The Christmas Wreck and other stories (1886) by Frank R. Stockton
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ISBN10: 1530017963
ISBN13: 9781530017966
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Feb 12 2016
Pages: 102
Weight: 0.48
Height: 0.21 Width: 8.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781530017966
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Feb 12 2016
Pages: 102
Weight: 0.48
Height: 0.21 Width: 8.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
Silas was sitting in the stern of a small sailing-boat which he owned, and in which he sometimes took the Sandport visitors out for a sail; and at other times applied to its more legitimate, but less profitable use, that of fishing. That afternoon he had taken young Mr. Nugent for a brief excursion on that portion of the Atlantic Ocean which sends its breakers up on the beach of Sandport. But he had found it difficult, nay, impossible just now, to bring him back, for the wind had gradually died away until there was not a breath of it left. Mr. Nugent, to whom nautical ex periences were as new as the very nautical suit of blue flannel which he wore, rather liked the calm; it was such a relief to the monotony of rolling waves. He took out a cigar and lighted it, and then he re marked
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