Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 194
in a distant port;it is night, and nothing is heard but the trampof the sentry on the forecastle and the ripple ofwater at the gangway. Only the officer of the deck, the quarter-master, and the guard are awake. The entirecrew are below decks and dreaming in theirhammocks. The cabin door opens, and… … THE MARINE GUARD—SUNDAY INSPECTION. returns bringing with him the drummer, whostands silently at the mast, drumsticks in hand,watching the commander. 7H THE LAST OF THE DRUMS. [July, Eight bells — midnight — is struck. At asilent signal from the commanding officer, thedrummer poises his sticks an…
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