Pirates -- Fiction
I was the only son of a widowed mother, who, though far from affluent, was not pennyless;--you will naturally suppose, therefore, I was a most troublesome, disagreeable, spoiled child. Such I might have been, but for the continual drawback on all my early gratifications, which...
I was the only son of a widowed mother, who, though far from affluent, was not pennyless;--you will naturally suppose, therefore, I was a most troublesome, disagreeable, spoiled...
2. Part 2I continued my history--brought myself to Malta, and placed myself on board an _English vessel_. Here, I confess, my courage half-failed me; but I went on.--‘Francillon,’ I said...
3. Part 3Towards morning, as I supposed, I again distinguished voices in the cabin. ‘It blows a stiff gale,’ was the observation of Jack.--‘So much the better,’ replied the captain; ‘the...