"What are you Whites doing out here?"
"We came out to see you beaten."
"You did? Then we would advise you to pull ashore immediately, for that
is something you will not see this day."
"Won't we, indeed? You'll soon tell a different tale. In less than an
hour you will pull off those blue rosettes and throw them overboard."
"On the contrary, in less than an hour the boys who wear those blue
rosettes will be cheering the champions of the State."
"Ha! Tell that to the marines. Perhaps they will believe it."
This conversation took place between the occupants of two little
sailboats, the Sunbeam and the Firefly, which had been thrown up into
the wind and now lay almost motionless side by side, while the boys who
made up their passengers and crews lounged on the thwarts, fanning their
flushed faces with their hats, and ever and anon turning their eyes
toward the shore in an eager, expectant manner, as if they were waiting
for something.
Details
- Publication Date
- Nov 22, 2017
- Language
- English
- Category
- Fiction
- Copyright
- All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
- Contributors
- By (author): Harry Castlemon
Specifications
- Pages
- 146
- Binding
- Perfect Bound
- Interior Color
- Black & White
- Dimensions
- US Trade (6 x 9 in / 152 x 229 mm)