Harris was my only hope. I had seen this from the first, but my appeal I had been keeping to the very end. And now he was leaving me before a word would come! Santos had gone over to my grave, and there was Harris at the door!
“It is not dip enough,” said the Portuguese.
“It’s as deep as I mean to make it, with you sittin’ there talkin’ about it.”
And the door stood open.
“Captain!” I screamed. “For Christ’s sake, captain!”
Harris was my only hope. I had seen this from the first, but my appeal I had been keeping to the very end. And now he was leaving me before a word would come! Santos had gone over to my grave, and there was Harris at the door!
“It is not dip enough,” said the Portuguese.
“It’s as deep as I mean to make it, with you sittin’ there talkin’ about it.”
And the door stood open.
“Captain!” I screamed. “For Christ’s sake, captain!”
