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9 | None | “If we Cannot defend our own door from the dog, Let us be worried; and our nation lose The name of hardiness, and policy.” _Henry V._ The combat between the Crisis and _la Dame de Nantes_ took place in 42.37'.12” north latitude, and 34.16'.43” west longitude, from Greenwich. This was very near the centre ... | {
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10 | None | “How pleasant and how sad the turning tide Of human life, when side by side The child and youth begin to glide Along the vale of years: The pure twin-being for a little space, With lightsome heart, and yet a graver face. Too young for woe, though not for tears.” ALLSTON.
With what interest and deference mos... | {
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11 | None | “Boatswain!” “Here, master: what cheer?” “Good: speak to the mariners; fall to 't Yarely, or we run ourselves aground: bestir, bestir.” _Tempest. _ As Captain Williams wished to show me some favour for the manner in which I had taken care of the brig, he allowed me as much time ashore as I asked for. I might neve... | {
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12 | None | “Sound trumpets, ho! --weigh anchor--loosen sail-- The seaward-flying banners chide delay; As if't were heaven that breathes this kindly gale, Our life-like bark beneath it speeds away. --” PINKNEY.
The stout ship Crisis had, like certain persons, done a good thing purely by chance, Had her exploit happened ... | {
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13 | None | “The monarch mind--the mystery of commanding, The godlike power--the art Napoleon, Of winning, fettering, moulding, wielding, banding The hearts of millions, till they move as one; Thou hast it.” HALLECK--_Red Jacket_.
Smudge and the Dipper behaved admirably all next day. Beef, pork and bread--those great des... | {
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14 | None | _Court_--“Brother John Bates, is not that the morning which breaks yonder?” _Bates_. --“I think it be; but we have no great cause to desire the approach of day.” _Will_. --“We see yonder the beginning of the day; but I think we shall never see the end of it----” _Henry V._ The ship did not lose her steerage-... | {
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15 | None | _1st Lord_. --“Throca movonsas, cargo, cargo, cargo.” _All_. --“Cargo, cargo, villianda par corbo, cargo.” _Par_. --“O! ransome, ransome:--Do not hide mine eyes” _1st Sold_. --“Boskos Thromuldo boskos.” _Par_. --“I know you are the Muskos' regiment, And I shall lose my life for want of language. --” ... | {
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16 | None | “The morning air blows fresh on him:” “The waves dance gladly in his sight;” “The sea-birds call, and wheel, and skim--” “O, blessed morning light!” “He doth not hear their joyous call; he sees No beauty in the wave, nor feels the breeze.” DANA.
Truth is, truly, often stranger than fiction. The history of... | {
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17 | None | “I better brook the loss of brittle life, Than those proud titles thou hast won of me; They wound my thoughts, worse than thy sword my flesh.” SHAKESPEARE Half-way between this inlet and the ship-yard, I found Marble, standing with his arms folded, gazing after the receding ship. His countenance was no longer sad... | {
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18 | None | _1st Witch_. “Hail!” _2d Witch_. “Hail!” _3d Witch_. “Hail!” _1st Witch_. “Lesser than Macbeth, and greater.” _2d Witch_. “Not so happy, yet much happier.” MACBETH.
I hope I shall be believed in saying, if Marble had been with us when we retook the ship, I should have been perfectly happy. He was not, however, and re... | {
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19 | None | “Thou shalt seek the beach of sand, Where the water bounds the elfin land; Thou shalt watch the oozy brine Till the sturgeon leaps in the light moonshine.” DRAKE.
There is but a word to say of the whaler. We spoke her, of course, and parted, leaving her her boat. She passed half an hour, close to us, and then w... | {
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20 | None | “Pass on relentless world! I grieve No more for all that thou hast riven! Pass on, in God's name--only leave The things thou never yet hast given. --” LUNT.
After every means had been uselessly exhausted to persuade Marble from his design, it only remained to do all we could to make him comfortable and sec... | {
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21 | None | “Drink! drink! to whom shall we drink? To a friend or a mistress? --Come, let me think! To those who are absent or those who are here? To the dead that we loved, or the living still dear? Alas! when I look I find none of the last! The present is barren--let's drink to the past.” PAULDING.
Though strictly a Manhattane... | {
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22 | None | “Ships are but boards, sailors but men: there be land-rats, and water-rats, water-thieves, and land-thieves; I mean pirates; and then, there is the peril of waters, winds and rocks: the man is, notwithstanding, sufficient;--three thousand ducats;--I think I may take his bond.” --_Shylock_.
