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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 446

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Rick got up stiffly from his seatand limped across the crowded room. Theslow creaking of the schooners timbers toldhim she was under way; and over his head he could hear, occasionally, the tramping ofMGuires or Manuels feet, the slat of cord-age, the muffled clack of running rigging inits blocks.… … FLICKF.R-FLASH-FLASH FLICKER (SHE NE.XT PAGE) board planking. This circular opening wasperhaps ten inches in diameter. Heavy glassbolted to the casement prevented flying sprayfrom coming aboard. The port was in-tended for lighting purposes only, but itsinner surface was so encrusted with dirt…

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