"Are you an honest man, sir?" asked a very pretty young woman, not more than twenty years old, as she stopped in the open field in front of Sergeant Life Knox of the Riverlawn Cavalry, as it was generally called, though the squadron belonged to a numbered regiment in Kentucky.
"Are you an honest man, sir?" asked a very pretty young woman, not more than twenty years old, as she stopped in the open field in front of Sergeant L...
Excerpt from All Aboard: Or Life on the Lake "All Aboard" was written to gratify the reasonable curiosity of the readers of "The Boat Club" to know what occurred at Wood Lake during the second season; and, though it is a sequel, it has no direct connection with its predecessor. The Introduction, in the first chapter, contains a brief synopsis of the principal events of the first season; so that those who have not read "The Boat Club," will labor under no disadvantage on that account. The story of each book is entirely distinct from that of the other. As the interest of the first...
Excerpt from All Aboard: Or Life on the Lake "All Aboard" was written to gratify the reasonable curiosity of the readers of "The Boat Club" to kno...
Well, Christy, how do you feel this morning? asked Captain Passford, one bright morning in April, at Bonnydale on the Hudson, the residence of the former owner of the Bellevite, which he had presented to the government. "Quite well, father; I think I never felt any better in all my life," replied Lieutenant Passford, of the United States Navy, recently commander of the little gunboat Bronx, on board of which he had been severely wounded in an action with a Confederate fort in Louisiana. "Do you feel any soreness at the wound in your arm?" inquired the devoted parent with some anxiety. "Not a...
Well, Christy, how do you feel this morning? asked Captain Passford, one bright morning in April, at Bonnydale on the Hudson, the residence of the for...
Well, Christy, how do you feel this morning? asked Captain Passford, one bright morning in April, at Bonnydale on the Hudson, the residence of the former owner of the Bellevite, which he had presented to the government. "Quite well, father; I think I never felt any better in all my life," replied Lieutenant Passford, of the United States Navy, recently commander of the little gunboat Bronx, on board of which he had been severely wounded in an action with a Confederate fort in Louisiana. "Do you feel any soreness at the wound in your arm?" inquired the devoted parent with some anxiety. "Not a...
Well, Christy, how do you feel this morning? asked Captain Passford, one bright morning in April, at Bonnydale on the Hudson, the residence of the for...