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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 377

An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial], 1873, leaf 377 — d by their 940 THE WRECK OF THE MARKHAM. [Sept. fifteen hours in the blinding spray, that we knewthat we must work fast if we would save them.So, at a good distance from the wreck, Iordered the anchor let go, the sail and masttaken down, and the oars put out; and then As they hauled us nearer, I… … THEY LOOKED AT THE KNIFE IN MY MAN S UPLIFTED HAND. AND THEN AT ME. we backed and drifted stern foremost towardthe vessel, I using the steering-oar. The northern tide, which had now begun toflow, swept us in toward the wreck; and, afterthree or four attempts, I managed with a heav-ing-stick* to…

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