The story hunter

A year or two since, when I wrote _Jethou; or Crusoe Life in the Channel Isles_, I received a large number of press reviews and criticisms, all but two of which were of a very s...

Nothing at first transpired; but, on repeating the question several times, my brain became aware of the power of thought working in the dead skull, and this thought-voice gradua...

I sketched and painted, selling several of my drawings to tourists who happened to see me at work, and, I suppose, admired my productions. Painting and wandering were my day amu...

The real toil now commenced; for digging in the river-bed had to be undertaken at depths varying from fifteen to twenty feet beneath the surface. To dig on dry land a hole of fo...

Yet another set there were who, disdaining the toil of a fisher’s life, the subordination of the navy, or of being always ashore at some trade, chose the freer life which was le...

Keeping my eyes on the companion way, I popped into the galley, and fished a huge junk of salt beef out of the boiler in which I had seen the cook place it the night before, for...

“There you are all wrong again, you have gone right off the proper path. Why, your passenger vessels actually float on the _surface_ of the sea, instead of fathoms below it; con...

This discovery led them to connect the skeleton with the mate, Trefry, mentioned in the document, and they continued their search, which was rewarded by their finding a large co...

Into Barneys Dale we rode right merrilie, one of ye serving menne playing blythely upon his sackbutt, y’whylst I dyd sing songs most lustilie, soe that when we dyd join our voic...

North and south of Eccles the cliffs give place to sand dunes, or, as they are locally called, “Marram banks,” which are kept in repair by a tax levied on all the villages betwe...

“Why, sir, you see,” said he, “I ain’t no scholard, and although I may _think_ a great deal, I’m no sort o’ hand at _talking_. I never could frame[17] enough to tell anything in...

“I was placed in a grave by the side of my father, but alas! I did not rest there; for when next day dawned, behold my soul and understanding faculties had entered the painted m...

“Now look here,” said he, addressing me; “that island to the south’ard is laid down in the chart as a mere rock, and only indicated by a big dot and the words ‘rocks of some ext...

The doctor was put to bed, well fed for two or three days, at the end of which time he could stand, and even walk a short distance alone; and within three weeks was able to form...

There was no resisting this second appeal, so after a little delay in getting ready, they mounted their horses, and with a boy riding a pony and carrying a lantern in advance, t...