Category: Historical Novels
It was a clear, cool afternoon in early September, 1901. In the country the tawny hillsides were warmed to gold by the glow of the autumn sun, while here and there a maple lifted its crimson torch as if the forest were kindling where the rays were the hottest. Brown, golden, a...
"_Osprey, ordered to Chemulpo._" Hallie Rexdale read the brief announcement in the list of "navy orders, Asiatic fleet," and wondered if her Dave were summoned to new dangers. W...
19. CHAPTER XIX.At the very moment when the adventurous correspondent of the Boston _Daily Bulletin_ was making his escape from Liaoyang, a motley crowd of Koreans, Chinese coolies, Japanese, a...
18. CHAPTER XVIII.Captain Oshima (promoted from lieutenancy for bravery on the field), of the 10th Regiment in the Second Japanese Army, under General Odzer, was fishing. Like most of the Japanes...
6. CHAPTER VI."No, sir. I came in the _Kiku's_ boat," said Oto, showing his white teeth in a genial smile. "There was fog. The _Osprey_ was going at less than half speed, and the lookouts did...
1. CHAPTER I.It was a clear, cool afternoon in early September, 1901. In the country the tawny hillsides were warmed to gold by the glow of the autumn sun, while here and there a maple lifte...
5. CHAPTER V.In N. Latitude 36° Longitude 72° W. from Greenwich, the commander of the _Osprey_ opened his sealed instructions, and, having glanced over the lines, read them aloud to his subo...
22. CHAPTER XXII.After the fall of Port Arthur came a lull in the operations of both sides, at sea and on land. The Russians were still busy entrenching themselves in and south of Mukden, the an...
20. CHAPTER XX."As soon as she arrived at Aberdeen they jumped into a small boat and proceeded at once to a mysterious low-lying craft in the offing, apparently a torpedo-boat, which, on recei...
3. CHAPTER III.The rest of the cruise of the _Osprey_ was without special incident. Various drills were performed until every movement was executed to the officers' satisfaction. One of the mo...
2. CHAPTER II."Well, we're out of the harbour safely, Captain," said Executive Officer Staples with a sigh of relief, as he spread out the chart of the Massachusetts coast and glanced at the...
23. CHAPTER XXIII.A less energetic and determined individual than Mr. Frederic Larkin might well have felt discouraged when, successively fired upon by the Japanese and rejected by the Russians,...
25. CHAPTER XXV.When Fred Larkin grasped the full significance of the situation in which he found himself, on awaking in the Manchurian hut, he felt that he was nearer death than ever before in...
21. CHAPTER XXI.At about the date of the miscarriage of Commander Oto Owari's plans in the North Sea, the regiment in which his old friend Oshima[5] commanded a company was detached from Oyama'...
9. CHAPTER IX.Ivan Ivanovitch lived on the outskirts of a small village about one hundred miles north-east of Moscow. Like his father and grandfather and many generations before, he was a _mo...
26. CHAPTER XXVI.On the morning of the twenty-seventh of May a light fog hung over the Yellow Sea and the Straits of Korea. Gulls sailed in leisurely fashion above the dull-green surface of the...
11. CHAPTER XI.On the evening after the event narrated in the last chapter a group of foreigners sat on the pleasant verandah of one of the largest hotels in Tokio. They were easily distinguis...
10. CHAPTER X.On the evening of February 8th a fleet of dark-hulled ships moved silently westward across the Yellow Sea. In the harbour of Port Arthur lay the pride of the Russian navy, most...
24. CHAPTER XXIV.Although the correspondent of the _Bulletin_ was not aware of the fact when he started on his eventful journey northward, active hostilities had already begun at the front. The...
15. CHAPTER XV.When Fred Larkin regained consciousness, after being hurled into the sea, he found himself lying on a large table covered with a white cloth. Around him stood a number of big, b...
27. CHAPTER XXVII."Ow-yow!" yawned Midshipman Robert Starr in the wardroom of the _Osprey_. "I'm tired of this dodging back and forth between two fires, with no chance for a slap at either of the...
4. CHAPTER IV.When the family of a citizen in private life makes up its mind to a long journey to foreign shores, great is the confusion, and multitudinous the errands and minor purchases for...
16. CHAPTER XVI.Fred Larkin's first move, on finding himself trapped, was a perfectly natural one. He scrambled to his feet and rushed to the door. It took him some time to find the knob, in th...
13. CHAPTER XIII.Edith and Wynnie found Tokio rather lonely after the two young men had gone. It was the loveliest season of the Japan year; the trees were pink with blossoms and every street an...
12. CHAPTER XII.Lieutenant Staples, addressing his commander familiarly by the old Academy nickname, yawned and stretched his arms in most undignified fashion as he spoke. The two officers were...
7. CHAPTER VII.O-Hana-San was to give a party. She announced the fact with pride to her schoolmates, who, with the frankness peculiar to childhood, eagerly demanded invitations. Had they been...
8. CHAPTER VIII."I take my pen in hand to inform you that I am well and hope you are the same. We left Manila two weeks ago and came to this place, which is Chefoo. It sounds like a sneeze, doe...
14. CHAPTER XIV.Since the Stone Age, when long-haired men, half brutes, fought with battle-clubs made by lashing a rudely shaped lump of stone in the cleft end of a club, and with arrows and ja...