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. 1880 Excerpt: ...and Sandie and I stood looking at the unconscious lad. I wrung out pieces of wet rag in cold water, and Sandie laid them on his forehead, removing them the moment they felt heated. "I doubt not it was that fellow Stevens who sent the puir boy aloft, for I heard him bullying some one, and I wish I had gone on deck to ...
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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. 1880 Excerpt: ...and Sandie and I stood looking at the unconscious lad. I wrung out pieces of wet rag in cold water, and Sandie laid them on his forehead, removing them the moment they felt heated. "I doubt not it was that fellow Stevens who sent the puir boy aloft, for I heard him bullying some one, and I wish I had gone on deck to see what it was. He might as well have ordered a baby up the rigging as that know-naething child. He might ha' thocht his head would spin round, and get giddy, and that he would come down to the deck quicker than he went up. I wonder he hadna fallen into the sea; it was just God's good providence that kept him from that end. Ah! Mr. Stevens, if I had the setting of you I'd masthead you till the gale was blown over!" and Sandie, with intense disrespect, shook his fist upward towards that part of the deck on which the second mate might be supposed to be standing just then. "Poor little Willie! how pale he is!" said I, looking down at him. "Ay, that he does, and 'twill be lang ere the colour comes back to his cheeks again, I am afraid. Here, Andrew, you may bathe his brow now, for I'm obleeged to help Eben in the galley this morning. The sea has been making a clean sweep amongst his pots and pans, and he burnt his hand at the stove last night. I'll come in every now and then, and have a look at you. There, wring the rag like this, not too dry, and get fresh water when this is warm like." I don't think Sandie could have been of much use to "Eben of the burnt hand " that morning, for every ten minutes he came into the berth to look at Willie and feel his pulse; and once or twice the captain came down and looked at him also; and each time he shook his head, said there was no improvement, and it was hard to know ...
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Good with no dust jacket. Front hinge shaken and book modertgely cocked; contents still clean and bright; in highly decorated green cloth with bright gilt ship to front and gilt bible reading boy on spine; all gilt edges. Illustrated with woodcuts.; 184 pages.
