human
Did you hear about the wreck?
gpt
Wreck!
human
Yes, a wreck.
gpt
Where?
human
Right on that reef near the surf-bell.
gpt
Tell us about it! --
human
Anybody lost?
gpt
Yes, one fellow. Father’s been talking with ’em. He can’t but just make out what they say. She’s just keeled up on that ledge. I tell you she looks awful!
human
She? Is there a woman there?
gpt
I don’t know.
human
Oh, he means the vessel when he says ’she,’
gpt
Wasn’t it an awful storm? --
human
Wasn’t it!
gpt
I tell you we was scared, Jerry and me! I thought sure the old lighthouse was going over, and our house, too. Everything was creakin’ and groanin’, and the surf was flyin’ up against the windows.
human
Father stayed by the lantern all night; he afraid the light might go out, added Jerry.
gpt
We didn’t know nothin’ about the wreck till daylight.
human
John, tell me what kind of a vessel it is,
gpt
It’s a schooner.
human
Were they fishermen, do you think?
gpt
I think so. They are trying to get her off before she breaks up. They think if they get her over to the Cape she can be mended.
human
Mr. Bernard, may I come in?
gpt
Come.
human
O Mr. Bernard, John and Jerry are here, and they have been telling us about a wreck over there on the ledge.
gpt
One fellow was lost. The boys think it was a fishing-vessel. What if it should be the _Una_, Mr. Bernard?
human
Did they know the name of the vessel?
gpt
I didn’t ask, Mr. Bernard; I didn’t dare to,
human
I will go over there at once.
gpt
Oh, may I go too?
human
May we all go--Max and all?
gpt
Yes, you may all go.--Max, come with me.
human
Come on! Mr. Bernard says we may go over to see the wreck!
gpt
Good for him! Hurrah, boys! we are off for the wreck.
human
What did you say about a wreck?
gpt
Come on, Freit--we’ll let the dishes go;