I saw Grace, and Lu... | {
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23 | None | “If thou be'st rated by thy estimation, Thou dost deserve enough; and yet enough May not extend so far as to the lady.” _Merchant of Venice_.
Next morning, I was early afoot, and I found Grace as much alive to the charms of home, as I was myself. She put on a gypsy, and accompanied me into the garden, where to my... | {
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24 | None | “Your name abruptly mentioned, casual words Of comment on your deeds, praise from your uncle, News from the armies, talk of your return, A word let fall touching your youthful passion Suffused her cheek, called to her drooping eye A momentary lustre.”
I had no difficulty in putting my project of a private i... | {
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25 | None | “Or feeling--, as the storm increases, The love of terror nerve thy breast, Didst venture to the coast: To see the mighty war-ship leap From wave to wave upon the deep, Like chamois goat from steep to steep, Till low in valley lost.” ALLSTON.
Roger Talcott had not been idle during my absence. Clawbonny wa... | {
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26 | None | “At the piping of all hands, When the judgment signal's spread-- When the islands and the lands, And the seas give up the dead, And the south and the north shall come; When the sinner is dismay'd, And the just man is afraid, Then heaven be thy aid, Poor _Tom_.'” BRAINARD.
The two ships, in the haste o... | {
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27 | None | “With look like patient Job's, eschewing evil; With motions graceful as a bird's in air; Thou art, in sober truth, the veriest devil That ere clinched fingers in a captive's hair.” HALLECK.
There was about an hour of daylight, when I left the compting-house of the consignees, and pursued my way up Wall Street t... | {
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28 | None | “Hear me a little; For I have only been silent so long, And given way unto this course of fortune, By noting of the lady: I have mark'd A thousand blushing apparitions start Into her face; a thousand innocent shames In angel whiteness bear away those blushes--” SHAKESPEARE I reached the Wallingford bef... | {
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29 | None | “Wherever sorrow is, relief would be; If you do sorrow at my grief in love, By giving love, your sorrow and my grief Were both extermin'd.” _As You Like It. _ I saw but little of Grace, during the early part of the succeeding day. She had uniformly breakfasted in her own room, of late, and, in the short visit I... | {
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30 | None | “And she sits and gazes at me, With those deep and tender eyes,... Like the stars, so still and saint-like, Looking downward from the skies.” --LONGFELLOW The next morning I set about the measures necessary for carrying out our plan. Marble was invited to be of the party, the arrangements concerning the ship, a... | {
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1 | TOM'S CHOICE | "I can be of no use here, Carry. What am I good for? Why, I could not earn money enough to pay for my own food, even if we knew anyone who would help me to get a clerkship. I am too young for it yet. I would rather go before the mast than take a place in a shop. I am too young even to enlist. I know just about as much ... | {
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2 | FINDING FRIENDS | The weather was fine, and Tom Wade found the voyage more pleasant than he had expected. The port-holes were kept open all the way, and the crowded quarters were less uncomfortable than would have been the case had they encountered rough weather. There were some very rough spirits among the party forward, but the great ... | {
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3 | ON THE PLAINS | The purchase of a buffalo robe, blankets, boots, and a Colt's revolver occupied but a short time, but the rifle was a much more difficult matter.
"You can always rely upon a Colt," the miner said, "but rifles are different things; and as your life may often depend upon your shooting-iron carrying straight, you have g... | {
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4 | LEAPING HORSE | "He is a fine fellow," Jerry said, after the Indian had left him. "You must have a talk with him one of these days over his adventures among the 'Rappahoes and Navahoes, who are both as troublesome rascals as are to be found on the plains. An Indian seldom talks of his adventures, but sometimes when you can get him in ... | {
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5 | IN DANGER | There were no bushes that would serve their purpose near the lake; they therefore formed their camp on the leeward side of a large boulder. The greatest care was observed in gathering the fuel, and it burned with a clear flame without giving out the slightest smoke.
"Dead wood dries like tinder in this here air," the... | {
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6 | UNITED | The cañon showed no sign of widening until they had proceeded a quarter of a mile from the entrance, then it broadened suddenly for a distance of a hundred yards.
"There has been a big slip here both sides," the miner said, looking round. "It must have taken place a great many years ago, for the winter floods have sw... | {
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7 | CHASED | The party pressed forward as rapidly as they could. The ground was rough and at times very steep, and those on foot were able to keep up with the horses without much difficulty.
