Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 181
Whenhe sat down upon the handsome boat-cloth thatwas spread for him, he bowed his head, and hishands hid his face as First-Lieutenant Reese,acting coxswain, ordered, Shove off; out oars;give away! Later in the day the lookout on the bridge re-ported, Zafiro under way, sir, and the deckofficer… … I HEARD A VOICE CALLING TO ME, IN THE BARGE,THERE,—YOU RE ADRIFT! the squadron dressed and manned, and the lastwe ever saw of our dear captain he was sittingon a chair out on the Zafiros quarter-deck, ap- .] THREE YEARS BEHIND THE GUNS 721 parently listening to the old band play. Aweek later a…
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