The Last Buccaneer, Or, the Trustees of Mrs. A.
by Leslie Cope Cornford (9781150020940)

General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1902 Original Publisher: William Heinemann Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: IV A Letter Of Introduction It is to be supposed that poor Captain Sharge- loes mistook, in his fever, the noise and tumult of the merrymaking for the explosion of that conspiracy which had haunted him so grievously; and rushing on deck, intent to die sword in hand, the sight of the great cool plain of heaving waters allured his heated senses beyond resistance. He slipped over the side like a fish, and was gone in a moment. There was no more fooling. A death aboard, to the seaman's mind, is very likely to bring ill luck; and the men, gathered forward, set quietly to drink themselves full, in accordance with immemorial privilege. Had a storm overtaken us, the whole ship's company might have gone to join their captain that night -- wherever he was. But the sailor concludes a kind of informal treaty with Providence. " I take my chance with your storms and foul weather when I'm sober; I pay my respects morning and evening; but I must be let to drink in peace on thedays appointed." On the whole, the agreement seems to be reasonably well observed on both sides. We ran all night before the favouring trade, beneath the velvet hollow of the heavens and the million million flashing stars; and the seamen lay snoring in heaps upon the deck. At the council of officers held next day, Mr Dawkins was elected captain, amid universal approval. Someone then opened again the question of touching at Hispaniola instead of Barbadoes; for -- it was most unfortunate -- there was no doubt but that the men were half-starved. " If you'll give a look at the ship's books, you'll observe tha...

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