The Storyteller. Storm-tossed. Chapter Xvii Night in the North Sea
The moment I lifted my head above the companion I saw it. Well, it was not a whale, nor a ship on fire, nor any wonder of that kind; it was nothing…
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Floods & storms, 1899
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The Storyteller. Storm-tossed. Chapter Yvii Night in the North Sea
It was not only the dark vision of the bark, rushing like a phantom over the black coils of water; the pallid gleam of the bed, of froth thrown up by her…
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"We sat talking at the table in low tones, that we might not disturb Mr. Heron—for if there is one rule more rigorously insisted upon and observed…
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Two of them in the foretop, and I could hear their voices, as they spoke to each other or hailed the deck hollowly thrown back and down by the…
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Here now was the picture reversed : I was upon the sea, bound upon a long voyage, and wondering if the people, whose figures I could discern through…
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He spoke with a little air of depression, partly bred by the delay that vexed him, and partly by the the train of thought into which he had…
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Attached to it, aft, was the carpenter's berth, where he kept his toolchest, slung his hammock, and had his meals, a mercy for which I was…
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A terrible cyclone baa swept over the Central States of North America. Houses were swept away in every direction, and at least 60 persons are known to have been…
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A terrible cyclone has been experienced in the State of Missouri. It is reported from New York that during the cyclone sixty persons were…
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When our boat was hoisted all hands went forward to man the windlasses, and I remarked the gloomy face among them. Mr. Heron stood between the…
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Further particulars have been received from New York concerning the disastrous cyclone which devastated part of the United States…
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The water was a pale blue down to the very point it melted into surf, and here and there upon its trembling, luminous surface I could see some…
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A terrible cyclone has swept over the State of Missouri, America. Great devastation was caused in various part of the State. One hundred…
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I peeped around the companion to got a glimpse of my husband, and saw him walking up and down the weather side of the deck, while the mate…
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"Yes," said I rather illogically, but rendered aggressive by the mate's manner, "particularly as he has a very unprepossessing appearance to contend…
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Though he had more the air of a seaman, in spite of his singular appearance, than Mr. Heron, I own that my old notions of the typical tar, the…
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"Has ho been saying anything to of-fend you V said Richard quickly, and the expression in his eyes grew hard, like a flame when you concentrate its…
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"That would be right enough," answered the man, speaking defiantly, "if that five able seamen as signed were all able seamen. But if a vessel of this…
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"You've said it, and we'll see. Go forward, now," said Richard. Cutter was about to speak. "Go forward," shouted my husband…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Storyteller. Storm-tossed. Chapter Xxii. the Men Are Released
"What have you there ?" said I. "Nothing, Jess, nothing," he answered, letting fall his hand. "Why not tell me?" I exclaimed…
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