The chatterbox book of soldiers and sailors (1910)
Robinson, Anna, Weir, Harrison · Boston, D. Estes · leaf 176
the greater partof it he sent to his mother, whom he always lovedand honored. Many a day all he had was a plateof soup and a bit of hard bread. But he wasalways studying and thinking, forming in hisyoung head those plans which were one day to beso marvellously fulfilled. Perhaps sitting there atthe… … A STORY OF VAN TROMP ^7AN TROMP was a famous Dutch ad-^ miral, who long, long ago gave the Englisha deal of trouble. He used to sail up and downthe Channel with a broom tied to his masthead. To sweep those English from the sea, he said.One day he had a quarrel with a famous swords-man. The man…
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