Captain Scraggs
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Captain Scraggs sent his crew out aboard the captured gunboat toassist Mr. Gibney in rowing his prisoners ashore, and whenfinally he stood alone beside the wreck of the brave old_Maggie_, piled up at last in the port of missing ships, something snapped within his breast and the big tears rolled inquick succession down his sun-tanned cheeks. The old hulk lookedpeculiarly pathetic as she lay there, listed over on her beamends. She had served him well, but she had finished her lastvoyage, and with... some vague idea of saving her old bones fromvandal hands, Captain Scraggs, sobbing audibly, scattered thecontents of half a dozen cans of kerosene over her decks and inthe cabin, lighted fires in three different sections of thewreck, and left her to the consuming flames. Half an hour laterhe stood on the battered decks of the gunboat beside Gibney andMcGuffey and watched the dense clouds of smoke that heralded thepassing of the _Maggie_.
"She was a good old hulk, " said Mr. Gibney. "And now, as thespecial envoy of the Liberal army of Mexico, here's a draft onLos Angeles for five thousand bucks, Scraggsy, which constitutesthe balance due you on this here filibuster trip.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Captain Scraggs sent his crew out aboard the captured gunboat toassist Mr. Gibney in rowing his prisoners ashore, and whenfinally he stood alone beside the wreck of the brave old_Maggie_, piled up at last in the port of missing ships, something snapped within his breast and the big tears rolled inquick succession down his sun-tanned cheeks. The old hulk lookedpeculiarly pathetic as she lay there, listed over on her beamends. She had served him well, but she had finished her lastvoyage, and with... some vague idea of saving her old bones fromvandal hands, Captain Scraggs, sobbing audibly, scattered thecontents of half a dozen cans of kerosene over her decks and inthe cabin, lighted fires in three different sections of thewreck, and left her to the consuming flames. Half an hour laterhe stood on the battered decks of the gunboat beside Gibney andMcGuffey and watched the dense clouds of smoke that heralded thepassing of the _Maggie_.
"She was a good old hulk, " said Mr. Gibney. "And now, as thespecial envoy of the Liberal army of Mexico, here's a draft onLos Angeles for five thousand bucks, Scraggsy, which constitutesthe balance due you on this here filibuster trip.
What to read after Captain Scraggs?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Kyne Peter Bernard to read onlineMoreLess
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