The chatterbox book of soldiers and sailors (1910)
Robinson, Anna, Weir, Harrison · Boston, D. Estes · leaf 78
erly against eachother used to cross into each others lines andhave fine times talking, exchanging tobacco andcoffee and newspapers, and telling stories. Grandpa says he was riding along by a littlestream, one day. And in the water were someRussian and French soldiers laughing and jokingtogether… … DON JAIME T ONG ago the Mediterranean Sea was in--*— fested by pirates. Up and down its stormywaters their galleys swept. No city upon thecoast was safe from their attacks. One daythe crew of one of these pirate ships landed ata little Spanish seaport, killed the inhabitantssave a few young men,…
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