Frenchman's Creek Page #4
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- 1944
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Row!
Row, row.
Up the mast!
Up the mast,
up the mast.
Up the mast,
up the mast.
Up the mast,
up the mast.
Up the mast,
up the mast.
It's okay, it's okay.
AIe, aIi, aIo,
saiIor overboard.
AIe, aIi, aIo,
saiIor overboard.
What do you think of my ship;
not a ship at all.
l feel as though l'd never
been alive before.
You do not feel seasick;
l never felt so well in my life.
-Are you happy;
-Yes.
-Why do you ask;
-Because l am happy too.
Do you know what Lady St. Columb
l should like to know.
She's in bed with chills and fever
and will allow no one in her room
but William, her faithful servant.
lf Lady St. Columb
tosses on a bed of fever,
who is this woman
on board with me;
A cabin boy, the most
insignificant member of the crew.
-Would you like to sail the ship;
-May l;
-Will she not sink;
-Come on.
Hold the staff in your two hands.
You keep the ship
steady on the course.
Do not let her fall away or
she will jibe her spritsail.
Feel the wind on
the back of your head;
Keep it there then.
l believe you'll do something mad,
something very foolish.
You told me you wanted
Godolphin's wig, didn't you;
What are you going to do;
Do you know his brother in law,
a Philip Rashleigh;
l've heard Harry speak of him.
and stole a ship.
He sent her to the lndies and
she's returned with riches.
She lies at anchor at Fowey Haven.
Put a crew aboard and have them
sail to the French coast.
With the cargo she'll pay for
the use he's had of the ship.
Supposing her men outnumber yours.
That's one of the risks l take.
There's a fort here,
at the harbor mouth.
But l can't guarantee they'll
all be asleep for my benefit.
So there's only one thing to do.
Leave La Mouette here
and go overland.
Rashleigh's ship is lying here.
Can you climb cliffs;
-l could in a pair of britches.
-That's what l thought.
Here's a pair belonging to Pierre.
They're his Sunday britches.
They're a little cleaner.
Here's a shirt too.
Stockings and shoes.
And a knife.
You won't want a jacket.
The night is too warm.
come on deck when you're ready.
You know the way well;
Yes Captain. Last week
We climb the cliff at the farm
of one Binyon.
l know the milk maid.
They are heavy sleepers.
They will not hear us.
Here.
Come here.
You have remembered that you
are Lady St. Columb.
Yes.
l'm leaving part of the crew
on board the Seagull.
lf you wish, you know
you can stay with them.
but not now.
Lady St. Columb has returned
to her sick bed;
Yes!
Captain.
You will never pass for a boy
with that hair.
l'd cut it off if l had
a pair of scissors.
You'd look more like a cabin
boy perhaps.
But l'd rather risk capture
than have you do it.
Put this on.
We must get our work done
while the wind favors us.
Hurry now.
Like this.
Let's go.
lf there's trouble make sail.
Lay a mile from the coast
-Yes sir.
Here.
Captain, here.
Come on, Madam.
Come here.
Come on, come on.
There she is.
How do we get out there;
-Get ready to swim.
-l'm not very good at it.
What's the matter;
The wind is changing.
lt has backed into the south.
-Pierre.
-Yes sir;
I want you to take
her back to the ship.
-Be carefuI.
-PIease no, Captain.
Do it.
l've just told Pierre
to take you back to the Seagull.
Why; Why must l go back;
Because the wind turned against us.
The Seagull is on a lee shore.
She0ll have to beat out of the bay.
You will have time to get back
before they get sail on her.
With the change in the wind it'll
be difficult to get the ship away.
Not the Seagull,
that ship l mean.
That's why you want me to go back.
ln case there's trouble.
Yes.
Well l'm not going back.
Why do you want to stay;
You know why l want to stay.
l wanted you to go
for the same reason.
Stay then and we'll make
a fight for it and
hand together from the same tree,
you and l.
We must hurry and get underway
before the wind strengthens.
But first, we must have
the owner aboard.
Would you like to do
something with a bit of danger;
-Yes. Tell me what to do.
-Pierre.
Go with Pierre, find a boat,
cross over to town and
call on Philip Rashleigh.
next to the church.
Tell him he's wanted on board.
Make up any story you like.
But keep in the shadow.
You won't do as a boy in the light.
Suppose he refuses to come;
He won't refuse if you're clever.
Go now.
The wind has changed.
Warm enough though.
Pierre.
Let's have your cups lads.
Stay in the boat. lf l don't
return in 16 minutes go back.
-ls there;
-Coming from the southwest.
lt'll be here quite shortly.
l wish you had moored
the ship up river.
They may have trouble
with it by morning.
l've never lost a ship from
that mooring.
you'd take off the cargo...
Who are you;
What do you want;
-lt's Mr. Rashleigh wanted.
-Who is it George;
Come inside boy.
No sir, just tell Mr. Rashleigh
they've sent for him on the ship.
Who the devil is it,
that young Jim Thomas;
Someone from the ship.
ls your name Jim Thomas;
Aye sir.
The master said Mr. Rashleigh
was to come aboard at once.
-The ship's in danger.
-Stay where you are!
Do you hear that;
The ship's in danger!
Let me go.
l got to fetch the doctor.
My mother's taken ill.
Mother; What's all this nonsense;
Jim Thomas's mother has been
dead 10 years.
Well he...
Who are you;
What's wrong with the ship;
Hurry, hurry!
The wind's rising!
-Come on George!
-Come on in here.
Come on George.
-A pair.
-l win again.
-l'm off.
-Pass the rum.
Two fives;
What luck.
Come on, take hold of him.
Pierre!
Pierre!
Come on.
See a boy around this way;
No, but there's something wrong
there yonder.
Looks like your ship's broken
away from the buoy.
What's that;
Look, they're
breaking out her sails!
Why doesn't he let go his anchor;
He'll have her aground!
Ahoy Merry Fortune!
Merry Fortune! Ahoy!
Thomas, ahoy!
Rouse the men ashore.
Blast that fool, Dan Thomas.
-What ails you Joe;
-Put on your britches blast you;
The Merry Fortune's adrift!
Ship ahoy!
They're putting sail on
with not 12 men aboard!
He's mad! He'll have her aground!
She's under way!
The tide will take her on the rocks.
Come about!
Come about man!
Before you lose your chance!
Look all of you!
That's not Dan Thomas.
lt's the Frenchman.
He's going to sea.
Man the boats! All hands!
The lines have been cut!
Swim out some of you
and get those boats.
Look. There's that boy.
He cut the boats loose.
-There's two. Stop them.
-Bring your boats alongside.
Get that boy!
What's the use of a gun
that's not primed!
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Submitted on August 05, 2018
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