Captain James Hardy

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Captain James Hardy

        Captain James Hardy stood next to Gunner Brady on the fo’csle. Brady had the spyglass to his eye, staring through it. “Anything?” Hardy grunted. Brady didn’t answer. “Gawd it’s hot! Why can’t this lousy crew find land?” he paced. “I have given them every instrument ever made. If we don’t get off this deathly flat ocean soon, I won’t have a crew to worry about,” the Captain grumbled. Brady turned and stared. “Gunner, do you see anything?” the Captain yelled, removing his tricorn hat, wiping his brow on his sleeve, and running his fingers through his sweat drenched, thick, black wavy hair. Brady handed him the glass. Hardy slammed his hat back on his head and ripped the spyglass from Brady’s hand. “Get the idiot who is trying to plunge into the sea,” he ordered, turning and scanning the horizon for any hint of land.

Opening paragraph to my novel: 2^nd Chances: A Book of Choices

I stood on the fo’csle, staring through the spyglass; the lifeless sea radiating an eerie silence, while I studied the horizon for land. The sails hung limp with not so much as a breath of wind, leaving our wayward ship to float hapless on the current. A droplet of sweat trickled off my brow stinging my eye and adding to my already foggy vision. Two sailors squabbled over a tiny bit of shade while another, in his delirium, attempted to plunge into the sea in search of drinking water.

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