human
A brave man is Cap'n Amazon, Lawford Tapp said.
gpt
And if Cap'n Abe was in the schooner's crew----Why, Professor Grayling! surely you must remember him? Not a big man, but with heavy gray beard and mustache--and very bald. Mild blue eyes and very gentle-spoken. Don't you remember him in the crew of the _Curlew_?
human
It would seem quite probable that he was aboard, Professor Grayling returned,
gpt
as Louise had warned him.
human
But you see, Mr. Tapp, being only a passenger, I had really little association with the men forward. You know how it is aboard ship--strict discipline, and all that.
gpt
Yes, sir; I see. And, after all, Cap'n Abe was a man that could easily be overlooked. Not assertive at all. Not like Cap'n Amazon. Quite timid and retiring by nature. Don't you say so, Louise?
human
Oh, absolutely! agreed the girl.
gpt
And yet, when you come to think of it, Uncle Abram is a wonderful man.
human
I don't see how you can say so, the young man said.
gpt
It's Cap'n Amazon who is wonderful. There were other men down on the beach better able to handle an oar than he. But he took the empty seat in the lifeboat when he was called without saying 'yes or no'! And he pulled with the best of us.
human
He is no coward, of that I am sure, said Professor Grayling.
gpt
He gave me his place in the boat. We can but pray that the lifeboat will get to him in the morning.