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 55
... mare - for such she was -for a short time , and the only fault I could discover was that she bored a little . I felt satisfied that if she had pluck to run alongside of a buffalo , she had both endurance to do so , and pace to come up ...
... mare - for such she was -for a short time , and the only fault I could discover was that she bored a little . I felt satisfied that if she had pluck to run alongside of a buffalo , she had both endurance to do so , and pace to come up ...
Page 73
... , if we wished to return with daylight . So we came home as ignorant as we went . Except for an hour or two , on this occasion , for the first time , I rode my own mare . Plenty of food and little A BRUSH WITH THE RED SKINS . 73.
... , if we wished to return with daylight . So we came home as ignorant as we went . Except for an hour or two , on this occasion , for the first time , I rode my own mare . Plenty of food and little A BRUSH WITH THE RED SKINS . 73.
Page 74
... mare's withers , she stood so admirably that I lodged the bullet within a short distance of my aim , covering the animal with dust , and causing it to get out of so dangerous a locality at its best pace . For many reasons I had no doubt ...
... mare's withers , she stood so admirably that I lodged the bullet within a short distance of my aim , covering the animal with dust , and causing it to get out of so dangerous a locality at its best pace . For many reasons I had no doubt ...
Page 81
... mare her head and pushed on , in the hope of finding an un- disturbed neighbourhood , where game was abundant . After an hour's ride I succeeded in reaching a small meadow , in which were grazing a herd of twenty - five to thirty deer ...
... mare her head and pushed on , in the hope of finding an un- disturbed neighbourhood , where game was abundant . After an hour's ride I succeeded in reaching a small meadow , in which were grazing a herd of twenty - five to thirty deer ...
Page 82
Parker Gillmore. Tying my mare to a sapling in the centre of a consi- derable growth of bushes sufficiently high to hide her and sticking in my belt my Colt ... mare . That they had not heard the report of 82 TRAVEL , WAR , AND SHIPWRECK .
Parker Gillmore. Tying my mare to a sapling in the centre of a consi- derable growth of bushes sufficiently high to hide her and sticking in my belt my Colt ... mare . That they had not heard the report of 82 TRAVEL , WAR , AND SHIPWRECK .
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