Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 22
aded the en-tire coast of New England. His tales were blood-curdling; and many is the night when we boysstaid so late listening to the latest version of thestory of his blowing up the Arethusa, that we weresent supperless to bed. The Arethusa was a Britishsloop-of-war blockading Casco Bay. Dave,… … 12 BY THE SEA. [November, wise pretending to be a good Tory, he gained theconfidence of the crew; and one night, while layingat anchor off Diamond Head, he fixed a lighted fuseunder the powder magazine, slipped through anopen port-hole to a boat that was towing astern andso made off, paddling with…
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