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With a Stout Heart

Lucy D. Sale Barker

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Description:This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874 ...grave fault--she was infested with cockroaches. This was quite a serious trouble to George, for though he had plenty of pluck, as we know, yet he had the greatest horror of creeping things. Now do not laugh at him, boys. I can tell you that one of the finest, bravest men I know cannot see a spider without shuddering. Fancy, then, what poor George must have suffered when he was actually awakened one night by cockroaches biting his toenails. Of course Tommy soon came to his assistance, who did not mind any of those nasty things; in fact, rather liked them, as you may imagine from his making a pet of a toad. Although it was the month of January, the heat in the Red Sea was stifling. George and Tommy Burton used to spend their days gasping like young fish out of water; but when the night came on, and a slight breeze rose to fan them back to life, they thought all they had suffered in the day was made up for by the wonderful beauty of the tropical night. The two boys often talked together of their future, of the hunting adventures they hoped to undertake together, and the fighting they trusted might be in store for them. "Another jolly Sikh war is the sort of thing I should like," said Tommy. This was the beginning of the year 1856. How little he thought, when talking thus lightly, that the future was pregnant with a great undreamedof horror; that in another year a fearful struggle would convulse India--a whirlwind pass over the land, of which even then the gusts and eddies were rising! into the Indian Ocean steamed the "Abyssinia," and the next place at which she touched was Galle, in Ceylon. When George went on shore there, he was surrounded by itinerant vendors of two kinds of merchandise--some selling umbrellas of all shapes, sizes, and c...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with With a Stout Heart. To get started finding With a Stout Heart, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1874 ...grave fault--she was infested with cockroaches. This was quite a serious trouble to George, for though he had plenty of pluck, as we know, yet he had the greatest horror of creeping things. Now do not laugh at him, boys. I can tell you that one of the finest, bravest men I know cannot see a spider without shuddering. Fancy, then, what poor George must have suffered when he was actually awakened one night by cockroaches biting his toenails. Of course Tommy soon came to his assistance, who did not mind any of those nasty things; in fact, rather liked them, as you may imagine from his making a pet of a toad. Although it was the month of January, the heat in the Red Sea was stifling. George and Tommy Burton used to spend their days gasping like young fish out of water; but when the night came on, and a slight breeze rose to fan them back to life, they thought all they had suffered in the day was made up for by the wonderful beauty of the tropical night. The two boys often talked together of their future, of the hunting adventures they hoped to undertake together, and the fighting they trusted might be in store for them. "Another jolly Sikh war is the sort of thing I should like," said Tommy. This was the beginning of the year 1856. How little he thought, when talking thus lightly, that the future was pregnant with a great undreamedof horror; that in another year a fearful struggle would convulse India--a whirlwind pass over the land, of which even then the gusts and eddies were rising! into the Indian Ocean steamed the "Abyssinia," and the next place at which she touched was Galle, in Ceylon. When George went on shore there, he was surrounded by itinerant vendors of two kinds of merchandise--some selling umbrellas of all shapes, sizes, and c...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with With a Stout Heart. To get started finding With a Stout Heart, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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