St. Nicholas, Volume 47Mary Mapes Dodge Scribner & Company, 1920 - Children's literature |
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Page 794
... sloop , Sea - Lark , one of many craft missing after the gale of three years before . Jack and his chum , George Santo , get the Sea- Lark afloat , refit her , and start a ferry across the harbor . They rescue from drowning a boy whose ...
... sloop , Sea - Lark , one of many craft missing after the gale of three years before . Jack and his chum , George Santo , get the Sea- Lark afloat , refit her , and start a ferry across the harbor . They rescue from drowning a boy whose ...
Page 795
... sloop he ' s after , I don't know , but it ain't likely he ' ll be around again to - night ; and if he is , he won't get the sloop so long ' s I ' m alive . " That night a policeman was placed on Gar- nett and Sayer's wharf , and Jack ...
... sloop he ' s after , I don't know , but it ain't likely he ' ll be around again to - night ; and if he is , he won't get the sloop so long ' s I ' m alive . " That night a policeman was placed on Gar- nett and Sayer's wharf , and Jack ...
Page 796
... sloop needed delicate handling to avoid being cap- sized in the squalls . Even with only two thirds of her usual spread of canvas , the Sea - Lark listed over dangerously , her lee rail often being under water while her bow was pounded ...
... sloop needed delicate handling to avoid being cap- sized in the squalls . Even with only two thirds of her usual spread of canvas , the Sea - Lark listed over dangerously , her lee rail often being under water while her bow was pounded ...
Page 798
... sloop afloat , un- less she turned over , and the danger of the lat- ter was now increasing every minute , for the gale was gaining strength and the sloop was drifting further from the lee of the land all the time . Before very long ...
... sloop afloat , un- less she turned over , and the danger of the lat- ter was now increasing every minute , for the gale was gaining strength and the sloop was drifting further from the lee of the land all the time . Before very long ...
Page 799
... sloop , however , and took several sharp turns , first nor'east and then sou'west , on his regular beat . But his move- ments were not as slow and measured as usual . There was agitation written all over him . Each time he turned he ...
... sloop , however , and took several sharp turns , first nor'east and then sou'west , on his regular beat . But his move- ments were not as slow and measured as usual . There was agitation written all over him . Each time he turned he ...
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