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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 182

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frowning back at the darkening skyabove. Old salts will tell, you that Mother Carey con-trols her chicks as unfailingly as the barometercontrols its mercury, but it was the latter theofficers depended upon; and whenever a chancecould be found we would hasten midships, hop-ing against reason, but… … AT FIRST WE SHOVELED THEBURNING COAL INTO SACKS. storm, and were scarce ready when an ugly greensea rushed upon us, pouring brine into every cor-ner of the ship. Because Bill Phelan discovered a cozy corneron the gun-deck where men could lie and snoozewhen off duty, it was, even before we left…

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