Dick Cheveley : his adventures and misadventures (1881)
Kingston, William Henry Giles, 1814-1880 · Philadelphia : Lippincott · leaf 223
roper position. It is placed abovethe cross-pieces and half-floors, and a bolt is driven rightthrough all into the main keel. The half-floors, it mustbe understood, are not united in the centre, but longitudi-nally on either side. Of course I was not aware of this at the time. Allthat I knew was,… … I shouted out • Help ! help I la^e 191. VAIN ATTEMPTS TO ESCAPE. 191 direction met with obstructions. Stretching out my arms,I found I could touch each side of my prison. Resolute as I had hitherto been, I at length gave wayto despair, and shrieked and shouted for help. I bawledtill my voice was…
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