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... rebels . " " And my mother , " asked Onslow . " Was there any hope ? " " None whatever , sir . She was undoubtedly dead . " " Peek , you have a claim upon me henceforth . At present I've but little money with me , but what I have you ...
... rebels . " " And my mother , " asked Onslow . " Was there any hope ? " " None whatever , sir . She was undoubtedly dead . " " Peek , you have a claim upon me henceforth . At present I've but little money with me , but what I have you ...
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... Rebel was a boat armed with a one- hundred - pound rifled gun , and used for occasional reconnoitring expeditions down the river . Rat- cliff had no difficulty in inducing the captain to put her on the chase ; but an hour was spent ...
... Rebel was a boat armed with a one- hundred - pound rifled gun , and used for occasional reconnoitring expeditions down the river . Rat- cliff had no difficulty in inducing the captain to put her on the chase ; but an hour was spent ...
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... Rebel were numer- ous sea - gulls whom the storm had driven up the river . The boat now entered that long canal - like section where the great river flows between narrow banks , which , including the swamps behind them , are each not ...
... Rebel were numer- ous sea - gulls whom the storm had driven up the river . The boat now entered that long canal - like section where the great river flows between narrow banks , which , including the swamps behind them , are each not ...
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... Rebel might be seen not a third of a mile off . A shot came from her as a signal to the Artful to heave to . Vance ordered the Stars and Stripes to be run up , and the engines to be reversed . The Rebel , as if astounded at the audacity ...
... Rebel might be seen not a third of a mile off . A shot came from her as a signal to the Artful to heave to . Vance ordered the Stars and Stripes to be run up , and the engines to be reversed . The Rebel , as if astounded at the audacity ...
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... Rebel as if they intended to gain the bank and escape among the low willows and dead reeds of the marshy deposits . But before this could be done , two cutters bearing United States flags , were seen to issue from a diminutive bayou in ...
... Rebel as if they intended to gain the bank and escape among the low willows and dead reeds of the marshy deposits . But before this could be done , two cutters bearing United States flags , were seen to issue from a diminutive bayou in ...
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