"You think the Indians will follow, uncle?" Tom asked.
"They will follow, you may bet your boots, Tom; by this time they have got to the b... | {
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8 | IN SAFETY | "We have gained half an hour anyhow," Jerry said, as they galloped up the ravine, "and I reckon by the time we overtake them we shall find them stowed away in some place where it will puzzle the red-skins to dislodge us. The varmint will fight hard if they are cornered, but they ain't good at advancing when there are a... | {
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9 | A BAD TIME | "Even to me," Harry went on, after refilling and lighting his pipe, "it did not seem long before the chief was back. He brought a heavy load, for besides the rifles and bear's flesh he carried on his back a big faggot of brushwood. After laying that down he searched among the rocks, and presently set to work to dig out... | {
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10 | AN AVALANCHE | "You don't think, chief," Harry asked, "that there is any chance of the 'Rappahoes taking it into their heads to come up to have a look round?"
"Indians keep in lodges, no like cold; they think we have gone on over pass. If weather gets fine perhaps they come to look for our guns and packs. They think sure we die in ... | {
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11 | WINTER | The erection of Tom's shed for the horses did not take long. The whole party, with the exception of the two Indians,--who, as usual, went hunting,--proceeded to the pine-wood above the beaver meadow. After a little search six trees were found conveniently situated with regard to each other. The axemen cut down three yo... | {
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12 | THE SNOW FORT | The hut was quiet at an unusually early hour, for the men had done a very hard day's work, and felt the strain after the long weeks of inactivity. At daybreak they were up and about, but could remain out but a few minutes, for the cold was so intense that they felt unable to face it until they had taken some hot tea an... | {
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13 | A FRESH START | In the evening they camped on the banks of the Green River, here a stream of but small size, except when the melting snow swelled its waters into a torrent. At the spot where they halted a rivulet ran into the stream from a thickly-wooded little valley. It was frozen, but breaking the ice with their axes they found tha... | {
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14 | AN INDIAN ATTACK | A couple of trees were felled in the middle of the clump in which they were still encamped. They were first roughly squared and then sawn into planks, the three men taking it by turns to use the saw. The question of shifting the camp up to the spot where they intended to work was discussed the night before Harry starte... | {
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15 | THE COLORADO | "Well, boys," Harry Wade began after they had smoked for some time in silence, "we have got to look at this matter squarely. So far we have got out of a mighty tight place better than we expected. Yesterday it seemed to us that there weren't much chance of our carrying our hair away, but now we are out of that scrape. ... | {
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16 | AFLOAT IN CANOES | The two Indians were off long before daylight, and just as the others were having a wash at the edge of the river they heard the crack of a rifle some distance up the cliff.
"Bear!" Jerry exclaimed; "and I reckon they have got it, else we should have heard another shot directly afterwards. That will set us up in food... | {
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17 | THE GRAND CAÑON | Passing from a short cañon, the boats emerged into a valley with flat shores for some distance from the river. On the right was a wide side cañon, which might afford a passage up into the hills. Half a mile lower down there were trees and signs of cultivation; and a light smoke rose among them. At this, the first sign ... | {
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18 | BACK TO DENVER | "When are you going to make a start again?" Jerry asked, after drinking a pannikin of tea.
"We are not going on to-day; perhaps not to-morrow. It will depend on how you get on."
"I shall be a nuisance to you anyway," the miner said, "and it would be a dog-goned sight the best way to leave me here; but I know you wo... | {
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19 | A FORTUNE | On their return to Fort Bridger Harry and his companions pounded up the quartz that had been left there, and found that its average equalled that of the piece they had tried at the mine. The gold was packed in a box and sent to Pete Hoskings. A letter came back in return from him, saying that five of his friends had pu... | {
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1 | AN EXCURSION | "And we beseech Thee, O Lord, to give help and succour to Thy servants the people of Holland, and to deliver them from the cruelties and persecutions of their wicked oppressors; and grant Thy blessing, we pray Thee, upon the arms of our soldiers now embarking to aid them in their extremity." These were the words with w... | {
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2 | A MEETING IN CHEPE. | A row of ten minutes took the boat with Master Lirriper and the two boys alongside the ketch.
"How are you, Joe Chambers?" Master Lirriper hailed the skipper as he appeared on the deck of the _Susan_. "I have brought you two more passengers for London. They are going there under my charge."
