On the High Seas

The captain of the schooner was a drunkard. His first mate was a bully and also a heavy drinker. There was hardly a man on the old wooden vessel who would not plunge his knife into the other... Read allThe captain of the schooner was a drunkard. His first mate was a bully and also a heavy drinker. There was hardly a man on the old wooden vessel who would not plunge his knife into the other fellow's back. Into this ship, among the crowd of brutal, unprincipled men Mr. Marshall, ... Read allThe captain of the schooner was a drunkard. His first mate was a bully and also a heavy drinker. There was hardly a man on the old wooden vessel who would not plunge his knife into the other fellow's back. Into this ship, among the crowd of brutal, unprincipled men Mr. Marshall, rich ship-owner, sent his son to reform him, "to make a man of him." His instructions to t... Read all