From Sea to Sea; Or, Clint Webb's Cruise on the Windjammer

Or Clint Webb’s Cruise on the Windjammer
By W. BERT FOSTER Author of The Frozen Ship; or, Clint Webb Among the Sealers. Swept Out to Sea; or, Clint Webb Among the Whalers. The Ocean Express; or, Clint Webb and the Sea Tramp.
Chicago M. A. Donohue & Co.
Copyright 1914 M. A. Donohue & Company Chicago
From Sea to Sea Or, Clint Webb’s Cruise on the Windjammer
In Which I Shield a Friend and Make an Enemy
The after port anchor had come inboard before I stepped over the rail of the Gullwing, and leaped to the deck. The starboard and port bowers were both catted and fished and the stay-fore-sail had filled to pay off her head.
The wind was blowing directly on shore; the current ran parallel with the land; there was no choice of direction in getting the big four-master under weigh, and she was headed into the stream.
A clarion voice shouted from the poop:
“Haul main-tack!
“Come aft with that sheet!
“Set jib and spanker! Look alive there!