"The more the merrier, U... | {
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3 | IN THE LOW COUNTRY. | Master Lirriper had stood apart while the boys were conversing with Francis Vere.
"What do you think, Master Lirriper?" Geoffrey exclaimed as they joined him. "We have asked Mr. Vere to take us with him as pages to the war in the Low Country, and though he said we were not to be hopeful about his reply, I do think he... | {
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4 | THE SIEGE OF SLUYS. | Until the Spaniards had established their camp, and planted some of their batteries, there was but little firing. Occasionally the wall-pieces opened upon parties of officers reconnoitring, and a few shots were fired from time to time to harass the workmen in the enemy's batteries; but this was done rather to animate t... | {
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5 | AN HEROIC DEFENCE. | The plan Roger Browne suggested was carried out. Geoffrey was first lowered to his place by the side of the window, and bracing himself against its side with a foot on the sill he managed to stand upright, leaning against the rope that Job Tredgold held from above. Job had instructions when Geoffrey lifted his arm to e... | {
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6 | THE LOSS OF THE "SUSAN." | There were few people in Hedingham more pleased to see the two lads on their return than John Lirriper, to whom they paid a visit on the first day they went out.
"I am glad to see you back, young masters; though, to say the truth, you are not looking nigh so strong and well as you did when I last parted from you."
... | {
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7 | None | A Popish Plot There was no one about, for the wind was blowing with such fury that few cared to venture out of doors, and the boys therefore started back along the road by which they had come, without being observed.
"We had better strike off from the road," Geoffrey said, "for some more of these men may be coming ... | {
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8 | THE SPANISH ARMADA. | The struggle that was at hand between Spain and England had long been foreseen as inevitable. The one power was the champion of Roman Catholicism, the other of Protestantism; and yet, although so much hung upon the result of the encounter, and all Europe looked on with the most intense interest, both parties entered up... | {
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9 | THE ROUT OF THE ARMADA. | The fight between the fleets had begun on Sunday morning, and at the end of the third day the strength of the Armada remained unbroken. The moral effect had no doubt been great, but the loss of two or three ships was a trifle to so large a force, and the spirit of the Spaniards had been raised by the gallant and succes... | {
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10 | THE WAR IN HOLLAND. | In the confusion caused by the collision of the _Active_ with the Spanish galleon no one had noticed the accident which had befallen Geoffrey Vickars, and his brother's distress was great when, on the ship getting free from among the Spaniards, he discovered that Geoffrey was missing. He had been by his side on the poo... | {
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11 | IN SPAIN. | Alone among the survivors of the great Spanish Armada, Geoffrey Vickars saw the coast of Ireland fade away from sight without a feeling of satisfaction or relief. His hope had been that the ship would be wrecked on her progress down the coast. He knew not that the wild Irish were slaying all whom the sea spared, and th... | {
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12 | RECRUITING THEIR FUNDS. | As soon as Gerald Burke began conversing with the merchants, Geoffrey fell back and took his place among their servants, with whom he at once entered into conversation. To amuse himself he continued in the same strain that he had heard Gerald adopt towards the merchants, and spoke in terms of apprehension of the danger... | {
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13 | THE FESTA AT SEVILLE. | And now, Gerald, that you have made your arrangements for the second half of the plan, how are you going to set about the first? because you said that you intended to give Donna Inez the option of flying with you or remaining with her father."
"So I do still. Before I make any attempt to carry her off I shall first l... | {
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14 | THE SURPRISE OF BREDA. | Lionel Vickars had, by the beginning of 1590, come to speak the Dutch language well and fluently. Including his first stay in Holland he had now been there eighteen months, and as he was in constant communication with the Dutch officers and with the population, he had constant occasion for speaking Dutch, a language mu... | {
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15 | A SLAVE IN BARBARY. | The _Tarifa_ had left port but a few hours when a strong wind rose from the north, and rapidly increased in violence until it was blowing a gale.
"Inez is terribly ill," Gerald said when he met Geoffrey on deck the following morning. "I believe at the present moment she would face her father and risk everything if sh... | {
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16 | THE ESCAPE. | "In one respect," Geoffrey said, as they were talking over their chance of escape, "I am sorry that the bey has behaved so kindly to us."
"What is that?" Stephen Boldero asked in surprise.
