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Chapter 29 - Page 2
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loved so well, and the loss of which he so much deplored.
"Now then, old fellow off of this!" cried the captain to the old
Irishman, who did not move.
"And is it quite sure ye are that she's sinkin?" he said.
"Ay, ay! sure enough, my man; and you'd better look sharp."
"Faith, then, and I think I will;" and not a moment too soon (for
the water was up to his waist) he jumped on to the raft.
Having cast one last, lingering look around him, Curtis then left
the ship; the rope was cut and we went slowly adrift.
All eyes were fixed upon the spot where the "Chancellor" lay
foundering. The top of the mizen was the first to disappear,
then followed the main-top; and soon, of what had been a noble
vessel, not a vestige was to be seen.
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