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 33
... . We are half through the wood now . The driver has turned his face back , and is peering out upon the rapidly passing distance , for he apprehends danger here . C What a splendid fellow he is - tall and muscular SERGE'S STORY . 33.
... . We are half through the wood now . The driver has turned his face back , and is peering out upon the rapidly passing distance , for he apprehends danger here . C What a splendid fellow he is - tall and muscular SERGE'S STORY . 33.
Page 43
... dangers he had gone through scatheless , and the hazardous adventures he had undertaken and success- fully accomplished , the tribes of the plains universally believed that he bore a charmed life , or was under the pro- tection of the ...
... dangers he had gone through scatheless , and the hazardous adventures he had undertaken and success- fully accomplished , the tribes of the plains universally believed that he bore a charmed life , or was under the pro- tection of the ...
Page 44
... danger . The majority of these children of the soil were in all the glory of war - paint , and when occasionally represen- tatives of hostile tribes would come face to face , the manner in which they would stare with lowered brows and ...
... danger . The majority of these children of the soil were in all the glory of war - paint , and when occasionally represen- tatives of hostile tribes would come face to face , the manner in which they would stare with lowered brows and ...
Page 59
... dangerous attendant , for every time I attempted to regain the necessary position , she shook her head and evinced a disposition to charge . But if I had submitted to be cowed by such conduct , the chase might have been pro- longed for ...
... dangerous attendant , for every time I attempted to regain the necessary position , she shook her head and evinced a disposition to charge . But if I had submitted to be cowed by such conduct , the chase might have been pro- longed for ...
Page 60
... danger . Coolness and a reliable horse - one that is thoroughly under con- trol , or understands his work - being all that is requisite to become distinguished in this description of sport . Although Buffaloes surrounded me on every ...
... danger . Coolness and a reliable horse - one that is thoroughly under con- trol , or understands his work - being all that is requisite to become distinguished in this description of sport . Although Buffaloes surrounded me on every ...
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