Rudyard Kipling,
Captains Courageous — Chapter I
(1897)
“ How long this entertainment lasted, Harvey could not remember, for he lay back terrified at the sight of the smoking swells. He fancied he heard a gun and a horn and shouting. Something bigger than the dory, but quite as lively, loomed alongside. Several voices talked at once; he was dropped into a dark, heaving hole, where men in oilskins gave him a hot drink and took off his clothes, and he fell asleep. ”
Rudyard Kipling,
Captains Courageous — Chapter I
(1897)
“ Guess they've shrunk some," said the boy. "They ain't our style much - none of 'em. Twist round an' see ef you're hurt any."Harvey stretched himself in every direction, but could not report any injuries."That's good," the boy said heartily. "Fix yerself an' go on deck. Dad wants to see you. I'm his son, - Dan, they call me, - an' I'm cook's helper an' everything else aboard that's too dirty for the men. There ain't no boy here 'cep' me sence Otto went overboard - an' he was only a Dutchy, an' twenty year old at that. How'd you come to fall off in a dead flat ca'am?" ”
Rudyard Kipling,
Captains Courageous — Chapter I
(1897)
“ Between them lay little black specks, showing where the dories were out fishing. The schooner, with a triangular riding-sail on the mainmast, played easily at anchor, and except for the man by the cabin-roof - "house" they call it - she was deserted."Mornin' - good afternoon, I should say. You've nigh slep' the clock around, young feller," was the greeting."Mornin'," said Harvey. He did not like being called "young feller"; and, as one rescued from drowning, expected sympathy. His mother suffered agonies whenever he got his feet wet ”