"Well, I was thinking that were it not for that we might manage to contrive some plan of escape in concert with the galley-slav... | {
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17 | A SPANISH MERCHANT. | As soon as the sails had been set, and the vessel was under way, the Spaniard came out from the cabin. "My daughter is attiring herself, señor," he said to Stephen Boldero, for Geoffrey was at the time at the helm. "She is longing to see you, and to thank you for the inestimable services you have rendered to us both. B... | {
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18 | IVRY. | The day after the capture of Breda Sir Francis Vere sent for Lionel Vickars to his quarters. Prince Maurice and several of his principal officers were there, and the prince thanked him warmly for the share he had taken in the capture of the town.
"Captain Heraugière has told me," he said, "that the invention of the s... | {
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19 | STEENWYK. | Three days passed, and then a slight noise was heard as of the trap-door being raised. Lionel drew his sword.
"It is my servant, no doubt," the merchant said, "he promised to come and tell me how things went as soon as he could get an opportunity to come down unobserved. We should hear more noise if it were the Spani... | {
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20 | CADIZ. | In March, 1596, Sir Francis Vere returned to Holland. He had during his absence in England been largely taken into the counsels of Queen Elizabeth, and it had been decided that the war should be carried into the enemy's country, and a heavy blow struck at the power of Spain. Vere had been appointed to an important comm... | {
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21 | THE BATTLE OF NIEUPORT. | The year after the capture of Cadiz, Lionel Vickars sailed under Sir Francis Vere with the expedition designed to attack the fleet which Philip of Spain had gathered in Ferrol, with the intention, it was believed, of invading Ireland in retaliation for the disaster at Cadiz. The expedition met with terrible weather in ... | {
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22 | OLD FRIENDS. | The succession of blows that had been given to the power and commerce of Spain had immensely benefited the trade of England and Holland. France, devastated by civil war, had been in no position to take advantage of the falling off in Spanish commerce, and had indeed herself suffered enormously by the emigration of tens... | {
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1 | A FISHING EXPEDITION | It has just struck one, and the boys are streaming out from the schoolroom of Mr. Hathorn's academy in the little town of Marsden in Yorkshire. Their appearance would create some astonishment in the minds of lads of the present generation, for it was the year 1807, and their attire differed somewhat materially from tha... | {
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2 | THE FIGHT ON THE MOOR | The lad threw himself into a position of defense as the two boys rushed at him.
“Oi doan't want vor to hurt ee,” he said again, “but if ee will have it, why, it won't be moi vault;” and swinging his arm round, he brought it down with such force upon the nose of Tompkins that the latter was knocked down like a ninepin... | {
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3 | A CROPPER VILLAGE | Bad as were times in Varley, the two public houses, one of which stood at either end of the village, were for the most part well filled of an evening; but this, as the landlords knew to their cost, was the result rather of habit than of thirst. The orders given were few and far between, and the mugs stood empty on the ... | {
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4 | THE WORMS TURN | “I say, it's a shame, a beastly shame!” Ned Sankey exclaimed passionately as the boys came out from school one day.
Generally they poured out in a confused mass, eager for the fresh air and anxious to forget in play the remembrance of the painful hours in school; but today they came out slowly and quietly, each with ... | {
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5 | THE NEW MASTER | It was with much excitement and interest that the boys gathered in their places for the first time under the new master. The boarders had not seen him upon their arrival on the previous evening, but had been received by an old housekeeper, who told them Mr. Porson would not return until the coach came in from York that... | {
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6 | THE THIEF DETECTED | Mr. Porson was in his place next morning, having returned only half an hour before school began; he looked fagged, and he was scarcely so attentive as usual to the lessons, his thoughts seeming to be elsewhere.
“He seems regularly done up with his journey,” Ripon said as the boys came out of school.
“I think he is ... | {
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7 | A TERRIBLE SHOCK | Ned had been looking forward with great anticipations to Michaelmas day, upon which the great match was to take place; for he was one of the eleven, being the youngest of the boys included in it. An event, however, happened which deprived him of his share in the match, and caused the day to pass almost unnoticed. On th... | {
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8 | NED IS SORELY TRIED | Among the many who called upon Mrs. Sankey after the death of her husband was Mr. Mulready, the owner of a mill near Marsden. He was one of the leading men in the place, although his mill was by no means a large one. He took rank in the eyes of the little town with men in a much larger way of business by means of a pus... | {
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9 | A PAINFUL TIME | When Ned was left alone he rolled himself up in the blankets, placed a pillow which Polly had brought him under his head, and lay and looked at the fire; but it was not until the flames had died down, and the last red glow had faded into blackness that he fell off to sleep.
