Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 22
Boy Jacklearned from Father Francis, his was the first whiteface which had been seen there since the year 1852,when a Scotch brig was wrecked near the entranceto the harbor, and the two only survivors, whofound their way into this strange interior, wereafterward carried to Barbadoes by a… … a sudden flash of lightning lit up the sea. a throng of now aroused Rondians who gatheredabout him, and to whom he expressed his willing-ness to dine on the shortest possible notice. Boy Jack has since averred that the baked beansof his native land never tasted one-half as good asthe savory bowl of…
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