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Vennard had done more than play golf at Littlestone. His active mind for his bitterest enemies never denied his intellectual energy had been busy on a great scheme. At that time, it will be remembered, a serious shrinkage of unskilled labour existed not only in the Transvaal, but in the new copper fields of East Africa.
In many cases the golf that is to be obtained upon them is excellent, and I only wish to point out to unpractised golfers who are about to start for a holiday and have taken no advice, that if they are making for a seaside place and want that kind of golf which they have heard is to be had at Deal, Sandwich, Rye, Westward Ho! Littlestone, St.
They did not now run very much risk of cruisers, as Fritz had French papers perfectly en regle, and Captain Littlestone would have had little difficulty to prove his identity; besides, the speed of the Nelson was sufficient to secure their safety in cases where danger was to be apprehended.
"It is no use perhapsing those sort of melancholy things," said Fritz; "we may as well suppose, for the present, that Captain Littlestone is safe, and that your friend has been put on shore for some misdemeanour." "May be, may be, Master Fritz; and I hope and trust it is so.
Willis stared at first, thinking he might have something important to communicate, but he only muttered something about a cloud gathering in the west. This was too much for Willis; it resembled his former meditations so vividly, that he leaped out of his hammock, seized Littlestone by the collar, and called loudly for Fritz and Jack.
"Very odd," said Captain Littlestone, sweeping the horizon with his glass "I can see nothing of them either." A horrible apprehension here glided into the hearts of the young men. They knew well that, had their mother been able, she would have been the first to welcome them home.
"What, motive, then, did you urge, Willis?" inquired Captain Littlestone. "'Mr. Commissary, said I, 'one of your frigates captured the English cutter Nelson some time ago, but the capture was not complete. "'How so? inquired the commissary. "'Because, Mr.
He gazed at the speakers with a puzzled air. "Do you know me, captain?" said Willis. Littlestone, for it was he, continued to gaze in mute astonishment, as if the events of the past had been defiling through his memory; and he probably thought that the figures before him were mere phantom creations of his brain.
"Well, I had all along thought you would find it so; the wind for four days has been blowing that it would drive the Nelson to her destination. Captain Littlestone, being charged with important despatches, having already lost a fortnight here, has, no doubt, taken advantage of the gale, and made sail for the Cape, trusting to find us all alive here on his return voyage."
"Yes," said the Pilot, "I know very well that you have all good hearts, and that you are desirous of giving me all the consolation you can." "Would you not have acted, under similar circumstances, precisely as we suppose Captain Littlestone to have done?" "I admit that the thing, is not only possible, but also that, if alive, it is just what he would have done.
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