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PART I. IN BONDS. CHAPTER I. A CRUSADER AND A SIGN.
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It was the 4th of August, 1854, off Cape1 Corrientes. Morning was breaking over a heavy sea, and the closely-reefed topsails of a barque that ran before it bearing down upon the faint outline of the Mexican coast. Already the white peak of Colima showed, ghost-like, in the east; already the long sweep of the Pacific was gathering2 strength and volume as it swept uninterruptedly into the opening Gulf3 of California.
As the cold light increased, it could be seen that the vessel4 showed evidence of a long voyage and stress of weather. She had lost one of her spars, and her starboard davits rolled emptily. Nevertheless, her rigging was taut5 and ship-shape, and her decks scrupulously6 clean. Indeed, in that uncertain light, the only moving figure besides the two motionless shadows at the wheel was engaged in scrubbing the quarter-deck—which, with its grated settees and stacked camp-chairs, seemed to indicate the presence of cabin passengers. For the barque Excelsior, from New York to San Francisco, had discharged the bulk of her cargo8 at Callao, and had extended her liberal cabin accommodation to swell9 the feverish10 Californian immigration, still in its height.
Suddenly there was a slight commotion11 on deck. An order, issued from some invisible depth of the cabin, was so unexpected that it had to be repeated sternly and peremptorily12. A
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superstition
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relish
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malarious
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obedience
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shriek
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slanting
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albeit
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naive
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hilarity
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