ROACH & CO.-PIRATES
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BYHECTOR FULLER
INDIANAPOLIS AND KANSAS CITY THE BOWEN-MERRILL COMPANY M DCCC XCVIII
Copyright 1897
BY
THE BOWEN-MERRILL CO.
TO
CHARLES R. WILLIAMS,
IN APPRECIATION OF MUCH KINDNESS IN
ITS
PREPARATION, THIS VOLUME
IS DEDICATED
- THERE are pirates and treasure on board,
- There are wreckr-laden tempests to come,
- There are islands where jewels are stored,
- And sailors that never sail home.
- Smash the glass over her nose, boys,
- See, she glides out of the slip.
- Steady! Stand ready! She goes, boys;
- Christened and launched--a ship.
- Tales told by the ocean-washed dead,
- Dreams wrung from the gate-beaten spray,
- From the port of wild fancy ahead,
- From the man-scuttled wreck in the bay.
- Christined and launched--a ship, boys!
- Bottle smashed over her nose,
- Articles signed for the trip, boys,
- Bully!--Away she goes!
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CONTENTS
- I. Roach & Co.--Pirates 1
- II. The Strange Happenings in Tolly's Nullah 40
- III. The Finding of the Ship 75
- IV. With the Sun Overhead 111
- V. Gunga Hassim 136
- VI. The Third Mate of the Jumna 155
- VII. The Little Sisters of the Desolate 181
- VII. An Ocean Christmas 188
- IX. All's Well 209
ROACH & CO.-PIRATES