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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... hour and a half's pull brought us within sight of the shore , when , as I turned our boat's head to the westward , I cautioned the crew to keep their ears open , and not to speak a word above a whisper . There was little need of this ...
... hour and a half's pull brought us within sight of the shore , when , as I turned our boat's head to the westward , I cautioned the crew to keep their ears open , and not to speak a word above a whisper . There was little need of this ...
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... hour had passed in providing for the com- forts both of friends and foes . When I came on deck , I found that it had commenced to blow hard , with every indication of a heavy northerly gale , so there was no- thing for it but to trip ...
... hour had passed in providing for the com- forts both of friends and foes . When I came on deck , I found that it had commenced to blow hard , with every indication of a heavy northerly gale , so there was no- thing for it but to trip ...
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... hour after we had entered the river , winter com- menced in earnest . A heavy fall of snow was added to the terrific gale that was raging , and the temperature fell many degrees below freezing point . If we had been an hour later , we ...
... hour after we had entered the river , winter com- menced in earnest . A heavy fall of snow was added to the terrific gale that was raging , and the temperature fell many degrees below freezing point . If we had been an hour later , we ...
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... hours in the ante - room . This I did not mind , for the time passed pleasantly enough in the contemplation of my future fortune . " At length the usher showed me into the august pre- sence ; he was a little man , very stout , with a ...
... hours in the ante - room . This I did not mind , for the time passed pleasantly enough in the contemplation of my future fortune . " At length the usher showed me into the august pre- sence ; he was a little man , very stout , with a ...
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... 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 , Sergeant Trenchman would shout with the voice of a bull , " ten - shun , " spring- ing ...
... 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 , Sergeant Trenchman would shout with the voice of a bull , " ten - shun , " spring- ing ...
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