Identifier: dicksandsboycapt00vern (find matches)
Title: Dick Sands : the boy captain
Year: 1882 (1880s)
Authors: Verne, Jules, 1828-1905
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Publisher: London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington
Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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ess, Mrs. Weldon wasexhibiting manifest symptoms of lassitude ; and it was onlyDicks moral energy and sense of duty that kept him fromsuccumbing to the prevailing dejection. About four oclock, Tom noticed something lying in thegrass, and stooping down he picked up a kind of knife ; itwas of peculiar shape, being very wide and flat in the blade,while its handle, which was of ivory, was ornamented with agood deal of clumsy carving. He carried it at once to Dick,who, when he had scrutinized it, held it up to Harris, withthe remark,— There must be natives not far off. Quite right, my young friend ; the hacienda must be avery few miles away,—but yet, but yet— He hesitated. You dont mean that you are not sure of your way, said.Dick sharply. Not exactly that, replied Harris ; yet in taking thisshort cut across the forest, I am inclined to think I am amile or so out of the way. Perhaps I had better walk on alittle way, and look about me. No ; you do not leave us here, cried Dick firmly.
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Look here ! here are hands, mens hands ! A TERRIBLE DISCOVERY. 187 Not against your will; but remember, I do not under-take to guide you in the dark. We must spare you the necessity for trnt. I can answerfor it that Mrs. Weldon will raise no objection to spendinganother night in the open air. We can start off to-morrowmorning as early as we like, and if the distance be onlywhat you represent, a few hours will easily accomplish it. As you please, answered Harris, with cold civility. Just then, Dingo again burst out into a vehement fit ofbarking, and it required no small amount of coaxing onDicks part to make him cease from his noise. It was decided that the halt should be made at once.Mrs. Weldon, as it had been anticipated, urged nothingagainst it, being preoccupied by her immediate attentionsto Jack, who was lying in her arms, suffering from a decidedattack of fever. The shelter of a large thicket had justbeen selected by Dick as a suitable resting-place for thenight, when Tom, who w

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