Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 222W. Blackwood, 1927 - England |
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Page 47
... watch them , and pleasant to organise sweepstakes on the time that would elapse before they broke away . No one was very anxious to go up in one , the prospects of a free run and a bath in the North Sea being insufficiently attractive ...
... watch them , and pleasant to organise sweepstakes on the time that would elapse before they broke away . No one was very anxious to go up in one , the prospects of a free run and a bath in the North Sea being insufficiently attractive ...
Page 55
... watch the drifters sweep- ing a channel for the Fleet , and re - sow it with mines the mo- ment they had signalled " all clear . " A most troublesome and annoying neighbour he proved . The Fleet tried this way and that to catch him ...
... watch the drifters sweep- ing a channel for the Fleet , and re - sow it with mines the mo- ment they had signalled " all clear . " A most troublesome and annoying neighbour he proved . The Fleet tried this way and that to catch him ...
Page 74
... watch below . I sang out , but nobody answered , so I guessed the same sea which roused me must have washed the mate and the hand at the wheel overboard . Then another sea broke aboard and took charge of me , and the next thing I knew I ...
... watch below . I sang out , but nobody answered , so I guessed the same sea which roused me must have washed the mate and the hand at the wheel overboard . Then another sea broke aboard and took charge of me , and the next thing I knew I ...
Page 80
... watch out you don't bite on . " Can you beat it ? Well , that'll show you what they think about pearls , and you can judge what sort of a proposition it is I'm letting you on to . Why , I think maybe , if we go about the job properly ...
... watch out you don't bite on . " Can you beat it ? Well , that'll show you what they think about pearls , and you can judge what sort of a proposition it is I'm letting you on to . Why , I think maybe , if we go about the job properly ...
Page 81
... watches , four hours on and four off , all ship - shape , and they kept my fires going fine , night and day . At first the beggars seemed to like it . Thought it was some sort of a game , I reckon . But after a bit it began to look too ...
... watches , four hours on and four off , all ship - shape , and they kept my fires going fine , night and day . At first the beggars seemed to like it . Thought it was some sort of a game , I reckon . But after a bit it began to look too ...
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