An adventurer of the North: Being a continuation of the histories of "Pierre and his people," and the latest existing records of Pretty Pierre,
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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.1908 Excerpt: ... The Cruise of the Ninety-Nine I. The Search HE was only a big gulf yawl, which a man w_J and a boy could manage at a pinch, with old-fashioned high bulwarks, but lying clean in the water. She...
MoreThis 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.1908 Excerpt: ... The Cruise of the Ninety-Nine I. The Search HE was only a big gulf yawl, which a man w_J and a boy could manage at a pinch, with old-fashioned high bulwarks, but lying clean in the water. She had a tolerable record for speed, and for other things so important that they were now and again considered by the Government at Quebec. She was called the Ninety-Nine. With a sense of humour the cure" had called her so, after an interview with her owner and captain, Tarboe the smuggler. When he said to Tarboe at Angel Point that he had come to seek the one sheep that was lost, leaving behind him the other ninety-and-nine within the fold at Isle of Days, Tarboe had replied that it was a mistake--he was the ninety-nine, for he needed no repentance, and immediately offered the cure-some old brown brandy of fine flavour. They both had a whimsical turn, and the curd did not ask Tarboe how he came by such perfect liquor. Many high in authority, it was said, had been soothed even to the winking of an eye when they ought to have sent a Nordenfeldt against the Ninety-Nine. The day after the cwxi left Angel Point he spoke of Tarboe and his craft as the Ninety-and-Nine; and Tarboe hearing of this--for somehow he heard everything--immediately painted out the old name, and called her the Ninety-Nine, saying that she had been so blessed by the curd Afterwards the Ninety-Nine had an increasing reputation for exploit and daring. In brief, Tarboe and his craft were smugglers, and to have trusted gossip would have been to say that the boat was as guilty as the man. Their names were much more notorious than sweet; and yet in Quebec men laughed as they shrugged their shoulders at them; for as many jovial things as evil were told of Tarboe. When it became known that a dignitary of the Chu...
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