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Page 11
... fell in with an elderly hunks just returned from West Indies , who asks the time at the door of a shipping agent . Castro pulls out a watch , and the old fellow jumps on it , vows it's his own , taken from him years before by some ...
... fell in with an elderly hunks just returned from West Indies , who asks the time at the door of a shipping agent . Castro pulls out a watch , and the old fellow jumps on it , vows it's his own , taken from him years before by some ...
Page 22
... to think of ! - You take me , Johnny , don't you ? ” My companions rode silently . After we had passed the houses of a little village a heavy mist fell upon us , white , damp , and clogging . Ralph reined his 22 ROMANCE.
... to think of ! - You take me , Johnny , don't you ? ” My companions rode silently . After we had passed the houses of a little village a heavy mist fell upon us , white , damp , and clogging . Ralph reined his 22 ROMANCE.
Page 30
... fell from the moon right above our heads . We embarked , and , as we drew further out , the land turned to a shadow , spotted here and there with little lights . Behind us a cock crowed . The shingle crashed at intervals beneath the ...
... fell from the moon right above our heads . We embarked , and , as we drew further out , the land turned to a shadow , spotted here and there with little lights . Behind us a cock crowed . The shingle crashed at intervals beneath the ...
Page 31
... fell to me to manage the boat . Carlos was of no use - he knew it , and , without saying a word , busied himself in bailing the water out . But Castro , I was surprised to notice , knew more than I did about a boat , and , maimed as he ...
... fell to me to manage the boat . Carlos was of no use - he knew it , and , without saying a word , busied himself in bailing the water out . But Castro , I was surprised to notice , knew more than I did about a boat , and , maimed as he ...
Page 33
... fell asleep . Old Rangsley was sent ashore with the pilot . It was a new and strange life to me , opening there suddenly enough . The Thames was one of the usual West Indiamen ; but to me even the very ropes and spars , the sea , and ...
... fell asleep . Old Rangsley was sent ashore with the pilot . It was a new and strange life to me , opening there suddenly enough . The Thames was one of the usual West Indiamen ; but to me even the very ropes and spars , the sea , and ...
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admiral Alguazil answered asked began boat Bow Street runners bowed breath caballero called Carlos Casa Riego cloak cried Cuba dark dead death deck Don Balthasar Don Carlos door ears El Rubio English eyes face Father Antonio fear feet felt glance gone hair hand hang Havana head heard heart honour immense Inglez Jamaica John Kemp Juan Juez Kemp Kingston knew lanthorn laughed light Lion lips looked Lord Stowell Lugareños Manuel matter murder murmured never Nichols night O'Brien once pirates Ramon Rangsley ravine Rio Medio romance Rooksby round sail saturnine schooner Sebright seemed seen Señor Señorita Seraphina shadow ship shoulders shouted side sight silence smile sort soul sound Spanish stood suddenly talk tell thing thought throat Tomas Castro turned uncle voice walked wall whispered Williams woman words