Strange Stories of the Great River the Adventures of a Boy Explorer
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The control of the Mississippi would then have passed to another king. With their leader so cunningly beguiled by Anthony that he was quite out of their sight and forgetting to strike where his hand was needed most, the pirates weakened. The desperate Frenchmen succeeded in pitching them into the sea. Dejected they swam ashore. The Sieur de Iberville towered above them as they crawled upon the reef. His pistols were ready, his powder dry, all the advantage was on his side. He demanded their sur...render. They acknowledged his victory and gave up St. Christopher. Anthony's sensitive ears had followed this last part of the foray as he sat huddled in the bow. The noisy laugher did not bother to notice anything. Anthony took a peep and pointed out to his friend that the buccaneers were al- ready in irons. He whispered: "I don't want our soldiers to capture you. Take this plank, "5 STRANGE STORIES OF THE GREAT RIVER drop over the side, float further down the beach and get away in safety. " "Keep the flag, " mumbled the buccaneer; "show it to de Graaf.
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