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But of the wanderer Farquharson he spoke with precision and authority, for he had shared with Farquharson his bungalow there in Muloa a period of about six months, it seemed and there Farquharson had contracted a tropic fever and died. "Well, at last we have got all the facts," Major Stanleigh sighed with satisfaction when the Sylph was heading back to Port Charlotte.
At last they reached the island, and the Sylph was anchored near the shore. There was a great deal of hard work to be done; but each of the Rovers seemed to expect the others would do it. "Now, Charley, everything is right so far," said Tim Bunker, whose party had just drawn Joe Braman's boat upon the beach.
Miss Maria Manners was highly educated; that is, she could write short notes on perfumed billet paper, without making any orthographical or grammatical mistakes, had taken three quarters' lessons of a French barber, could work worsted lapdogs and embroider slippers, danced like a sylph, and played on the piano indifferently well.
At the same moment there came a wireless from the British cruiser, which proved to be the Glasgow. "Stick to her close," the message read, "we'll be with you in a jiffy." So, at Lord Hastings' command, the Sylph stuck closely.
All that night the pursuit of the Nurnberg continued, and it was early morning, and the sun was streaming over the sea, when the Sylph, having increased her speed during the darkness, finally drew within range of the Nurnberg. A shot from the Sylph's forward gun brought the Nurnberg to a sudden halt, and she turned immediately to give battle. This was what Lord Hastings had hoped for.
The Sylph had been stripped for action with the rest of the British fleet, for Lord Hastings had no mind to keep out of the battle. "We've come a long ways to see an engagement," he told the lads, "and I think we are entitled to a hand in the affair." "Hurrah!" shouted Frank. "Good!" said Jack, quietly. "I was afraid we would have to stand off and look on."
"The Blood Drinker," added Mr Crummles with a prophetic sigh, "The Blood Drinker" will die with that girl; and she's the only sylph I ever saw, who could stand upon one leg, and play the tambourine on her other knee, LIKE a sylph. 'When does she come down? asked Nicholas. 'We expect her today, replied Mr Crummles. 'She is an old friend of Mrs Crummles's.
But of the wanderer Farquharson he spoke with precision and authority, for he had shared with Farquharson his bungalow there in Muloa a period of about six months, it seemed and there Farquharson had contracted a tropic fever and died. "Well, at last we have got all the facts," Major Stanleigh sighed with satisfaction when the Sylph was heading back to Port Charlotte.
All our eyes, that had been fixed on his, followed his glance, and we saw a Spaniard, whose glittering eyes shone through a clump of orange-trees. On finding himself the object of our attention, the man vanished with the swiftness of a sylph. A young captain rushed in pursuit. "'By Heaven! cried the surgeon, 'that basilisk stare has chilled me through, my friends.
The eggs are two in number, and oblong in form, of a pure white, half an inch in length, by about five-sixteenths of an inch in breadth. The phaon comet is considerably larger, but very similar to the former, except that the whole of its tail is of a crimson-red. The blue-tailed sylph has a wide range along the temperate regions of the Cordilleras.
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