Overland MonthlyA. Roman and Company, 1897 |
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Page 51
... night to notify the captain of the United States cruiser . That artful officer had issued a challenge to the other men - of - war to join his crew in a prize drill in their boats as soon as he could overhaul and repair his , which ...
... night to notify the captain of the United States cruiser . That artful officer had issued a challenge to the other men - of - war to join his crew in a prize drill in their boats as soon as he could overhaul and repair his , which ...
Page 52
... night and canvas in the morning , and thus the alternating wheel and sail carried her unobserved to the latitude of Montevideo . In prolonging the voyage to escape cap- ture they had incurred a horrible calamity . Smallpox broke out ...
... night and canvas in the morning , and thus the alternating wheel and sail carried her unobserved to the latitude of Montevideo . In prolonging the voyage to escape cap- ture they had incurred a horrible calamity . Smallpox broke out ...
Page 53
... night was so dark that the boatmen did not see a dark ship at their bow until they were hailed in Spanish , and a small search light turned upon them . Unheeding the challenge they darted away amid a shower of balls from the watch on ...
... night was so dark that the boatmen did not see a dark ship at their bow until they were hailed in Spanish , and a small search light turned upon them . Unheeding the challenge they darted away amid a shower of balls from the watch on ...
Page 56
... night he would be sewn up in his blankets , the next a " kangaroo court " would be impro- vised in which he played the part of prisoner pro tem , and was the butt of many a rude jest . It was all in fun , however , that the boys played ...
... night he would be sewn up in his blankets , the next a " kangaroo court " would be impro- vised in which he played the part of prisoner pro tem , and was the butt of many a rude jest . It was all in fun , however , that the boys played ...
Page 59
... night , And sweet the throbbing of her jeweled breast ! Lo ! siren - like in twilight's purple gloom , The heaven - gazing billows of the sea Like visions rise , from out the drowning tomb Of past , with ghost - white faces come to be ...
... night , And sweet the throbbing of her jeweled breast ! Lo ! siren - like in twilight's purple gloom , The heaven - gazing billows of the sea Like visions rise , from out the drowning tomb Of past , with ghost - white faces come to be ...
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