-logged yacht fast aground and an open boat. ”

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Francis Lynde, Somewhere in the Caribbean — Chapter 9 (1923)

“ At another order from Brill the two sailors got out the oars and pulled us slowly around the point of land that was cutting off our view of the Vesta's grounding beach. A single glance showed us that we were out of the picture so far as any chance of boarding the schooner was concerned. The drunken crew had built a fire on the beach, apparently with dry lumber chopped out of the vessel, and around it a dozen half-clad figures were reeling and dancing like a mob of crazy savages. And there were women in the whirling circle. Alison was shuddering again and she drew closer to me. ”

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Francis Lynde, Somewhere in the Caribbean — Chapter 9 (1923)

“ We'll wait until after dark and then take the whaleboat and set a cargo of this stuff ashore. They'll find it if we leave it on the beach in plain sight.”
“We are going to stay here in the yacht?” she asked.
“It is the safest place for the present and while the weather holds good. Those people can't reach us without a boat; and besides, the wreck of the yacht will be much more likely to attract the attention of some passing vessel than will our beached schooner on the other side of the island.” ”

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Francis Lynde, Somewhere in the Caribbean — Chapter 9 (1923)

“ Summing up the total of these pryings for Dorgan and Brill I told them that if we had lost a schooner I was of the opinion that we stood a fair chance of finding a yacht. If all other means of rescue failed we could turn ourselves into a wrecking crew and try to get the Waikiki afloat. ”

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Francis Lynde, Somewhere in the Caribbean — Chapter 9 (1923)

“ It was Dorgan who wanted to know.
“Because they are high-powered rifles and we are not out of range from the beach. I don't know the temper of those men on shore or how far they will go, but I do know that their leader's one decent accomplishment is the ability to shoot straight. He was once a member of a crack rifle team in New York and I've seen him at the butts. He's an expert marksman.”
At this they both agreed with me that we'd have to go back to the schooner; Dorgan heartily enough and Brill morosely. ”

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Francis Lynde, Somewhere in the Caribbean — Chapter 9 (1923)

“ But there was reason to hope that her substantial steel skin was unbroken; a hope that was strengthened when we found that she was hung up on a sand shoal and not on a reef. For a pleasure craft she was built very stanchly and while her top works were badly knocked about, as they would be by the hammering of the giant seas breaking over her, she was by no means the total wreck we had been expecting to find her. ”

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