Travel, War, and ShipwreckAlso published in the "Boy's Own Favourite Series", this is a nineteenth-century adventure story for boys, based on the author's own experiences as a world traveller. It includes gripping scenes such as an account of crossing the Santa Fe Trail and fights with "Red Skins" in America. The first-person narrative purports to be by the son of a naval lieutenant. |
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Page 4
... believe it is a month . Heigh - ho ! who would have thought it ? Well , here goes , provided always you will give your exploits in the mud when your fellows landed to take that battery . " This arrangement being assented to , Lieutenant ...
... believe it is a month . Heigh - ho ! who would have thought it ? Well , here goes , provided always you will give your exploits in the mud when your fellows landed to take that battery . " This arrangement being assented to , Lieutenant ...
Page 19
... believe both ser- vices are going to the devil . " " You may take your oath on it , " angrily exclaimed my father . After Sergeant Trenchman's disgrace , for many months I ran wild , scarcely knowing what to do with myself , when ...
... believe both ser- vices are going to the devil . " " You may take your oath on it , " angrily exclaimed my father . After Sergeant Trenchman's disgrace , for many months I ran wild , scarcely knowing what to do with myself , when ...
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... believe you are right , comrade , " said my father ; then turning to me , he said- " Jack , I don't mean to preach to you , for I don't think you require it ; still listen for a moment . Wherever Wherever you are , remember you are a ...
... believe you are right , comrade , " said my father ; then turning to me , he said- " Jack , I don't mean to preach to you , for I don't think you require it ; still listen for a moment . Wherever Wherever you are , remember you are a ...
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... if the day should come that you require my aid believe me nothing will afford me greater pleasure than to give it . From that hour we resolved to share fortune together . CHAPTER VI . ST . JOE'S . It was a CONTINUATION OF SERGE'S STORY .
... if the day should come that you require my aid believe me nothing will afford me greater pleasure than to give it . From that hour we resolved to share fortune together . CHAPTER VI . ST . JOE'S . It was a CONTINUATION OF SERGE'S STORY .
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... believe me , ask Bristoe , the livery- stable keeper . And in shooting , I can say I have seldom been beaten . " “ With a bird - gun , I daresay , Mr Britisher , for that's where you come from , I guess , " he responded , “ but ...
... believe me , ask Bristoe , the livery- stable keeper . And in shooting , I can say I have seldom been beaten . " “ With a bird - gun , I daresay , Mr Britisher , for that's where you come from , I guess , " he responded , “ but ...
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