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Darry the Life Saver; Or, The Heroes of the Coast

By Frank V. Webster

2020-04-01 21:54:44

"Will we ever weather this terrible storm?" It was a half-grown lad who flung this despairing question out; the wind carried the sound of his voice off over the billows, but there came no answer. A brigantine, battered by the tropical hurricane sweep ... Read more
"Will we ever weather this terrible storm?" It was a half-grown lad who flung this despairing question out; the wind carried the sound of his voice off over the billows, but there came no answer. A brigantine, battered by the tropical hurricane sweeping up from the Caribbean Sea, was staggering along like a wounded beast. Her masts had long since gone by the board, and upon the stump of the mizzen-stick, a bit of canvas like a goose-wing had been spread in the useless endeavor to maintain steerageway. All around, the sea rose and fell in mountainous waves, on which the poor wreck tossed about, as helpless as a cork. Less

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File size513.244 KB
Print pages144
PublisherPublic Domain Books
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1523282630
Frank V. Webster was a pseudonym controlled by the Stratemeyer Syndicate, the first book packager of books aimed at children. This pseudonym was used on books for boys from the early 1900s through the...

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