His thoughts were bitter in the extreme. He... | {
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10 | TROUBLES AT HOME | It was not one of the least griefs of the young Sankeys connected with their mother's wedding that Abijah was to leave them. It was she herself who had given notice to Mrs. Sankey, saying that she would no longer be required. The first time that she had spoken of her intentions, Mrs. Sankey vehemently combated the idea... | {
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11 | THE NEW MACHINERY | It is rather hard for a lad who thinks that he has been behaving somewhat as a hero to come to the conclusion that he has been making a fool of himself; but this was the result of Ned Sankey's cogitation over what Mr. Porson had said to him. Perhaps he arrived more easily at that conclusion because he was not altogethe... | {
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12 | MURDERED! | In spite of Ned's resolutions that he would do nothing to mar the tranquillity of the last few weeks of his being at home, he had difficulty in restraining his temper the following day at tea. Never had he seen his stepfather in so bad a humor. Had he known that things had gone wrong at the mill that day, that the new ... | {
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13 | COMMITTED FOR TRIAL | After a talk with Luke Marner early in the morning Bill Swinton went down into Marsden to hear if there was any news of Ned. He was soon back again.
“Maister Ned's took,” he said as he met Luke, who was standing in front of his cottage awaiting his return before starting out to renew his search for Ned.
“Oi hear, a... | {
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14 | COMMITTED FOR TRIAL | It was not until after midday that the message arrived, and Dr. Green at once went in. Ned was sitting on the side of the bed, a constable having come off with the message as soon as he heard him make the first move.
“Well, Ned, how are you now?” Dr. Green asked cheerfully as he went to the window and drew back the c... | {
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15 | NOT GUILTY | As soon as Mr. Porson and the doctor had left him Mr. Wakefield appeared.
“Well, Sankey, I hope you are not downcast at the magistrates' decision. It was a certainty that they would have to commit you, as we could not prove a satisfactory alibi. Never mind, I don't think any jury will find against you on the evidence... | {
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16 | LUKE MARNER'S SACRIFICE | Not until they had left York behind them did Ned ask after his mother. He knew that if there had been anything pleasant to tell about her he would have heard it at once, and the silence of his friends warned him that the subject was not an agreeable one.
“How is my mother?” he asked at last abruptly.
“Well, Ned,” D... | {
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17 | A LONELY LIFE | The machinery had not started since the death of Mr. Mulready, the foreman having received several letters threatening his life if he ventured to use the new machinery; and the works had therefore been carried on on their old basis until something was settled as to their future management.
The first few days after hi... | {
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18 | NED IS ATTACKED | As Ned had foreseen and resented, the affair at the mill again made him the chief topic of talk in the neighborhood, and the question of his guilt or innocence of the murder of his stepfather was again debated with as much earnestness as it had been when the murder was first committed. There was this difference, howeve... | {
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19 | THE ATTACK ON CARTWRIGHT'S MILL | Ned still slept at the mill. He was sure that there was no chance of a renewal of the attack by the workpeople near, but an assault might be again organized by parties from a distance. The murder of Mr. Horsfall had caused greater vigilance than ever among the military. At some of the mills the use of the new machinery... | {
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20 | CLEARED AT LAST. | The night was a wild one. The weather had changed suddenly, and the rain beat fiercely in the faces of the hands as they made their way back from the mill up to Varley. As the night came on the storm increased. The wind as it swept across the moor swirled down into the hollow in which Varley stood, as if it would scoop... | {
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1 | A QUARREL. | The great Abbey of Westminster was approaching its completion; an army of masons and labourers swarmed like bees upon and around it, and although differing widely in its massive architecture, with round Saxon windows and arches, from the edifice that was two or three generations later to be reared in its place,--to ser... | {
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2 | COUNTRY LIFE. | Far from being depressed, Wulf felt his spirits rise as he rode away on his banishment from court, for instead of feeling it a disgrace he regarded it as a step forward in life. Earl Harold could certainly, had he been so inclined, have smoothed down the angry prelate, and could have retained him at court; but by the w... | {
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3 | AT COURT. | Two months after Wulf had gone down to Steyning one of Harold's men brought a short letter from the earl himself. "I am glad to hear, Wulf," it began, "from my steward, Egbert, that you are applying yourself so heartily to your work. I have also good accounts of you from the Prior of Bramber, who sometimes writes to me... | {
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4 | A STORM. | After hunting for two days in the forests lying behind Newhaven, and in the valley in which Lewes lies, they again embarked. The master of Harold's ship had expressed some doubts as to the weather, but as he stated that it was but some eight miles round the great cliff that they saw to the east, and that beyond this th... | {
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5 | ROUEN. | For the next two days the lives of the two young Saxons were well-nigh unbearable. At meals the count by turns abused and jeered at them, and his companions, following his example, lost no opportunity of insulting them in every way.
