Little Women - 912 Freedom Library

Little Womenspinning away for dear life, the evil spirit picked up hervictim and put him in a large tin box, where there wereeleven other knights packed together without their heads,like sardines, who all rose and began to..’‘Dance a hornpipe,’ cut in Fred, as Jo paused forbreath, ‘and, as they danced, the rubbishy old castle turnedto a man-of-war in full sail. ‘Up with the jib, reef thetops’l halliards, helm hard alee, and man the guns!’ roaredthe captain, as a Portuguese pirate hove in sight, with aflag black as ink flying from her foremast. ‘Go in and win,my hearties!’ says the captain, and a tremendous fightbegan. Of course the British beat, they always do.’‘No, they don’t!’ cried Jo, aside.‘Having taken the pirate captain prisoner, sailed slapover the schooner, whose decks were piled high with deadand whose lee scuppers ran blood, for the order had been‘Cutlasses, and die hard!’ ‘Bosun’s mate, take a bight of theflying-jib sheet, and start this villain if he doesn’t confesshis sins double quick, ‘ said the British captain. ThePortuguese held his tongue like a brick, and walked theplank, while the jolly tars cheered like mad. But the slydog dived, came up under the man-of-war, scuttled her,and down she went, with all sail set, ‘To the bottom of thesea, sea, sea’ where...’ ‘Oh, gracious! What shall I say?’230 of 861