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
... distance you can descry a dark horizon . It is a pine forest ; nearer and nearer we approach it . There are three miles of it to be traversed ; then fresh horses will be ready at a roadside posting- house to carry me , an exile ...
... distance you can descry a dark horizon . It is a pine forest ; nearer and nearer we approach it . There are three miles of it to be traversed ; then fresh horses will be ready at a roadside posting- house to carry me , an exile ...
Page 34
... visible . I draw my pistols and examine them , for on their execution escape will probably depend . At length we leave the forest , but the fierce pack are close at our heels . Ahead in the distance gleam 34 TRAVEL , WAR , AND SHIPWRECK .
... visible . I draw my pistols and examine them , for on their execution escape will probably depend . At length we leave the forest , but the fierce pack are close at our heels . Ahead in the distance gleam 34 TRAVEL , WAR , AND SHIPWRECK .
Page 35
Parker Gillmore. close at our heels . Ahead in the distance gleam lights . It is the posting - house , and there there is safety . Harder and harder Vladimir lays on the whip , but there is no need of such punishment , for well the ...
Parker Gillmore. close at our heels . Ahead in the distance gleam lights . It is the posting - house , and there there is safety . Harder and harder Vladimir lays on the whip , but there is no need of such punishment , for well the ...
Page 56
... distance , which every one at once pro- nounced to be a buffalo , but which , on closer inspec- tion , turned out to be a large mule . It would be difficult to say which was the most delighted , he at his meeting friends , or we at ...
... distance , which every one at once pro- nounced to be a buffalo , but which , on closer inspec- tion , turned out to be a large mule . It would be difficult to say which was the most delighted , he at his meeting friends , or we at ...
Page 58
... distance , after which we availed ourselves of the nearly dry bed of a water- course , until we were not more than a few hundred yards from the game . On the question being put if all were ready , and the confirmatory answer given ...
... distance , after which we availed ourselves of the nearly dry bed of a water- course , until we were not more than a few hundred yards from the game . On the question being put if all were ready , and the confirmatory answer given ...
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