Морской волк

Chapter 21

           Buthispursuersforestallinghim,hedoubledbackacrossthecabin,passedoverthegalley,andgainedthedeckbymeansofthesteerage-scuttle.Straightforwardheraced,theboat-pullerHarrisonathisheelsandgainingonhim.ButMugridge,leapingsuddenly,caughtthejib-boom-lift.Ithappenedinaninstant.Holdinghisweightbyhisarms,andinmid-airdoublinghisbodyatthehips,heletflywithbothfeet.TheoncomingHarrisoncaughtthekicksquarelyinthepitofthestomach,groanedinvoluntarily,anddoubledupandsankbackwardtothedeck.

           Hand-clappingandroarsoflaughterfromthehuntersgreetedtheexploit,whileMugridge,eludinghalfofhispursuersattheforemast,ranaftandthroughtheremainderlikearunneronthefootballfield.Straightaftheheld,tothepoopandalongthepooptothestern.Sogreatwashisspeedthatashecurvedpastthecornerofthecabinheslippedandfell.Nilsonwasstandingatthewheel,andtheCockney’shurtlingbodystruckhislegs.Bothwentdowntogether,butMugridgealonearose.Bysomefreakofpressures,hisfrailbodyhadsnappedthestrongman’sleglikeapipe-stem.

           Parsonstookthewheel,andthepursuitcontinued.Roundandroundthedeckstheywent,Mugridgesickwithfear,thesailorshallooingandshoutingdirectionstooneanother,andthehuntersbellowingencouragementandlaughter.Mugridgewentdownonthefore-hatchunderthreemen;butheemergedfromthemasslikeaneel,bleedingatthemouth,theoffendingshirtrippedintotatters,andsprangforthemain-rigging.

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