+-------------------------------------------------+ |Transcriber's note: | | | |Obvious typographic errors have been corrected. | | | +-------------------------------------------------+ NEW BOOKS AT EVERY LIBRARY. SONS OF BELIAL. By WILLIAM WESTALL. 2 vols. LILITH. By GEORGE MACDONALD. 1 vol. THE PROFESSOR'S EXPERIMENT. By MRS. HUNGERFORD. 3 vols. THE IMPRESSIONS OF AUREOLE. 1 vol. DAGONET ABROAD. By GEORGE R. SIMS. 1 vol. CLARENCE. By BRET HARTE. 1 vol. OTHELLO'S OCCUPATION. By MARY ANDERSON. 1 vol. HONOUR OF THIEVES. By C. J. CUTCLIFFE HYNE. 1 vol. THE MACDONALD LASS. By SARAH TYTLER. 1 vol. THE PRINCE OF BALKISTAN. By ALLEN UPWARD. 1 vol. THE KING IN YELLOW. By ROBERT W. CHAMBERS. 1 vol. LONDON: CHATTO & WINDUS, PICCADILLY. HEART OF OAK VOL. II. PRINTED BY SPOTTISWOODE AND CO., NEW-STREET SQUARE LONDON HEART OF OAK A THREE-STRANDED YARN BY W. CLARK RUSSELL AUTHOR OF 'THE WRECK OF THE GROSVENOR' 'THE PHANTOM DEATH' 'THE CONVICT SHIP' ETC. [Illustration: Decoration] IN THREE VOLUMES--VOL. II. LONDON CHATTO & WINDUS, PICCADILLY 1895 CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME CHAPTER PAGE XI. THE CREW LEAVE 1 XII. MR. SELBY TAKES UP THE STORY 41 XIII. THE HULL 69 XIV. STILL ADRIFT 92 XV. THE ICE IN THE SOUTH 120 XVI. THE AURORA AUSTRALIS 145 XVII. THE THICK OF IT 169 XVIII. IMPRISONED 192 XIX. MR. MOORE CONTINUES THE STORY 221 HEART OF OAK CHAPTER XI THE CREW LEAVE The sail shone like a peak of ice against a belly of soft snow-cloud right ahead--that is, ahead as the hull's bows lay. I should have supposed it ice, but for the captain, who stood close beside the companion holding the ship's glass: he said, 'There she is, miss.' 'Is she coming this way?' cried I, shivering with cold and passion. 'I can't tell as yet. She's only just been sighted. Bear a hand with the first empty tar barrel you can get hold of,' he bawled, moving forwards, and he continued to shout, but I could not gather the instructions he delivered. Presently Mrs. Burke joined me, and then Mr. Owen swathed to the nostrils. 'It's almost too good to credit,' he exclaimed! 'Can they be mistaken? Is it ice? If it should prove a ship!' He went sliding and staggering towards some men in the waist, and stood questioning them, heedless of the captain.