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Without
fear
Mrs.
Weldon
saw
Jack
,
in
company
with
Dick
Sand
,
spring
out
on
the
shrouds
,
climb
to
the
top
of
the
mizzen-mast
,
or
to
the
booms
of
the
mizzen-topmast
,
and
come
down
again
like
an
arrow
the
whole
length
of
the
backstays
.
Dick
Sand
went
before
or
followed
him
,
always
ready
to
hold
him
up
or
keep
him
back
,
if
his
six-year-old
arms
grew
feeble
during
those
exercises
.
All
that
benefited
little
Jack
,
whom
sickness
had
made
somewhat
pale
;
but
his
color
soon
came
back
on
board
the
"
Pilgrim
,
"
thanks
to
this
gymnastic
,
and
to
the
bracing
sea-breezes
.
So
passed
the
time
.
Under
these
conditions
the
passage
was
being
accomplished
,
and
only
the
weather
was
not
very
favorable
,
neither
the
passengers
nor
the
crew
of
the
"
Pilgrim
"
would
have
had
cause
to
complain
.
Meanwhile
this
continuance
of
east
winds
made
Captain
Hull
anxious
.
He
did
not
succeed
in
getting
the
vessel
into
the
right
course
.
Later
,
near
the
Tropic
of
Capricorn
,
he
feared
finding
calms
which
would
delay
him
again
,
without
speaking
of
the
equatorial
current
,
which
would
irresistibly
throw
him
back
to
the
west
.
He
was
troubled
then
,
above
all
,
for
Mrs.
Weldon
,
by
the
delays
for
which
,
meanwhile
,
he
was
not
responsible
.
So
,
if
he
should
meet
,
on
his
course
,
some
transatlantic
steamer
on
the
way
toward
America
,
he
already
thought
of
advising
his
passenger
to
embark
on
it
.
Unfortunately
,
he
was
detained
in
latitudes
too
high
to
cross
a
steamer
running
to
Panama
;
and
,
besides
,
at
that
period
communication
across
the
Pacific
,
between
Australia
and
the
New
World
,
was
not
as
frequent
as
it
has
since
become
.
It
then
was
necessary
to
leave
everything
to
the
grace
of
God
,
and
it
seemed
as
if
nothing
would
trouble
this
monotonous
passage
,
when
the
first
incident
occurred
precisely
on
that
day
,
February
2d
,
in
the
latitude
and
longitude
indicated
at
the
beginning
of
this
history
.
Dick
Sand
and
Jack
,
toward
nine
o'clock
in
the
morning
,
in
very
clear
weather
,
were
installed
on
the
booms
of
the
mizzen-topmast
.
Thence
they
looked
down
on
the
whole
ship
and
a
portion
of
the
ocean
in
a
largo
circumference
.
Behind
,
the
perimeter
of
the
horizon
was
broken
to
their
eyes
,
only
by
the
mainmast
,
carrying
brigantine
and
fore-staff
.
That
beacon
hid
from
them
a
part
of
the
sea
and
the
sky
.
In
the
front
,
they
saw
the
bowsprit
stretching
over
the
waves
,
with
its
three
jibs
,
which
were
hauled
tightly
,
spread
out
like
three
great
unequal
wings
.
Underneath
rounded
the
foremast
,
and
above
,
the
little
top-sail
and
the
little
gallant-sail
,
whose
bolt-rope
quivered
with
the
pranks
of
the
breeze
.
The
schooner
was
then
running
on
the
larboard
tack
,
and
hugging
the
wind
as
much
as
possible
.
Dick
Sand
explained
to
Jack
how
the
"
Pilgrim
,
"
ballasted
properly
,
well
balanced
in
all
her
parts
,
could
not
capsize
,
even
if
she
gave
a
pretty
strong
heel
to
starboard
,
when
the
little
boy
interrupted
him
.
"
What
do
I
see
there
?
"
said
he
.
"
You
see
something
,
Jack
?
"
demanded
Dick
Sand
,
who
stood
up
straight
on
the
booms
.
"
Yes
--
there
!
"
replied
little
Jack
,
showing
a
point
of
the
sea
,
left
open
by
the
interval
between
the
stays
of
the
standing-jib
and
the
flying-jib
