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Captain Protheroe's Fortune: A Story of the Sea as Told to the Author by George Henry Grummet (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Kendall, Oswald

 
9781330766613: Captain Protheroe's Fortune: A Story of the Sea as Told to the Author by George Henry Grummet (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Captain Protheroe's Fortune: A Story of the Sea as Told to the Author by George Henry Grummet

N 7 E were seated upon the veranda overlooking San Francisco Bay, which, like some enormous mirror, reflected the deep ultramarine sky of Califor nia. The scene was a lively one, full of inter est to a sailor, for ships of all sizes and all nationalities were crossing and te-crossing, or arriving through and departing from the Golden Gate to westward. Grummet, said Capt. Matthew Hawks, I have bought a wreck. Yes, sir, said I. I repeat, Grummet, said Captain Hawks, that I have bought a wreck. Yes, sir, I replied.

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