⛵ ⛵ ⛵ ⛵...(Tour of "High Island")...Continued...
[Last time...]
With all the skill that decades of warfare and accidents could bring to bare on a man, Hack set about stitching up the wound. The captain never flinched and as his eyes watered-up and spilled over in a winding path down his face, he held steady until the last stitch was sewn and tied off.
(See: @joshuaslane/silver-adventures-captain-joshua-slane-05no25-he-s-coming-around )
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[On the Silverton…main deck…]
News of the captain’s recovery spread through the ship like wildfire...
“This is the best news ever....what an update! Our brave Keptin....knows a bit about Rank....he will toe the line in Hack's domain! Haha!” Lieutenant Bleujay celebrated.
“Aye Sairrr! Three cheers for Hack! Bringing the Keptin through was no small feat!" Able Seaman Tamaralovelace replied happily.
“The Commander’s in her element in sick bay! I heard that before she enlisted, she was a nurse in Canadar!”
“Better late than never Sairrr!” Standing Officer Bitcoinman said, just walking up, “What did I miss?”
“The Keptin’s pulled through! Be right as rain in no time!” Tamara boasted.
“Oh that’s good news!”
“I hope the Keptin has an appetite soon....I have requested of Peg all of the Keptin's fav dishes...” Bleujay added.
Commander Galligan stood at the bridge railing with a grin on his face. He was the first to get the good news, but it was even more gratifying to see the happiness it brought to the crew. Walking back to the ship’s wheel, he studied the southern bank of the Niagara. ‘No sign of any of the traders…’°°°° He thought to himself, ‘That’s good...’°°°°
“Cockpit Officer, bring her a quarter turn north and stay in the center of the current.” He ordered.
“Woah that's !pimp” Trumpman replied with a nod as he pulled on the big ship’s wheel.
Galligan then turned towards the main deck and called out, “Warrant Officer, get two sailors on the sounding weights over the starboard rail and give me a depth every ten minutes!”
“Aye Sairrr!” Gratefuleveryday yelled back as he grabbed the nearest two seaman and replayed the command.
Able Seaman Cve3 cast the first sounding weight over the rail as Seaman Meesterboom walked it back along the main deck until the line went slack.
“I believe this is called mating?” Meesterboom jested.
“No, sounding…” Cve3 corrected, rolling his eyes, “Twenty-eight feet!”
“Twenty-eight feet!” Galligan confirmed as he wrote it down on a ledger book and turned towards the big wheel, “Trumpman, keep her well in the center of the current.”
“Aye Sairrr! !pimp”
Galligan raised an eyebrow but said nothing. The Warrant Officer’s speech impediment was familiar to all and it didn’t affect his duties.
[Meanwhile…just south along the riverbank…]
“A moment of peace…” Standing Officer Lupega said as he noticed that all was quiet to the north.
Suddenly he stopped short, holding an arm across Leyla’s path….
“What is it Lupega?” She asked curiously.
“Did you hear that?!”
“No, what?”
“Sounding numbers! I’m sure of it! My ship is approaching!” He exclaimed in great joy, “Come on, down to the water, hurry!”
“Sounding numbers?!” Leyla replied in confusion.
“Never mind! Hurry Leyla!”
Lupega beat a straight path through the brush towards the river’s bank. The current was slowing slightly the further north they travelled. It was growing deeper and wider as it approached the Great Lake Ontario.
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📝 Note: "If th' Toor o' High Islain' has caught yer intrest, all o' me stoatin' adventures kin be foond by searchin':
Silver Adventures of Captain Joshua Slane
Oan yer 'Hife Search tool' an' sae forth." 😉 -Keptin
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References: - Pictures from: www.freeimages.com, www.pexels.com, pixabay.com, Hive.blog, Wikipedia an’ www.google.com/maps. Data also loosely interpretted froms: historica.fandom.com, Wikipedia, an' sometimes finely crafted reit from th' author's extensiff personal experience an' such.
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"Confused? Ascared? Seasick? Need tae gab with th' Keptin?- Skelp th' 'Reply' button muckers!" - Keptin
📝 "Remember maties, bein' crew oan th' mighty Frigate Silverton ⛵ is a sure cure fur loneliness! We sail together...ur nae at aw!" 🙌🏼🤝👲🏼🥷🏼👩🏼🍳👨🏼🔧👨🏼💼🧑🏼🎨🧕🏼🤵🏼♂️🤵🏼♂️🦹🏼💁🏼🙋🏼♀️👩🏼🍳🤴🏼👮🏼♂️💂🏼♂️🕵🏼👨🏼⚕️ 😉 -Keptin
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