[The Cruise of the Dazzler by Jack London]@TWC D-Link bookThe Cruise of the Dazzler CHAPTER XI 1/11
CHAPTER XI. CAPTAIN AND CREW "Come! Wake up! We 're going into anchor." Joe roused with a start, bewildered at the unusual scene; for sleep had banished his troubles for the time being, and he knew not where he was. Then he remembered.
The wind had dropped with the night.
Beyond, the heavy after-sea was still rolling; but the _Dazzler_ was creeping up in the shelter of a rocky island.
The sky was clear, and the air had the snap and vigor of early morning about it.
The rippling water was laughing in the rays of the sun just shouldering above the eastern sky-line.
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