"If this goes on, Wulf," Beorn said as they threw themselves down on the ground late ... | {
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6 | RELEASE OF THE EARL | In a few minutes the three horses were brought out. Wulf and Beorn were much pleased with the animals that had been placed at their service. They were powerful horses, which could carry a knight in his full armour with ease, and seemed full of spirit and fire. They were handsomely caparisoned, and the lads felt as they... | {
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7 | THE OATH. | From Eu the party travelled back to Rouen where there were feastings and entertainments in honour of Harold. Nothing could be more courteous than the duke's manner to his guest. He professed an almost fraternal affection for him, and handsome lodgings were assigned in the town to his thanes. A solemn court was held, at... | {
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8 | TROUBLE WITH WALES. | Harold took his place on the poop as the vessel started, and remained looking fixedly at the duke, until the latter with the group of barons turned and entered the town.
"Farewell, William of Normandy," he said; "false friend and dishonoured host. How shall we meet next time, I wonder, and where?"
Hitherto the pres... | {
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9 | IN THE WELSH VALLEYS. | Wulf and Beorn did not form part of the expedition which was to embark with Harold from Bristol, and to enter Wales by one of its southern valleys. It was necessary that the gathering of the levies at Gloucester should be strengthened by having as a nucleus three hundred trained soldiers. The levies were lightly armed,... | {
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10 | PORTHWYN. | There was a short halt to enable the band to quench their thirst at a little rivulet that trickled down the centre of the valley; then they prepared to continue their march, Wulf impressing upon them the necessity for moving as silently as possible.
"If we come upon a village of any size," he said, "we must avoid it.... | {
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11 | THE SECRET PASSAGE. | Beorn called his men together and distributed them along the rear wall, while Wulf made a fresh examination of the front. He had before noticed that great piles of stone in blocks from fifty to a hundred pounds in weight were piled along by the parapet, in readiness to hurl down upon any foe attempting to ascend the ro... | {
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12 | EDITH. | Two days after the departure of the messengers from the castle the look-out gave notice that he perceived a large body of horsemen and footmen coming down the valley, and half an hour later the banner of Gurth could be made out. The garrison at once set to work to replace the planking of the bridge, and this was accomp... | {
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13 | HAROLD, THE KING. | The day before the great Witenagemot was to assemble, Wulf, as he came out from the house where Harold had taken up his abode, was approached by a man, who by his attire appeared to be a retainer of a thane; his face seemed familiar to him, as he placed a letter in his hand. Wulf was now very much in the confidence of ... | {
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14 | WULF'S SUSPICIONS. | Beyond the fact that the name of the king had changed, the death of Edward and the accession of Harold made no sensible difference in the government of the southern half of England. Harold had practically reigned for years, and the fact that he was now able to give his orders direct instead of having nominally to consu... | {
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15 | A MEETING BY THE RIVER. | During the three days that elapsed between Ulf's being set upon the track of Walter Fitz-Urse and the departure of the king for the North, the boy had no news to report to Osgod. The young Norman had not left the bishop's palace alone. He had accompanied the prelate several times when he went abroad, and had gone out w... | {
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16 | A VOYAGE NORTH. | The armourer found without any difficulty that twenty-five vessels, exclusive of small coasters, had arrived in the port during the thirty-six hours previous to the time of the meeting on the bank. Of these, eighteen were from English ports, seven from Normandy, France, or Flanders. Three of the latter had sailed away,... | {
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17 | AN ATTEMPT AT ASSASSINATION. | When Wulf met the armourer next morning in the cathedral close he was accompanied by Beorn, who said, laughing, to the latter, "You have beaten me fairly, friend Ulred, and it is well that I had no wager with you on the race. But it was not by much, for I rode in here as the bells were chiming eleven. I was glad to hea... | {
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