Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 54
the last few hours a dense fog had envelopedthe ship, and the siren, or steam fog-horn,on the foremast blew every thirty seconds.It made an ugly noise—a long screech, thatcould be heard many rods through the fog. THE SIREN. 41 It was to warn other ships out of our course.It sounded odd in the… … THE FIRST MAN UP THE LADDER HAD IN HIS ARMS A WELL-WRAPPED BUNDLE and sometimes breaking in upon it in a very danger. Even the siren cannot keep us awake,comical manner. if it does scream like a maniac while the steamer The sound of the. siren is disagreeable at all goes plowing through the waves.…
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