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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 56

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ut of the gloomahead a small bright speck; then it is gone;then it shows again; and one of the lookoutswho has craned his neck forward in the in-tensity of his gaze cries out: Light ho ! In an instant the officer of the deck is by hisside, glasses in hand, inquiring: Where away ? Then he, too, sees… … LANTERN-SIGNALING WITH THE INCANDESCENT LIGHT. formed only of the other vessels whereabouts atthe moment, and knows not which way she isgoing, nor what manner of vessel she may be.This last is what the light next reveals, for if itbe white it is the masthead light of a steamer;but if it be red or…

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