The Two Admirals
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ISBN13: 9780217642286
Paperback|9780217642286
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER HI. I want a hero ? an uncommon want, When every year and month send forth a new one; Till, after cloying the gazettes with rant, The age discovers he is not the true one. Btbon- In consequence of the unsteadiness of the father's nerves the duty of raising Mildred in his arms, and of carrying her to the cottage, devolved on the young man. This he did with a readiness and concern which proved how deep au interest he took in her situation, and with a power of arm which showed that his strength was increased rather toon lessened by the condition into which she had fallen. tr rapid was his movement, that no one saw the kisa he impressed on the pallid cheek of thfe sweet girl, or the tei-Jer pressure with which he grasped the lifeless form. By- ttie time he reached the door, the motion and air had begiv-. to revive her, and Wychecombe committed her to the cart of her alarmed mother, with a few hurried words of explata- tion. He did not leave the house, however, for a quarir of an hour, except to call out to Dutton that Mildred was reviving, and that he need be under no uneasiness on her account. Why he remained so long, we leave the reader to imagine, for the girl had been immediately taken to her own little chamber, and he saw her no more for several hours. When our young sailor came out upon the headland again, he found the party near the flag-staff increased to four. Dick, the groom, had returned from his errand, and Tom Wychecombe, the intended heir of the baronet, was also there, in mourning for .his reputed father, the judge. This young man had become a frequent visitor to the station, of late, affecting to imbibe his uncle's taste for sea air, and view of the ocean. There had been several meetings between himself and his namesake, and each interview w...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217642286 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217642284 |
| Weight | 1.16 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.80 In |
| List Price | $15.96 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 358 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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