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"I don't think it's worth tellin'," protested the Captain again. But as they would not take no for an answer, he began in his droll way.
"It happened before any of you were born," said he, "when I was captain of a little schooner named _The Anna_. That was my wife's name, and my little daughter's after her. I had just been married, and was home for a little vacation. That summer there was a lot of terrible storms off this coast. If you've ever seen a storm on this bay, girls, you can guess what it's like in the winter. Our rocks are cruel hard and sly. They hide under the waves there like giants' teeth ready to chew up the little boats.