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
... companion , for you see , Cinnamon , I hadn't been up to any larks lately ; and it's ever a guilty con- science that makes us cowards . " Here the Captain gave another approving nod . " Well , our captain told ་ me that , from ...
... companion , for you see , Cinnamon , I hadn't been up to any larks lately ; and it's ever a guilty con- science that makes us cowards . " Here the Captain gave another approving nod . " Well , our captain told ་ me that , from ...
Page 6
... companion nodded and nodded again with more and more emphasis . " We hugged the coast all that night , and still the weather was mild , with scarcely a cat's - paw upon the water . Just before break of day we pulled into a cove for the ...
... companion nodded and nodded again with more and more emphasis . " We hugged the coast all that night , and still the weather was mild , with scarcely a cat's - paw upon the water . Just before break of day we pulled into a cove for the ...
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... companions , or getting licked by them ; to the former I would not object — to the latter I do most decidedly . " " No ; it would never do for our Jack to get licked— never do . I have it . Sergeant Trenchman , late of the Royal ...
... companions , or getting licked by them ; to the former I would not object — to the latter I do most decidedly . " " No ; it would never do for our Jack to get licked— never do . I have it . Sergeant Trenchman , late of the Royal ...
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... companion used frequently to visit the school - room shortly before dinner . That was the hour devoted to the study of thrusts and cuts . As soon as the door opened , and the weather - beaten visages of the old gentlemen were seen ...
... companion used frequently to visit the school - room shortly before dinner . That was the hour devoted to the study of thrusts and cuts . As soon as the door opened , and the weather - beaten visages of the old gentlemen were seen ...
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... companion crafts , detracts not from the enchantment . In our dreams we sometimes visit a mysterious and unknown world . To be afloat on the German Ocean in calm weather , when the fishing fleet are successful , is to have such dreams ...
... companion crafts , detracts not from the enchantment . In our dreams we sometimes visit a mysterious and unknown world . To be afloat on the German Ocean in calm weather , when the fishing fleet are successful , is to have such dreams ...
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